UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Lightweights: Dec 21/20

 

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 Lightweights.

 

*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 ranking, third column is official UFC ranking from UFC.com)

Stats	Last	UFC		Total
Rank	Rank	Rank
1	1	1	Khabib Nurmagomedov	548
2	2	2	Justin Gaethje	328
3	5	4	Charles Oliveira	327.5
4	4	3	Dustin Poirier	287
5	3	5	Tony Ferguson	231
6	6	7	Dan Hooker	205.5
7	7	12	Kevin Lee	203
8	NR	6	Conor McGregor	189
9	8	14	Islam Makhachev	187.5
10	9	13	Beneil Dariush	176
11	10		Josh Emmett	175
12	11	10	Carlos Diego Ferreira	171
13	14	8	Rafael dos Anjos	152
14	13		Alexander Hernandez	141
15	15		Francisco Trinaldo	132.5
16	16	16	Drew Dober	129.5
16	12	9	Paul Felder	129.5
18	17	15	Gregor Gillespie	116.5
19	18	11	Al Iaquinta	116
20	19		David Teymur	110
21	20		Scott Holtzman	109.5
22	23		Jim Miller	89
23	24		Vinc Pichel	87
24	22		Renato Moicano	77.5
25	21		Leonardo Santos	74
26	25		Yancy Medeiros	72
27	26		Khama Worthy	68
28	27		Davi Ramos	67.5
29	56		Rafael Fiziev	67
30	28		Damir Hadzovic	66.5
31	29		Magomed Mustafaev	62.5
32	34		Gabriel Benitez	61
33	30		Jalin Turner	60
34	31		Chris Gruetzemacher	54
35	32		Arman Tsarukyan	51.5
36	33		Ottman Azaitar	49
37	35		Nasrat Haqparast	46.5
38	36		Clay Guida	45
39	37		Joel Alvarez	43.5
40	38		Devonte Smith	43
41	39		Drakkar Klose	41
42	40		John Makdessi	40.5
43	41		Alexander Yakovlev	40
43	41		Charles Rosa	40
45	43		Lando Vannata	38
46	44		Michael Johnson	37.5
47	45		Rick Glenn	37
48	46		Bobby Green	36.5
49	47		Marc Diakiese	35
50	48		Kevin Aguilar	34
50	48		Roosevelt Roberts	34
52	50		Joe Solecki	33.5
53	51		Alan Patrick	28
54	52		Don Madge	27.5
55	53		Brad Riddell	27
56	54		Frank Camacho	26.5
57	55		Austin Hubbard	26
58	NR		Jordan Leavitt	25
59	56		Matt Frevola	24.5
60	58		Claudio Puelles	23
60	58		Thiago Moises	23
62	60		Alex White	21.5
63	61		Christos Giagos	20.5
64	62		Mark Madsen	14
65	63		Damir Ismagulov	13.5
66	64		Joseph Duffy	13
67	65		Luigi Vendramini	10
67	65		Tristan Connelly	10
69	67		Fares Ziam	5
69	67		Guram Kutateladze	5
71	69		Alex da Silva	4.5
72	70		Brok Weaver	4
72	NR		Justin Jaynes	4
74	70		Jessin Ayari	3.5
75	NR		Aalon Cruz	0
75	71		Alexander Munoz	0
75	71		Carlton Minus	0
75	71		Jai Herbert	0
75	71		Jamie Mullarkey	0
75	71		Mateusz Gamrot	0
75	71		Rodrigo Vargas	0

 

Check back Friday for our featherweight rankings

Performance Based Rankings:

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

 

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