UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Women’s Feather/Bantamweights: Oct 12/20

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 Women’s Featherweights & Bantamweights

 

*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

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(first column performance based ranking, second column is previous ranking, third column is official UFC ranking from UFC.com)

Stats	Last	UFC		Total
Rank	Rank	Rank
1	1	1	Amanda Nunes	479
2	2	2	Germaine de Randamie	160
3	3	6	Irene Aldana	83
4	4	3	Holly Holm	79
5	5	4	Aspen Ladd	68
6	6		Megan Anderson	61.5
7	9	8	Ketlen Vieira	60.5
8	7	10	Sara McMann	60
9	8		Nicco Montano	49.5
10	10	11	Marion Reneau	46
11	20		Jessica-Rose Clark	42
12	12	13	Lina Lansberg	36
13	13	12	Macy Chiasson	35
13	13		Sarah Moras	35
15	11	5	Raquel Pennington	31
16	21	14	Sijara Eubanks	28.5
17	15		Bea Malecki	27.5
18	NR		Wu Yanan	27
19	16		Ashlee Evans-Smith	24.5
19	16	9	Yana Kunitskaya	24.5
21	18		Felicia Spencer	23
22	19	7	Julianna Pena	16
23	22	15	Pannie Kianzad	14
24	NR		Bethe Correia	12
25	23		Karol Rosa	9.5
25	26		Tracy Cortez	9.5
27	25		Veronica Macedo	9
28	23	16	Julia Avila	8.5
29	27		Gina Mazany	3.5
30	28		Julija Stoliarenko	0
30	28		Norma Dumont	0
30	NR		Sarah Alpar	0
30	28		Shanna Young	0
30	NR		Stephanie Egger	0
30	28		Vanessa Melo	0
30	28		Zarah Fairn dos Santos	0

Check back Friday for our women’s flyweight rankings

Performance Based Rankings:

Heavyweights
Light Heavyweights
Middleweights
Welterweights
Lightweights
Featherweights
Bantamweights
Flyweights
Women’s Flyweights
Women’s Strawweights
Pound for Pound

 

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