UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Featherweights: Apr 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	2	1	Alexander Volkanovski	356
3	3	3	Brian Ortega	297
4	4	5	Chan Sung Jung	176.5
5	5		Ricardo Lamas	175
6	6	9	Josh Emmett	161
7	7	15	Ryan Hall	138.5
8	8	7	Frankie Edgar	126
9	9	6	Yair Rodriguez	111.5
10	10	11	Shane Burgos	104.5
11	11	10	Calvin Kattar	100
12	NR		Edson Barboza	98
13	12	14	Sodiq Yusuff	95.5
14	13		Nik Lentz	93.5
15	14		Andre Fili	90
16	15	13	Arnold Allen	86.5
17	16		Mirsad Bektic	86
18	17		Darren Elkins	85
19	18	16	Dan Ige	77.5
20	19	8	Jeremy Stephens	73.5
20	19	4	Zabit Magomedsharipov	73.5
22	21		Ricardo Ramos	69
23	22		Grant Dawson	65
24	23		Doo Ho Choi	60
25	24		Chas Skelly	58
26	25		Gabriel Benitez	57
27	26		Hakeem Dawodu	50
28	27		Makwan Amirkhani	47
29	28		Movsar Evloev	44.5
30	29		Charles Rosa	44
31	30		Mike Grundy	40
32	31		Kevin Aguilar	39
33	32		Alex Caceres	34
33	32		Zubaira Tukhugov	34
35	34		Bryce Mitchell	33
36	35		Charles Jourdain	30
36	35		Kyle Nelson	30
38	37		Cub Swanson	27.5
38	38		Shane Young	27.5
40	39		Danny Henry	26.5
41	40		Billy Quarantillo	25
41	40		Douglas Silva de Andrade	25
41	40		Herbert Burns	25
41	40		Jordan Griffin	25
41	40		Julio Arce	25
41	40		Spike Carlyle	25
47	NR		Jared Gordon	20
48	46		Kron Gracie	18
49	47		Gavin Tucker	14
50	48		Steven Peterson	13.5
51	49		Mike Trizano	13
52	50		Mike Davis	10
53	54		Giga Chikadze	9.5
54	51		Matt Sayles	9
55	52		Nad Narimani	8.5
56	53		Sheymon Moraes	7.5
57	54		Chase Hooper	5
57	54		Sean Woodson	5
57	54		Seung Woo Choi	5
57	54		Yousef Zalal	5
61	59		Chris Fishgold	4.5
61	59		Daniel Teymur	4.5
61	59		Luiz Garagorri	4.5
64	63		Aalon Cruz	0
64	63		Austin Lingo	0
64	63		Darrick Minner	0
64	63		Jacob Kilburn	0
64	NR		Jamall Emmers	0
64	63		Lerone Murphy	0
64	63		Nate Landwehr	0
64	63		Suman Mokhtarian	0
64	63		Sung Bin Jo	0
64	63		T.J. Brown	0

 

Check back Monday 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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