UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Featherweights: Feb 8/21

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 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	453
2	2	2	Max Holloway	297.5
3	3	3	Brian Ortega	247
4	4	8	Josh Emmett	203
5	5	6	Chan Sung Jung	156
6	6		Song Yadong	154.5
7	NR	15	Ryan Hall	135
8	NR		Ricky Simon	108
9	8	7	Calvin Kattar	99.5
10	NR		Brian Kelleher	97
11	10	11	Sodiq Yusuff	95.5
12	11	16	Edson Barboza	93
13	12	13	Shane Burgos	91.5
14	15	10	Arnold Allen	86.5
14	14	12	Dan Ige	86.5
16	31		Movsar Evloev	74.5
17	23		Lerone Murphy	74
18	17		Darren Elkins	73
19	18		Hakeem Dawodu	69.5
20	19		Gavin Tucker	68
21	21		Andre Fili	66.5
22	23	14	Bryce Mitchell	60
22	23		Ricardo Ramos	60
24	26		Herbert Burns	56
25	22		Mirsad Bektic	54
26	28		Giga Chikadze	53.5
27	29	9	Jeremy Stephens	52
28	30		Makwan Amirkhani	51
29	32		Cub Swanson	48
29	32		Ilia Topuria	48
31	NR		Chas Skelly	43
32	34		Damon Jackson	40.5
33	35		Nate Landwehr	40
34	35		Charles Rosa	37
35	37		Daniel Pineda	36
35	37		Mike Grundy	36
37	39		Alex Caceres	34
38	40		Billy Quarantillo	30
38	40		Jonathan Pearce	30
38	40		Julian Erosa	30
38	40		L’udovit Klein	30
42	45		Charles Jourdain	27
42	45		Kyle Nelson	27
42	45		Zubaira Tukhugov	27
45	48		Darrick Minner	25
46	67		Seung Woo Choi	24.5
46	51		Shane Young	24.5
48	52		Danny Henry	23.5
49	53		Jordan Griffin	22.5
50	54		Omar Morales	22
51	48		Douglas Silva de Andrade	21.5
51	55		Jared Gordon	21.5
53	59		Chase Hooper	14
54	61		Mike Trizano	13
55	62		Youssef Zalal	10.5
56	65		Nad Narimani	7.5
57	76		Austin Lingo	5
57	67		Bill Algeo	5
57	67		Daniel Chavez	5
57	67		Jamall Emmers	5
57	NR		Ode Osbourne	5
57	NR		Timur Valiev	5
63	71		Kai Kamaka III	4.5
63	71		Sean Woodson	4.5
65	74		Chris Fishgold	4
66	75		Vince Morales	3.5
67	76		Jamey Simmons	0
67	NR		Jerome Rivera	0
67	76		Johnny Munoz	0
67	76		Joshua Culibao	0
67	NR		Kevin Croom	0
67	NR		Martin Day	0
67	76		Steve Garcia	0
67	76		T.J. Brown	0
67	76		T.J. Laramie	0
67	76		Vincent Cachero	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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