UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Featherweights: Jun 14/21

There is constant debate about the “official” UFC fighter rankings, which are based on voting from a panel of journalists.  Such is the case with something as subjective as voting – it’s totally based on a voter’s opinion, and biases are bound to seep through, whether intentional or no.  So to try to put a fresh, objective, data-driven spin on rankings, The MMA Manifesto has come up with a performance based ranking system, solely based on how a fighter has performed in the cage.  Next up: The Featherweights.

 

*stipulations: 1) any fighter currently suspended or 2) inactive for at least 12 months (without an upcoming fight scheduled) are excluded from the rankings 

• Scoring based on a fighter’s past 10 UFC performances (we use a five year time limit, so if they have fought less than 10 times in past five years, only the fights within that time frame are counted)
• Points based on a fighter’s opponent’s UFC win/loss record (ie strength of schedule – the more successful a vanquished opponent is, the more points awarded), extra points given for finishes, extra points given for title fight wins.  
• Points are weighed so most recent fights are worth more (ie most recent fight counts the most, 10th most recent fight the least)
• No points awarded for a loss

 

(first column performance based ranking, second column is last rankings, third column is official UFC ranking from UFC.com)

Stats	Last	UFC		Total
Rank	Rank	Rank
1	1	1	Alexander Volkanovski	817.5
2	2	3	Brian Ortega	398
3	3	2	Max Holloway	367
4	4	7	Josh Emmett	362
5	6	5	Chan Sung Jung	280
6	7		Ryan Hall	270
7	18	10	Edson Barboza	220.5
8	8	9	Dan Ige	212.5
9	9	8	Arnold Allen	200
10	16	15	Movsar Evloev	194
11	10	11	Giga Chikadze	188.5
12	11		Ricky Simon	174.5
13	NR	4	Yair Rodriguez	158
14	13	12	Sodiq Yusuff	155
15	14	6	Calvin Kattar	149.5
16	15		Lerone Murphy	148
17	12	14	Shane Burgos	133.5
18	19		Gavin Tucker	114.5
19	20	13	Bryce Mitchell	114
20	21		Brian Kelleher	112
20	21		Herbert Burns	112
22	17	16	Hakeem Dawodu	108.5
23	23		Charles Jourdain	98
24	24		Ilia Topuria	96
25	26		Gabriel Benitez	94
26	26		Julian Erosa	94
27	28		Andre Fili	87
28	NR		Ricardo Ramos	86.5
29	30		Darren Elkins	75
30	31		Mirsad Bektic	74
31	32		Daniel Pineda	72
31	32		Nate Landwehr	72
33	34		Cub Swanson	69.5
34	29		Makwan Amirkhani	69
35	37		Mike Grundy	64
36	NR		Doo Ho Choi	60
36	36		Jonathan Pearce	60
38	38		Darrick Minner	55
39	39		Kyle Nelson	54
39	36		L’udovit Klein	54
39	39		Zubaira Tukhugov	54
42	41		Alex Caceres	50
42	41		Billy Quarantillo	50
42	51		Lando Vannata	50
45	43		Charles Rosa	49
45	43		Seung Woo Choi	49
47	46		Omar Morales	47
48	47		Danny Henry	45
49	54		Steven Peterson	42
50	53		Mike Trizano	41
51	45		Kevin Aguilar	37
52	50		Shane Young	33
53	NR		Kamuela Kirk	30
54	51		Douglas Silva de Andrade	29
55	67		Sean Woodson	28
56	52		Chase Hooper	23
57	55		Pat Sabatini	20
58	56		Felipe Colares	18
58	56		Tristan Connelly	18
60	59		Nad Narimani	13
61	58		Youssef Zalal	11.5
62	60		Austin Lingo	10
62	60		Jamall Emmers	10
62	73		Joshua Culibao	10
62	60		Luis Saldana	10
62	60		T.J. Brown	10
62	NR		Tucker Lutz	10
68	NR		Bill Algeo	9
68	67		Danny Chavez	9
70	69		Chris Fishgold	8
70	69		Kai Kamaka III	8
72	71		Justin Jaynes	5
73	73		Kevin Croom	0
73	73		Marcelo Rojo	0
73	73		Martin Day	0
73	NR		Shayilan Nuerdanbieke	0
73	73		Steve Garcia	0

 

Check back Friday for our bantamweight rankings

Performance Based Rankings:

Heavyweights
Light Heavyweights
Middleweights
Welterweights
Lightweights
Bantamweights
Flyweights
Women’s Feather/Bantamweights
Women’s Flyweights
Women’s Strawweights
Pound for Pound

 

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