UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Lightweights: July 6/20

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 Lightweights.

 

*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 ranking, third column is official UFC ranking from UFC.com)

Stats	Last	UFC		Total
Rank	Rank	Rank
1	1	1	Khabib Nurmagomedov	508.5
2	2	2	Justin Gaethje	373
3	3	4	Tony Ferguson	305
4	5	3	Dustin Poirier	287
5	4	7	Charles Oliveira	282
6	6	6	Dan Hooker	205.5
7	7	10	Kevin Lee	203
8	8	12	Islam Makhachev	187.5
9	9		Josh Emmett	175
10	10	9	Carlos Diego Ferreira	171
11	11	8	Paul Felder	155.5
12	12	16	Beneil Dariush	141.5
13	13		Alexander Hernandez	140
14	14		Francisco Trinaldo	133.5
15	15	15	Drew Dober	129.5
16	16		Scott Holtzman	127.5
17	17		Leonardo Santos	117
18	18	13	Gregor Gillespie	116.5
19	19	11	Al Iaquinta	116
20	20		David Teymur	110
21	25		Jim Miller	101.5
22	21		Renato Moicano	92
23	22		Davi Ramos	78.5
24	43		Khama Worthy	76
25	23		Yancy Medeiros	75
26	24		Damir Hadzovic	66.5
27	25		Joe Lauzon	66
28	27		Vinc Pichel	65
29	29		Magomed Mustafaev	62.5
30	28		Evan Dunham	53.5
31	30		Luis Pena	52.5
32	32		Joaquim Silva	51
33	33		Gabriel Benitez	48
34	34		Nasrat Haqparast	47
35	35		Alexander Yakovlev	46.5
36	31		Clay Guida	45
36	36		Jalin Turner	45
36	36		Lando Vannata	45
39	38		Stevie Ray	44
40	39		Devonte Smith	43
41	40		Marc Diakiese	41.5
42	41		Drakkar Klose	41
43	42		John Makdessi	40.5
44	NR		Charles Rosa	40
45	57		Roosevelt Roberts	39
46	44		Michael Johnson	37.5
47	45		Arman Tsarukyan	35
48	NR		Kevin Aguilar	34
49	NR		Joseph Duffy	30
50	67		Austin Hubbard	29
51	48		Don Madge	27.5
52	47		Frank Camacho	26.5
53	49		Brad Riddell	24.5
53	49		Matt Frevola	24.5
53	49		Omar Morales	24.5
56	52		Claudio Puelles	23
57	53		Alex White	21.5
58	54		Joel Alvarez	20
58	54		Teemu Packalen	20
60	56		Christos Giagos	18
61	58		Joe Solecki	15
62	59		Mark Madsen	14
63	60		Damir Ismagulov	13.5
64	61		Ottman Azaitar	10
64	61		Tristan Connelly	10
66	63		Thiago Moises	9
67	68		Bobby Green	8.5
68	64		Alex da Silva	5
68	NR		Justin Jaynes	5
68	64		Rafael Fiziev	5
71	64		Brok Weaver	4.5
72	69		Fares Ziam	0
72	69		Jamie Mullarkey	0
72	69		Jonathan Pearce	0
72	69		Joshua Culibao	0
72	69		Matt Wiman	0
72	NR		Max Rohskopf	0
72	69		Rodrigo Vargas	0
72	69		Steve Garcia	0

Check back Friday for our featherweight rankings

Performance Based Rankings:

Heavyweights
Light Heavyweights
Middleweights
Welterweights
Featherweights
Bantamweights
Flyweights
Women’s Feather/Bantamweights
Women’s Flyweights
Women’s Strawweights
Pound for Pound

 

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