UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Featherweights: Jan 17/20

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	2	Max Holloway	391.5
2	3	1	Alexander Volkanovski	356
3	2	3	Brian Ortega	297
4	8	5	Chan Sung Jung	176.5
5	5		Ricardo Lamas	175
6	4	11	Josh Emmett	161
7	6	15	Ryan Hall	138.5
8	NR	7	Frankie Edgar	126
9	7	6	Yair Rodriguez	111.5
10	NR		Nik Lentz	109
11	9		Andre Fili	106
12	10	13	Shane Burgos	104.5
13	11	12	Calvin Kattar	100
14	13	14	Mirsad Bektic	88
15	12		Darren Elkins	85
16	15		Sodiq Yusuff	79
17	16		Dan Ige	77.5
18	18	9	Jeremy Stephens	73.5
18	18	4	Zabit Magomedsharipov	73.5
20	20		Ricardo Ramos	69
21	21		Chas Skelly	67
22	NR		Luis Pena	64
23	17		Doo Ho Choi	60
24	22		Gabriel Benitez	57
25	23	16	Arnold Allen	53.5
26	24		Hakeem Dawodu	50
27	25		Makwan Amirkhani	49
28	26		Charles Rosa	47
29	27		Grant Dawson	44.5
29	27		Movsar Evloev	44.5
31	29		Kevin Aguilar	44
32	30		Mike Grundy	40
33	32		Alex Caceres	34
34	44		Bryce Mitchell	33
35	33		Polo Reyes	31.5
36	60		Charles Jourdain	30
36	34		Kyle Nelson	30
38	35		Cub Swanson	29.5
39	36		Douglas Silva de Andrade	27.5
39	36		Shane Young	27.5
41	38		Danny Henry	26.5
42	NR		Billy Quarantillo	25
42	39		Julio Arce	25
44	40		Enrique Barzola	24
45	41		Brandon Davis	22.5
46	42		Kron Gracie	18
47	43		Martin Bravo	17.5
48	45		Gavin Tucker	14
49	46		Steven Peterson	13.5
50	47		Mike Trizano	13
51	NR		Mike Davis	10
52	49		Matt Sayles	9
53	51		Nad Narimani	8.5
54	53		Sheymon Moraes	7.5
55	NR		Chase Hooper	5
55	54		Giga Chikadze	5
55	54		Sean Woodson	5
55	60		Seung Woo Choi	5
59	58		Chris Fishgold	4.5
59	54		Daniel Teymur	4.5
59	54		Geraldo de Freitas	4.5
59	58		Luiz Garagorri	4.5
59	50		Zubaira Tukhugov	4.5
64	NR		Jacob Kilburn	0
64	60		Jordan Griffin	0
64	60		Lerone Murphy	0
64	60		Suman Mokhtarian	0
64	60		Sung Bin Jo	0

 

Check back Monday for our bantamweight rankings

 

Performance Based Rankings:

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

 

 

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