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 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 | 2 | Max Holloway | 391.5 |
2 | 2 | 1 | Alexander Volkanovski | 356 |
3 | 3 | 3 | Brian Ortega | 297 |
4 | 4 | 5 | Chan Sung Jung | 176.5 |
5 | 5 | Ricardo Lamas | 175 | |
6 | 6 | 9 | Josh Emmett | 161 |
7 | NR | Song Yadong | 154.5 | |
8 | 7 | 15 | Ryan Hall | 138.5 |
9 | 9 | 6 | Yair Rodriguez | 111.5 |
10 | NR | Brian Kelleher | 110 | |
11 | NR | Marlon Vera | 106 | |
12 | 10 | 11 | Shane Burgos | 104.5 |
13 | 19 | 13 | Dan Ige | 98.5 |
14 | 13 | 16 | Sodiq Yusuff | 95.5 |
15 | 14 | Nik Lentz | 93.5 | |
16 | 11 | 7 | Calvin Kattar | 91.5 |
17 | 15 | Andre Fili | 90 | |
18 | 16 | 12 | Arnold Allen | 86.5 |
19 | 17 | Mirsad Bektic | 86 | |
20 | 12 | Edson Barboza | 79.5 | |
21 | 20 | 4 | Zabit Magomedsharipov | 73.5 |
22 | 18 | Darren Elkins | 70 | |
23 | 22 | Ricardo Ramos | 69 | |
24 | 23 | Grant Dawson | 65 | |
25 | 24 | Doo Ho Choi | 60 | |
26 | 25 | Chas Skelly | 58 | |
26 | 20 | 10 | Jeremy Stephens | 58 |
28 | 27 | Hakeem Dawodu | 50 | |
29 | 28 | Makwan Amirkhani | 47 | |
30 | 29 | Movsar Evloev | 44.5 | |
31 | 31 | Mike Grundy | 40 | |
31 | 64 | Nate Landwehr | 40 | |
33 | 35 | Bryce Mitchell | 39.5 | |
35 | 30 | Charles Rosa | 39.5 | |
35 | 32 | Kevin Aguilar | 39 | |
36 | 33 | Alex Caceres | 34 | |
36 | 33 | Zubaira Tukhugov | 34 | |
38 | 36 | Charles Jourdain | 30 | |
38 | 36 | Kyle Nelson | 30 | |
40 | 38 | Cub Swanson | 27.5 | |
40 | 38 | Shane Young | 27.5 | |
42 | 40 | Danny Henry | 26.5 | |
43 | 41 | Billy Quarantillo | 25 | |
43 | 41 | Douglas Silva de Andrade | 25 | |
43 | 41 | Herbert Burns | 25 | |
43 | 41 | Jordan Griffin | 25 | |
43 | 41 | Julio Arce | 25 | |
43 | 41 | Spike Carlyle | 25 | |
49 | 47 | Jared Gordon | 20 | |
50 | 48 | Kron Gracie | 18 | |
51 | NR | Chris Gutierrez | 14.5 | |
52 | 49 | Gavin Tucker | 14 | |
53 | 53 | Giga Chikadze | 13.5 | |
53 | 50 | Steven Peterson | 13.5 | |
55 | 51 | Mike Trizano | 13 | |
56 | 52 | Mike Davis | 10 | |
57 | 43 | Hunter Azure | 9 | |
57 | 54 | Matt Sayles | 9 | |
59 | 55 | Nad Narimani | 8.5 | |
60 | 56 | Sheymon Moraes | 7.5 | |
61 | 57 | Chase Hooper | 5 | |
61 | 57 | Sean Woodson | 5 | |
61 | 57 | Seung Woo Choi | 5 | |
61 | 57 | Yousef Zalal | 5 | |
65 | 61 | Chris Fishgold | 4.5 | |
65 | 61 | Daniel Teymur | 4.5 | |
65 | 61 | Luiz Garagorri | 4.5 | |
65 | NR | Vince Morales | 4.5 | |
69 | 64 | Aalon Cruz | 0 | |
69 | 64 | Austin Lingo | 0 | |
69 | 64 | Darrick Minner | 0 | |
69 | NR | Irwin Rivera | 0 | |
69 | 64 | Jacob Kilburn | 0 | |
69 | 64 | Jamall Emmers | 0 | |
69 | 64 | Lerone Murphy | 0 | |
69 | 64 | Suman Mokhtarian | 0 | |
69 | 64 | Sung Bin Jo | 0 | |
69 | 64 | T.J. Brown | 0 |
Check back Monday 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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