UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Featherweights: May 29/20

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	NR		Song Yadong	154.5
8	7	15	Ryan Hall	138.5
9	9	6	Yair Rodriguez	111.5
10	NR		Brian Kelleher	110
11	NR		Marlon Vera	106
12	10	11	Shane Burgos	104.5
13	19	13	Dan Ige	98.5
14	13	16	Sodiq Yusuff	95.5
15	14		Nik Lentz	93.5
16	11	7	Calvin Kattar	91.5
17	15		Andre Fili	90
18	16	12	Arnold Allen	86.5
19	17		Mirsad Bektic	86
20	12		Edson Barboza	79.5
21	20	4	Zabit Magomedsharipov	73.5
22	18		Darren Elkins	70
23	22		Ricardo Ramos	69
24	23		Grant Dawson	65
25	24		Doo Ho Choi	60
26	25		Chas Skelly	58
26	20	10	Jeremy Stephens	58
28	27		Hakeem Dawodu	50
29	28		Makwan Amirkhani	47
30	29		Movsar Evloev	44.5
31	31		Mike Grundy	40
31	64		Nate Landwehr	40
33	35		Bryce Mitchell	39.5
35	30		Charles Rosa	39.5
35	32		Kevin Aguilar	39
36	33		Alex Caceres	34
36	33		Zubaira Tukhugov	34
38	36		Charles Jourdain	30
38	36		Kyle Nelson	30
40	38		Cub Swanson	27.5
40	38		Shane Young	27.5
42	40		Danny Henry	26.5
43	41		Billy Quarantillo	25
43	41		Douglas Silva de Andrade	25
43	41		Herbert Burns	25
43	41		Jordan Griffin	25
43	41		Julio Arce	25
43	41		Spike Carlyle	25
49	47		Jared Gordon	20
50	48		Kron Gracie	18
51	NR		Chris Gutierrez	14.5
52	49		Gavin Tucker	14
53	53		Giga Chikadze	13.5
53	50		Steven Peterson	13.5
55	51		Mike Trizano	13
56	52		Mike Davis	10
57	43		Hunter Azure	9
57	54		Matt Sayles	9
59	55		Nad Narimani	8.5
60	56		Sheymon Moraes	7.5
61	57		Chase Hooper	5
61	57		Sean Woodson	5
61	57		Seung Woo Choi	5
61	57		Yousef Zalal	5
65	61		Chris Fishgold	4.5
65	61		Daniel Teymur	4.5
65	61		Luiz Garagorri	4.5
65	NR		Vince Morales	4.5
69	64		Aalon Cruz	0
69	64		Austin Lingo	0
69	64		Darrick Minner	0
69	NR		Irwin Rivera	0
69	64		Jacob Kilburn	0
69	64		Jamall Emmers	0
69	64		Lerone Murphy	0
69	64		Suman Mokhtarian	0
69	64		Sung Bin Jo	0
69	64		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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