UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Lightweights: Feb 5/21

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 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	2	3	Justin Gaethje	328
2	3	4	Charles Oliveira	327.5
3	4	2	Dustin Poirier	304.5
4	5	6	Tony Ferguson	231
5	11		Josh Emmett	203
5	7	13	Kevin Lee	203
7	10	14	Beneil Dariush	176
8	6	9	Dan Hooker	168
9	8	7	Conor McGregor	166.5
10	12	11	Carlos Diego Ferreira	161
11	13	8	Rafael dos Anjos	152
12	14		Alexander Hernandez	141
13	15		Francisco Trinaldo	132.5
14	16	10	Paul Felder	129.5
15	16		Drew Dober	128.5
16	21		Scott Holtzman	109.5
17	22		Jim Miller	89
18	23		Vinc Pichel	87
19	24		Renato Moicano	77.5
20	25		Leonardo Santos	74
21	26		Yancy Medeiros	72
22	NR		Grant Dawson	68
22	27		Khama Worthy	68
24	29		Rafael Fiziev	67
25	30		Damir Hadzovic	66.5
26	NR	5	Michael Chandler	65
27	32		Gabriel Benitez	61
28	33		Jalin Turner	60
29	35		Arman Tsarukyan	56
30	34		Chris Gruetzemacher	54
31	37		Nasrat Haqparast	46.5
32	38		Clay Guida	45
33	39		Joel Alvarez	43.5
34	40		Devonte Smith	43
35	41		Drakkar Klose	41
36	42		John Makdessi	40.5
37	50		Roosevelt Roberts	39
37	45		Lando Vannata	38
39	46		Michael Johnson	37.5
40	47		Rick Glenn	37
41	48		Bobby Green	36.5
42	49		Marc Diakiese	35
43	50		Kevin Aguilar	34
44	52		Joe Solecki	33.5
45	53		Alan Patrick	28
46	54		Don Madge	27.5
47	55		Brad Riddell	27
48	56		Frank Camacho	26.5
49	57		Austin Hubbard	26
50	58		Jordan Leavitt	25
51	60		Thiago Moises	23
52	31		Magomed Mustafaev	22.5
53	59		Matt Frevola	22
54	63		Christos Giagos	20.5
55	43		Alexander Yakovlev	20
56	64		Mark Madsen	14
56	63		Mike Davis	14
58	67		Luigi Vendramini	10
59	69		Fares Ziam	5
59	69		Guram Kutateladze	5
61	71		Alex da Silva	4.5
62	72		Brok Weaver	4
62	72		Justin Jaynes	4
64	74		Jessin Ayari	3.5
65	75		Aalon Cruz	0
65	75		Alexander Munoz	0
65	75		Jai Herbert	0
65	75		Jamie Mullarkey	0
65	NR		Kevin Croom	0
65	NR		Mason Jones	0
65	75		Mateusz Gamrot	0
65	75		Rodrigo Vargas	0

 

Check back Monday 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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