UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Women’s Feather/Bantamweights: May 14/21

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 Women’s Featherweights & Bantamweights

 

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

Stats	Last	UFC		Total
Rank	Rank	Rank
1	1	1	Amanda Nunes	743
2	2	2	Germaine de Randamie	258
3	3	5	Irene Aldana	147
4	NR	4	Aspen Ladd	122
5	4	6	Yana Kunitskaya	113
6	5	3	Holly Holm	110
7	6	7	Julianna Pena	94
8	7		Sabina Mazo	91
9	8	8	Ketlen Vieira	80
10	9		Jessica-Rose Clark	74
11	10	9	Sara McMann	65
12	11	10	Macy Chiasson	49.5
13	12		Wu Yanan	48
14	13		Alexis Davis	46.5
15	14	12	Pannie Kianzad	45
16	15	13	Marion Reneau	44.5
17	16	14	Sijara Eubanks	42
18	17		Felicia Spencer	38
19	18	15	Karol Rosa	37
20	19		Bethe Correia	22
21	20		Ashlee Evans-Smith	20.5
22	21	16	Julia Avila	17
23	22		Norma Dumont	10
23	22		Vanessa Melo	10
25	24		Joselyne Edwards	9
26	25		Julija Stoliarenko	0
26	25		Miesha Tate	0
26	25		Sarah Alpar	0
26	25		Stephanie Egger	0
26	25		Zarah Fairn dos Santos	0

Check back Monday for our women’s flyweight rankings

Performance Based Rankings:

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

 

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