UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Featherweights: Jul 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 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	Max Holloway	421
2	2	3	Brian Ortega	297
3	3	2	Alexander Volkanovski	228.5
4	5	4	Jose Aldo	186
5	4	16	Ricardo Lamas	178
6	6	5	Frankie Edgar	158
7	7	8	Yair Rodriguez	120
8	8		Darren Elkins	115
9	14	12	Calvin Kattar	113.5
10	9	11	Josh Emmett	110
11	14	7	Chan Sung Jung	109
12	10		Andre Fili	100
12	11	13	Mirsad Bektic	100
14	13	9	Jeremy Stephens	89
15	NR		Ryan Hall	88
16	12	10	Renato Moicano	84.5
17	17		Dan Ige	77.5
18	NR		Gabriel Benitez	74.5
19	17		Michael Johnson	64.5
20	19		Chas Skelly	63
21	27		Makwan Amirkhani	54
22	20	14	Arnold Allen	53.5
23	21	15	Shane Burgos	51.5
24	22	6	Zabit Magomedsharipov	50.5
25	24		Bobby Moffett	45
26	25		Grant Dawson	44.5
27	23		Kevin Aguilar	44
28	26		Mike Grundy	40
29	28		Rick Glenn	37
30	30		Sodiq Yusuff	32.5
31	31		Julio Arce	28.5
32	32		Enrique Barzola	27.5
32	32		Shane Young	27.5
34	34		Danny Henry	26.5
35	35		Myles Jury	25.5
36	36		Cub Swanson	25
37	37		Humberto Bandenay	24
38	38		Kron Gracie	20
39	40		Bryce Mitchell	14.5
40	41		Mike Trizano	13
41	42		Kyle Bochniak	10
41	42		Matt Sayles	10
43	44		Hakeem Dawodu	9.5
44	45		Nad Narimani	8.5
44	45		Sheymon Moraes	8.5
46	53		Daniel Teymur	5
46	47		Geraldo de Freitas	5
46	47		Movsar Evloev	5
49	50		Austin Arnett	4.5
49	47		Chris Fishgold	4.5
49	NR		Gavin Tucker	4.5
49	50		Steven Peterson	4.5
53	52		Julian Erosa	3
54	29		Alex Caceres	0
54	53		Felipe Colares	0
54	53		Gilbert Melendez	0
54	53		Jordan Griffin	0
54	53		Kyle Nelson	0
54	53		Matt Bessette	0
54	53		Seung Woo Choi	0
54	53		Suman Mokhtarian	0
54	NR		Sung Bin Jo	0

 

Check back Monday for our bantamweight rankings

Performance Based Rankings:

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

 

 

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