UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Featherweights: Aug 26/19

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	467.5
2	2	3	Brian Ortega	297
3	3	2	Alexander Volkanovski	228.5
4	4	4	Jose Aldo	186
5	5		Ricardo Lamas	178
6	10	11	Josh Emmett	161
7	15	16	Ryan Hall	138.5
8	6	5	Frankie Edgar	137
9	7	8	Yair Rodriguez	120
10	9	12	Calvin Kattar	113.5
11	11	7	Chan Sung Jung	109
12	12		Andre Fili	106
13	8		Darren Elkins	96
14	14	9	Jeremy Stephens	89
15	12	15	Mirsad Bektic	88
16	16	10	Renato Moicano	84.5
17	30		Sodiq Yusuff	79
18	17		Dan Ige	77.5
19	18		Gabriel Benitez	64.5
20	20		Chas Skelly	63
21	21		Makwan Amirkhani	56.5
22	22	13	Arnold Allen	53.5
23	23	14	Shane Burgos	51.5
24	24	6	Zabit Magomedsharipov	50.5
25	26		Grant Dawson	44.5
26	27		Kevin Aguilar	44
27	25		Bobby Moffett	40
27	28		Mike Grundy	40
29	29		Rick Glenn	37
30	54		Alex Caceres	34
31	43		Hakeem Dawodu	33.5
32	32		Enrique Barzola	28.5
33	31		Julio Arce	28.5
34	32		Shane Young	27.5
35	34		Danny Henry	26.5
36	36		Cub Swanson	25
37	37		Humberto Bandenay	21
38	38		Kron Gracie	20
39	39		Bryce Mitchell	14.5
40	49		Gavin Tucker	14
41	40		Mike Trizano	13
42	41		Kyle Bochniak	10
42	41		Matt Sayles	10
44	44		Nad Narimani	8.5
45	44		Sheymon Moraes	7.5
46	46		Daniel Teymur	5
46	46		Geraldo de Freitas	5
46	NR		Luiz Garagorri	5
46	46		Movsar Evloev	5
50	49		Austin Arnett	4.5
50	49		Chris Fishgold	4.5
52	49		Steven Peterson	4
53	53		Julian Erosa	3
54	54		Gilbert Melendez	0
54	54		Jordan Griffin	0
54	54		Kyle Nelson	0
54	54		Matt Bessette	0
54	54		Seung Woo Choi	0
54	54		Suman Mokhtarian	0
54	54		Sung Bin Jo	0
54	NR		Yoshinori Horie	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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