UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Women’s Strawweights: May 21/21

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 Strawweights

 

*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 official UFC ranking from UFC.com)

Stats	Last	UFC		Total
Rank	Rank	Rank
1	2	1	Rose Namajunas	581
2	1	2	Zhang Weili	437.5
3	3	7	Marina Rodriguez	162
4	8	6	Mackenzie Dern	156.5
5	4	15	Amanda Lemos	146
6	5	14	Virna Jandiroba	112
7	6	5	Carla Esparza	107
8	7	12	Amanda Ribas	106
9	9		Polyana Viana	88.5
10	10	4	Yan Xiaonan	82.5
11	11	11	Tecia Torres	82
12	12		Emily Whitmire	69
13	14	9	Claudia Gadelha	59.5
14	15	13	Angela Hill	58
15	13	10	Michelle Waterson	47
16	17		Kay Hanson	45
17	16	8	Nina Nunes	43.5
18	18		Brianna Van Buren	36
19	19	16	Felice Herrig	30
20	20		Loma Lookboonmee	29
21	32		Ariane Carnelossi	25
22	21		Cory McKenna	20
23	22		Livia Renata Souza	18
24	23		Ashley Yoder	15.5
25	32		Jessica Penne	10
25	24		Jinh Yu Frey	10
25	24		Kanako Murata	10
25	NR		Luana Pinheiro	10
25	24		Montserrat Ruiz	10
30	28		Mallory Martin	9
30	28		Mizuki Inoue	9
32	30		Miranda Granger	8
33	24		Randa Markos	7
34	31		Hannah Cifers	6.5
35	32		Cheyanne Buys	0
35	32		Gloria de Paula	0
35	32		Hannah Goldy	0
35	NR		Lupita Godinez	0
35	NR		Na Liang	0
35	32		Sam Hughes	0

 

Check Monday for our Pound for Pound Rankings

Performance Based Rankings:

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

 

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