UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Featherweights: Nov 29/21

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 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 last rankings, third column is official UFC ranking from UFC.com)

Stats	Last	UFC		Total
Rank	Rank	Rank
1	1	1	Alexander Volkanovski	865.5
2	2	2	Max Holloway	369.5
3	NR	8	Josh Emmett	362
4	3	5	Chan Sung Jung	293
5	4	3	Brian Ortega	281
6	5	9	Giga Chikadze	258.5
7	6		Ryan Hall	216
8	7	7	Arnold Allen	200
9	8		Ilia Topuria	196
10	9	14	Movsar Evloev	194
11	10	11	Edson Barboza	188
12	15		Lerone Murphy	182
13	11	10	Dan Ige	165.5
14	12	13	Sodiq Yusuff	155
15	14	6	Calvin Kattar	149.5
16	17	15	Shane Burgos	146.5
17	16		Jonathan Pearce	134
18	13	4	Yair Rodriguez	129
19	36		Zubaira Tukhugov	128
20	18		Gavin Tucker	114.5
21	NR	12	Bryce Mitchell	114
22	20		Hakeem Dawodu	108.5
23	21		Darren Elkins	108
24	23		Nate Landwehr	104
25	24		Julian Erosa	102
26	37	16	Alex Caceres	98
27	21		Billy Quarantillo	88.5
28	25		Andre Fili	86.5
29	27		Damon Jackson	82
30	28		Charles Jourdain	75
31	29		Daniel Pineda	72
31	35		Pat Sabatini	72
33	30		Gabriel Benitez	70
34	32		Cub Swanson	68.5
35	33		Mike Grundy	64
36	25		Ricardo Ramos	61
37	NR		Chas Skelly	58
38	37		Melsik Baghdasaryan	55
38	33		Seung Woo Choi	55
40	37		Lando Vannata	50
41	40		Darrick Minner	49
42	41		L’udovit Klein	48
43	31		Makwan Amirkhani	44
44	50		Sean Woodson	43
45	42		Steven Peterson	42
46	43		Mike Trizano	41
47	44		Kevin Aguilar	37
48	45		Charles Rosa	34
49	46		Omar Morales	33
49	46		Shane Young	33
51	48		Kamuela Kirk	30
52	NR		Andre Ewell	29.5
53	49		Austin Lingo	29
54	51		Chase Hooper	23
55	52		Tristan Connelly	18
56	53		Youssef Zalal	11.5
57	54		Joshua Culibao	10
57	61		Shayilan Nuerdanbieke	10
57	54		T.J. Brown	10
60	57		Bill Algeo	9
60	57		Danny Chavez	9
60	57		Jamall Emmers	9
60	57		Luis Saldana	9
60	54		Tucker Lutz	9
65	NR		Bruno Souza	0
65	61		Collin Anglin	0
65	61		Kevin Croom	0
65	NR		Mark Striegl	0
65	61		Martin Day	0
65	61		Sean Soriano	0
65	61		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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