UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Lightweights: Apr 12/19

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 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 Lightweights.

 

*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 seven year time limit, so if they have fought less than 10 times in past seven 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 ranking, third column is official UFC ranking from UFC.com)

Stats	Last	UFC		Total
Rank	Rank	Rank
1	1		Max Holloway	493.5
2	2	2	Tony Ferguson	344.5
3	3	5	Al Iaquinta	264
4	5		Islam Makhachev	211.5
5	6	13	Charles Oliveira	210.5
6	7	4	Dustin Poirier	209.5
7	8	16	Francisco Trinaldo	188
8	16	6	Justin Gaethje	184
9	9		Dan Hooker	178
10	10	14	James Vick	171
11	11	10	Paul Felder	169
12	12		Carlos Diego Ferreira	162.5
13	13	8	Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone	142
14	15	11	Gregor Gillespie	133
15	18		Beneil Dariush	132.5
16	17		Nik Lentz	125.5
17	14	9	Edson Barboza	116.5
18	19		David Teymur	110
19	20		Mairbek Taisumov	109
20	21	12	Alexander Hernandez	101
21	22		Gilbert Burns	99
22	23		Yancy Medeiros	96
23	24		Davi Ramos	95
24	25		Olivier Aubin-Mercier	88
24	25		Ryan Hall	88
26	27		Damir Hadzovic	85.5
27	28		Rustam Khabilov	77
28	29		Clay Guida	76
29	32		Scott Holtzman	71.5
30	34		Jim Miller	62.5
31	35		Stevie Ray	59
32	36		Joaquim Silva	58
33	37		Vinc Pichel	57.5
34	38		Alan Patrick	57
35	40		John Makdessi	55.5
36	38		Desmond Green	55
37	41		Lando Vannata	53
38	43		Drakkar Klose	48.5
39	44		Devonte Smith	48
40	45		Jon Tuck	45.5
41	46		Polo Reyes	44.5
42	42		Drew Dober	43.5
43	51		Marc Diakiese	42.5
44	47		Joseph Duffy	32
45	48		Bobby Green	30.5
46	49		Alex White	29.5
47	49		Dong Hyun Ma	28
48	52		Don Madge	25
48	52		Jalin Turner	25
50	54		Devin Powell	22.5
51	55		Jared Gordon	21.5
52	56		Gray Maynard	18.5
53	58		Josh Emmett	17
54	59		Mike Trizano	14.5
55	61		Mizuto Hirota	14
55	61		Nasrat Haqparast	14
57	63		Nick Hein	12.5
58	64		Christos Giagos	12
59	66		Roosevelt Roberts	10
60	67		Damir Ismagulov	9.5
61	69		Felipe Silva	4.5
61	68		Jesus Pinedo	4.5
61	69		John Gunther	4.5
64	71		Darrell Horcher	4
64	71		Jessin Ayari	4
64	71		Thibault Gouti	4
67	75		Alex Gorgees	0
67	75		Allan Zuniga	0
67	75		B.J. Penn	0
67	75		Callan Porter	0
67	75		Claudio Puelles	0
67	75		Dan Moret	0
67	NR		Eric Wisely	0
67	75		Joel Alvarez	0
67	75		Kyle Nelson	0
67	75		Marcos Mariano	0
67	75		Matt Frevola	0
67	75		Te Edwards	0
67	75		Thiago Moises	0

 

 

Check back Monday for our featherweight rankings

Performance Based Rankings:

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

 

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