UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Women’s Feather/Bantamweights: Jun 25/21

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 a 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 the 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 previous ranking, third column is official UFC ranking from UFC.com)

Stats	Last	UFC		Total
Rank	Rank	Rank
1	1	1	Amanda Nunes	743
2	2	2	Germaine de Randamie	258
3	3	5	Irene Aldana	147
4	4	4	Aspen Ladd	122
5	5	6	Yana Kunitskaya	113
6	6	3	Holly Holm	110
7	NR		Nicco Montano	99
8	7	7	Julianna Pena	94
9	8		Sabina Mazo	91
10	9	8	Ketlen Vieira	80
11	10		Jessica-Rose Clark	74
12	11	9	Sara McMann	63
13	NR		Bea Malecki	55
14	12	10	Macy Chiasson	49.5
15	13		Wu Yanan	48
16	14		Alexis Davis	46.5
17	15	11	Pannie Kianzad	45
18	16	13	Marion Reneau	44.5
19	17	14	Sijara Eubanks	42
20	19	15	Karol Rosa	37
21	18		Felicia Spencer	32
22	NR		Priscila Cachoeira	28
23	20		Bethe Correia	22
24	21		Ashlee Evans-Smith	20.5
25	23		Norma Dumont	19
26	22	16	Julia Avila	17
27	23		Vanessa Melo	10
28	25		Joselyne Edwards	9
29	26		Julija Stoliarenko	0
29	26		Miesha Tate	0
29	26		Sarah Alpar	0
29	26		Stephanie Egger	0
29	26		Zarah Fairn dos Santos	0

Check back Monday 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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