UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Lightweights: Oct 14/19

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	2	1	Khabib Nurmagomedov	508.5
2	1	2	Tony Ferguson	389
3	3	3	Dustin Poirier	270.5
4	8	5	Justin Gaethje	253
5	4	14	Charles Oliveira	251
6	6	8	Dan Hooker	233
7	NR	11	Kevin Lee	204
8	7	16	Islam Makhachev	195
9	10		Carlos Diego Ferreira	182.5
10	5	9	Al Iaquinta	182
11	9	7	Paul Felder	181.5
12	11	15	Alexander Hernandez	159
13	12		Francisco Trinaldo	157
14	15	12	Gregor Gillespie	133
15	16		Beneil Dariush	132.5
16	17		Leonardo Santos	124
17	14	6	Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone	116
18	19		David Teymur	110
19	20		Nik Lentz	109
20	21		Scott Holtzman	101.5
21	18	10	Edson Barboza	98
22	22		Yancy Medeiros	95
23	25		Alexander Yakovlev	86
24	26		Jim Miller	83.5
25	24		Davi Ramos	78.5
26	27		Damir Hadzovic	76
26	27		Drew Dober	76
28	30		Olivier Aubin-Mercier	73
29	NR		Joe Lauzon	72
30	NR		Michael Johnson	71.5
31	32		Magomed Mustafaev	71
32	23		Mairbek Taisumov	70
33	33		Vinc Pichel	65
34	31		Luis Pena	64
35	34		Clay Guida	58.5
36	35		John Makdessi	53.5
37	37		Desmond Green	52.5
37	37		Nasrat Haqparast	52.5
39	39		Joaquim Silva	51
40	40		Stevie Ray	49
41	41		Drakkar Klose	47.5
42	36		Lando Vannata	46.5
43	42		Devonte Smith	43
44	43		Marc Diakiese	41.5
45	44		Khama Worthy	40
46	46		Arman Tsarukyan	35
47	48		Frank Camacho	33.5
48	49		Alan Patrick	32
48	49		Joseph Duffy	32
50	51		Don Madge	27.5
51	51		Alex White	25
52	53		Dong Hyun Ma	24.5
52	65		Matt Frevola	24.5
54	54		Jared Gordon	23.5
55	NR		Claudio Puelles	23
56	55		Jalin Turner	22.5
57	57		Joel Alvarez	20
57	NR		Teemu Packalen	20
59	58		Christos Giagos	18
60	59		Josh Emmett	17
61	60		Mizuto Hirota	14
62	63		Damir Ismagulov	13.5
63	61		Gray Maynard	12.5
63	61		Roosevelt Roberts	12.5
65	NR		Mark Madsen	10
65	76		Mike Davis	10
65	NR		Ottman Azaitar	10
68	64		Jason Gonzalez	8
69	65		Alex da Silva	5
69	76		Austin Hubbard	5
69	NR		Brad Riddell	5
72	68		Bobby Green	4.5
72	68		Jesus Pinedo	4.5
72	68		John Gunther	4.5
72	68		Matt Wiman	4.5
72	65		Thiago Moises	4.5
77	72		Clay Collard	4
77	72		Darrell Horcher	4
77	72		Jessin Ayari	4
80	76		Charles Jourdain	0
80	76		Dan Moret	0
80	76		Danilo Belluardo	0
80	76		Eric Wisely	0
80	NR		Fares Ziam	0
80	NR		Jamie Mullarkey	0
80	76		Kurt Holobaugh	0
80	NR		Kyle Prepolec	0
80	76		Marcos Mariano	0
80	76		Rafael Fiziev	0
80	76		Rodrigo Vargas	0
80	76		Te Edwards	0
80	76		Thomas Gifford	0

 

Check back Friday 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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