UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Featherweights: Oct 2/20

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	1	Alexander Volkanovski	453
2	2	2	Max Holloway	321.5
3	3	3	Brian Ortega	297
4	4	8	Josh Emmett	190.5
5	5	5	Chan Sung Jung	176.5
6	7		Song Yadong	154.5
7	8	14	Ryan Hall	138.5
8	9		Jimmie Rivera	131
9	10	7	Calvin Kattar	117.5
10	11	6	Yair Rodriguez	110
11	17		Brian Kelleher	97
11	12		Cody Stamann	97
13	13		Ricky Simon	96.5
14	14	13	Sodiq Yusuff	95.5
15	15		Nik Lentz	93.5
16	16	11	Shane Burgos	91.5
17	18	11	Dan Ige	86.5
18	19	10	Arnold Allen	84
19	20	15	Edson Barboza	79.5
20	21		Andre Fili	79
21	22	4	Zabit Magomedsharipov	73.5
22	24		Darren Elkins	70
23	33		Hakeem Dawodu	69.5
24	25		Chas Skelly	68
24	25		Grant Dawson	68
26	23		Mirsad Bektic	62.5
27	27		Doo Ho Choi	60
27	27		Lerone Murphy	60
27	27		Ricardo Ramos	60
30	30		Makwan Amirkhani	58
31	31		Herbert Burns	56
32	32	9	Jeremy Stephens	52
33	33		Movsar Evloev	50
34	NR		Damon Jackson	45
35	35		Gavin Tucker	42.5
36	36		Daniel Pineda	40
36	36		Nate Landwehr	40
38	38	16	Bryce Mitchell	39.5
39	40		Mike Grundy	36
40	39		Alex Caceres	34
40	42		Billy Quarantillo	34
42	42		Julian Erosa	32.5
43	41		Zubaira Tukhugov	30.5
44	NR		L’udovit Klein	30
45	45		Cub Swanson	27.5
46	47		Charles Jourdain	27
46	44		Kyle Nelson	27
48	76		Darrick Minner	25
48	48		Douglas Silva de Andrade	25
48	48		Julio Arce	25
51	NR		Omar Morales	24.5
51	45		Shane Young	24.5
53	50		Danny Henry	23.5
54	51		Jordan Griffin	22.5
54	51		Spike Carlyle	22.5
56	53		Jared Gordon	21.5
57	54		Kron Gracie	18
58	55		Giga Chikadze	13.5
58	55		Steven Peterson	13.5
58	55		Youssef Zalal	13.5
61	58		Mike Trizano	13
62	59		Mike Davis	10
63	60		Matt Sayles	9
64	62		Nad Narimani	7.5
64	62		Sheymon Moraes	7.5
66	64		Daniel Chavez	5
66	64		Jamall Emmers	5
66	64		Kai Kamaka III	5
66	64		Nathan Maness	5
66	64		Seung Woo Choi	5
71	69		Chase Hooper	4.5
71	69		Daniel Teymur	4.5
71	69		Justin Jaynes	4.5
71	69		Luiz Garagorri	4.5
71	69		Sean Woodson	4.5
76	74		Chris Fishgold	4
77	75		Vince Morales	3.5
78	76		Aalon Cruz	0
78	76		Austin Lingo	0
78	NR		Bill Algeo	0
78	76		Jacob Kilburn	0
78	76		Jonny Munoz	0
78	NR		Joshua Culibao	0
78	76		Peter Barrett	0
78	NR		Ray Rodriguez	0
78	76		Steve Garcia	0
78	76		Suman Mokhtarian	0
78	76		Sung Bin Jo	0
78	76		T.J. Brown	0
78	NR		T.J. Laramie	0
78	76		Tony Kelley	0
78	76		Vincent Cachero	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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