UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Lightweights: Jul 8/19

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 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 ranking, third column is official UFC ranking from UFC.com)

Stats	Last	UFC		Total
Rank	Rank	Rank
1	1	3	Tony Ferguson	393
2	NR	1	Khabib Nurmagomedov	371
3	2	2	Dustin Poirier	317
4	3	12	Charles Oliveira	251
5	4	7	Al Iaquinta	225
6	5	15	Islam Makhachev	191
7	6		Francisco Trinaldo	188
8	7	6	Justin Gaethje	184
9	8		Dan Hooker	178
10	10	16	James Vick	171
11	11	11	Paul Felder	169
12	12		Carlos Diego Ferreira	159.5
13	9	5	Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone	140
14	13	13	Gregor Gillespie	133
15	14		Beneil Dariush	132.5
16	NR		Leonardo Santos	127
17	15	8	Edson Barboza	116.5
18	16		David Teymur	110
19	17		Nik Lentz	109
20	18		Gilbert Burns	108
21	19	14	Alexander Hernandez	101
22	20		Yancy Medeiros	96
23	21		Mairbek Taisumov	95
24	22		Davi Ramos	89.5
25	23		Olivier Aubin-Mercier	88
25	23		Ryan Hall	88
27	25		Alexander Yakovlev	86
28	26		Damir Hadzovic	76
28	42		Drew Dober	76
30	27		Rustam Khabilov	75
31	47		Luis Pena	72
32	28		Scott Holtzman	71.5
33	29		Magomed Mustafaev	71
34	30		Clay Guida	68
35	37		Vinc Pichel	65
36	32		Jim Miller	58.5
37	33		Joaquim Silva	58
38	34		John Makdessi	53.5
39	35		Lando Vannata	53
40	36		Desmond Green	52.5
41	31		Stevie Ray	49
42	38		Drakkar Klose	48.5
43	39		Devonte Smith	48
44	43		Marc Diakiese	42.5
45	40		Polo Reyes	38
46	40		Jon Tuck	34.5
47	NR		Frank Camacho	33.5
48	44		Alan Patrick	32
48	44		Joseph Duffy	32
50	46		Dong Hyun Ma	28
51	47		Alex White	25
51	47		Don Madge	25
53	52		Jared Gordon	23.5
54	50		Devin Powell	22.5
54	50		Jalin Turner	22.5
56	59		Christos Giagos	20.5
57	71		Joel Alvarez	20
58	53		Josh Emmett	17
59	54		Mizuto Hirota	14
59	54		Nasrat Haqparast	14
61	57		Gray Maynard	12.5
61	54		Roosevelt Roberts	12.5
63	60		Bobby Green	9.5
63	60		Damir Ismagulov	9.5
65	62		Jason Gonzalez	8
66	63		Matt Frevola	5
66	63		Thiago Moises	5
68	66		Jesus Pinedo	4.5
68	66		John Gunther	4.5
68	63		Matt Wiman	4.5
71	68		Darrell Horcher	4
71	68		Jessin Ayari	4
71	68		Thibault Gouti	4
74	71		Alex da Silva Coelho	0
74	71		Arman Tsarukyan	0
74	71		Austin Hubbard	0
74	71		B.J. Penn	0
74	71		Callan Porter	0
74	71		Charles Jourdain	0
74	71		Dan Moret	0
74	NR		Danilo Belluardo	0
74	71		Eric Wisely	0
74	71		Kurt Holobaugh	0
74	71		Marcos Mariano	0
74	71		Mike Davis	0
74	71		Rafael Fiziev	0
74	71		Te Edwards	0
74	71		Thomas Gifford	0

 

Check back Monday for our featherweight rankings

Performance Based Rankings:

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

 

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