UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Featherweights: May 3/21

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 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	817.5
2	3	3	Brian Ortega	418
3	2	2	Max Holloway	372
4	4	7	Josh Emmett	364
5	6		Song Yadong	289
6	5	5	Chan Sung Jung	280
7	NR		Ryan Hall	270
8	7	9	Dan Ige	212.5
9	13	8	Arnold Allen	200
10	24	15	Giga Chikadze	188.5
11	8		Ricky Simon	174.5
12	12	10	Shane Burgos	163
13	9	11	Sodiq Yusuff	155
14	9	6	Calvin Kattar	149.5
15	16		Lerone Murphy	148
16	15	14	Movsar Evloev	147
17	17		Hakeem Dawodu	135
18	11	13	Edson Barboza	133
19	19		Gavin Tucker	114.5
20	20	12	Bryce Mitchell	114
21	14		Brian Kelleher	112
21	NR		Herbert Burns	112
23	25		Charles Jourdain	98
24	26		Ilia Topuria	96
25	20		Ricardo Ramos	95
26	NR		Gabriel Benitez	94
26	28		Julian Erosa	94
28	18		Andre Fili	87
29	28		Makwan Amirkhani	82
30	22		Darren Elkins	75
31	23		Mirsad Bektic	74
32	31		Daniel Pineda	72
32	31		Nate Landwehr	72
34	26	16	Cub Swanson	69.5
35	NR		Luke Sanders	68
36	NR		Jonathan Pearce	60
36	36		L’udovit Klein	60
38	38		Darrick Minner	55
39	40		Kyle Nelson	54
39	40		Zubaira Tukhugov	54
41	35		Alex Caceres	50
41	36		Billy Quarantillo	50
43	34		Charles Rosa	49
43	42		Seung Woo Choi	49
45	NR		Kevin Aguilar	48
46	46		Omar Morales	47
47	44		Danny Henry	45
48	38		Jared Gordon	43.5
49	45		Jordan Griffin	40
50	42		Shane Young	33
51	47		Douglas Silva de Andrade	29
52	48		Chase Hooper	28
53	49		Mike Trizano	26
54	NR		Steven Peterson	25
55	NR		Pat Sabatini	20
56	NR		Felipe Colares	18
56	NR		Tristan Connelly	18
58	50		Youssef Zalal	17
59	51		Nad Narimani	13
60	52		Austin Lingo	10
60	52		Bill Algeo	10
60	52		Jamall Emmers	10
60	NR		Luis Saldana	10
60	52		Ode Osbourne	10
60	62		T.J. Brown	10
60	52		Timur Valiev	10
67	57		Danny Chavez	9
67	57		Sean Woodson	9
69	60		Chris Fishgold	8
69	57		Kai Kamaka III	8
71	NR		Justin Jaynes	5
71	61		Vince Morales	5
73	62		Joshua Culibao	0
73	62		Kevin Croom	0
73	62		Marcelo Rojo	0
73	62		Martin Day	0
73	62		Steve Garcia	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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