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 not. 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 UFC Featherweight Rankings.
*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 the 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 | 865.5 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Max Holloway | 363 |
| 3 | 3 | 7 | Josh Emmett | 346 |
| 4 | 4 | 5 | Chan Sung Jung | 293 |
| 5 | 5 | 3 | Brian Ortega | 281 |
| 6 | 6 | 9 | Giga Chikadze | 258.5 |
| 7 | 8 | 8 | Arnold Allen | 200 |
| 8 | 9 | Ilia Topuria | 196 | |
| 9 | 10 | 14 | Movsar Evloev | 194 |
| 10 | 11 | 11 | Edson Barboza | 188 |
| 11 | 12 | Lerone Murphy | 182 | |
| 12 | 34 | Cub Swanson | 164 | |
| 13 | 14 | 13 | Sodiq Yusuff | 155 |
| 14 | 15 | 6 | Calvin Kattar | 149.5 |
| 15 | 16 | 15 | Shane Burgos | 146.5 |
| 16 | 7 | Ryan Hall | 146 | |
| 17 | 13 | 10 | Dan Ige | 136.5 |
| 18 | 17 | Jonathan Pearce | 134 | |
| 19 | 18 | 4 | Yair Rodriguez | 129 |
| 20 | 19 | Zubaira Tukhugov | 128 | |
| 21 | 20 | Gavin Tucker | 114.5 | |
| 22 | 21 | 12 | Bryce Mitchell | 114 |
| 23 | 22 | Hakeem Dawodu | 108.5 | |
| 24 | 24 | Nate Landwehr | 104 | |
| 25 | 25 | Julian Erosa | 102 | |
| 26 | 26 | 16 | Alex Caceres | 98 |
| 27 | 23 | Darren Elkins | 95 | |
| 28 | 27 | Billy Quarantillo | 88.5 | |
| 29 | 28 | Andre Fili | 86.5 | |
| 30 | 29 | Damon Jackson | 82 | |
| 31 | 30 | Charles Jourdain | 74 | |
| 32 | 31 | Pat Sabatini | 72 | |
| 33 | 33 | Gabriel Benitez | 70 | |
| 34 | 35 | Mike Grundy | 64 | |
| 35 | 36 | Ricardo Ramos | 61 | |
| 36 | 37 | Chas Skelly | 58 | |
| 37 | 38 | Melsik Baghdasaryan | 55 | |
| 37 | 38 | Seung Woo Choi | 55 | |
| 39 | 42 | L’udovit Klein | 48 | |
| 40 | 43 | Makwan Amirkhani | 44 | |
| 41 | 44 | Sean Woodson | 43 | |
| 42 | 45 | Steven Peterson | 42 | |
| 43 | 46 | Michael Trizano | 41 | |
| 44 | 40 | Lando Vannata | 38 | |
| 45 | 47 | Kevin Aguilar | 37 | |
| 46 | 48 | Charles Rosa | 34 | |
| 47 | 41 | Darrick Minner | 33 | |
| 47 | 49 | Omar Morales | 33 | |
| 47 | 49 | Shane Young | 33 | |
| 50 | 51 | Kamuela Kirk | 30 | |
| 51 | 53 | Austin Lingo | 29 | |
| 52 | 54 | Chase Hooper | 23 | |
| 53 | 52 | Andre Ewell | 21 | |
| 54 | 55 | Tristan Connelly | 18 | |
| 55 | 56 | Youssef Zalal | 11.5 | |
| 56 | 57 | Joshua Culibao | 10 | |
| 56 | 57 | Shayilan Nuerdanbieke | 10 | |
| 56 | 57 | T.J. Brown | 10 | |
| 59 | 60 | Bill Algeo | 9 | |
| 59 | 60 | Danny Chavez | 9 | |
| 59 | 60 | Jamall Emmers | 9 | |
| 59 | 60 | Luis Saldana | 9 | |
| 59 | 60 | Tucker Lutz | 9 | |
| 64 | 65 | Bruno Souza | 0 | |
| 64 | 65 | Collin Anglin | 0 | |
| 64 | 65 | Kevin Croom | 0 | |
| 64 | 65 | Mark Striegl | 0 | |
| 64 | 65 | Sean Soriano | 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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