UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Featherweights: Sept 6/21

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 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	817.5
2	2	3	Brian Ortega	398
3	3	2	Max Holloway	367
4	4	5	Chan Sung Jung	293
5	10	9	Giga Chikadze	258.5
6	6		Ryan Hall	216
7	7	7	Arnold Allen	200
8	8	16	Ilia Topuria	196
9	9	14	Movsar Evloev	194
10	5	11	Edson Barboza	188
11	12	10	Dan Ige	165.5
12	14	13	Sodiq Yusuff	155
13	NR	4	Yair Rodriguez	150
14	15	6	Calvin Kattar	149.5
15	16		Lerone Murphy	148
16	17	15	Shane Burgos	133.5
17	18		Gavin Tucker	114.5
18	19	12	Bryce Mitchell	114
19	21		Hakeem Dawodu	108.5
20	22		Billy Quarantillo	108
20	22		Darren Elkins	108
22	27		Julian Erosa	102
23	25		Andre Fili	87
24	26		Ricardo Ramos	86.5
25	NR		Damon Jackson	81
26	NR		Chas Skelly	78
27	28		Gabriel Benitez	76
28	24		Charles Jourdain	75
29	29		Mirsad Bektic	74
30	30		Daniel Pineda	72
30	30		Nate Landwehr	72
32	33		Makwan Amirkhani	69
33	32		Cub Swanson	68.5
34	34		Mike Grundy	64
34	34		Seung Woo Choi	64
36	36		Jonathan Pearce	60
37	53		Pat Sabatini	58
38	37		Kyle Nelson	54
38	37		L’udovit Klein	54
38	37		Zubaira Tukhugov	54
41	40		Alex Caceres	50
41	40		Charles Rosa	50
41	40		Lando Vannata	50
41	NR		Melsik Baghdasaryan	50
45	43		Darrick Minner	49
46	44		Omar Morales	47
47	45		Steven Peterson	42
48	46		Mike Trizano	41
49	47		Kevin Aguilar	37
50	48		Shane Young	33
51	49		Kamuela Kirk	30
52	56		Austin Lingo	29
52	50		Douglas Silva de Andrade	29
54	51		Sean Woodson	28
55	52		Chase Hooper	23
56	54		Tristan Connelly	18
57	55		Youssef Zalal	11.5
58	56		Joshua Culibao	10
58	56		T.J. Brown	10
58	56		Tucker Lutz	10
61	63		Bill Algeo	9
61	63		Danny Chavez	9
61	56		Jamall Emmers	9
61	56		Luis Saldana	9
65	NR		Collin Anglin	0
65	67		Gaetano Pirrello	0
65	67		Kevin Croom	0
65	67		Martin Day	0
65	67		Sean Soriano	0
65	67		Shayilan Nuerdanbieke	0
65	NR		T.J. Laramie	0

Check back Friday 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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