UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Featherweights: Oct 18/21

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 not.  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	866.5
2	3	2	Max Holloway	367
3	4	5	Chan Sung Jung	293
4	2	3	Brian Ortega	281
5	5	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	10	11	Edson Barboza	188
11	11	10	Dan Ige	165.5
12	12	13	Sodiq Yusuff	155
13	13	4	Yair Rodriguez	150
14	14	6	Calvin Kattar	149.5
15	15		Lerone Murphy	148
16	36		Jonathan Pearce	134
17	16	15	Shane Burgos	133.5
18	17		Gavin Tucker	114.5
19	18	12	Bryce Mitchell	114
20	19		Hakeem Dawodu	108.5
21	20		Billy Quarantillo	108
21	20		Darren Elkins	108
23	30		Nate Landwehr	104
24	22		Julian Erosa	102
25	23		Andre Fili	86.5
25	24		Ricardo Ramos	86.5
27	25		Damon Jackson	82
28	28		Charles Jourdain	75
29	30		Daniel Pineda	72
30	27		Gabriel Benitez	70
31	32		Makwan Amirkhani	69
32	33		Cub Swanson	68.5
33	34		Mike Grundy	64
33	34		Seung Woo Choi	64
35	37		Pat Sabatini	58
36	38		Zubaira Tukhugov	54
37	41		Alex Caceres	50
37	41		Lando Vannata	50
37	41		Melsik Baghdasaryan	50
40	45		Darrick Minner	49
41	38		L’udovit Klein	48
42	47		Steven Peterson	42
43	48		Mike Trizano	41
44	49		Kevin Aguilar	37
45	41		Charles Rosa	34
46	46		Omar Morales	33
46	50		Shane Young	33
48	51		Kamuela Kirk	30
49	52		Austin Lingo	29
50	54		Sean Woodson	28
51	55		Chase Hooper	23
52	56		Tristan Connelly	18
53	57		Youssef Zalal	11.5
54	58		Joshua Culibao	10
54	58		T.J. Brown	10
54	58		Tucker Lutz	10
57	61		Bill Algeo	9
57	61		Danny Chavez	9
57	61		Jamall Emmers	9
57	61		Luis Saldana	9
61	65		Collin Anglin	0
61	65		Kevin Croom	0
61	65		Martin Day	0
61	65		Sean Soriano	0
61	65		Shayilan Nuerdanbieke	0
61	65		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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