UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Women’s Feather/Bantamweights: Sept 17/21

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 not.  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	723
2	2	2	Germaine de Randamie	258
3	3	5	Irene Aldana	201.5
4	4	4	Aspen Ladd	142
5	5	3	Holly Holm	110
6	6	7	Yana Kunitskaya	98.5
7	8	6	Julianna Pena	86
8	NR		Josiane Nunes	80
8	9	8	Ketlen Vieira	80
10	10		Jessica-Rose Clark	74
11	11	10	Sara McMann	63
12	13	11	Macy Chiasson	49.5
13	12		Bea Malecki	49
14	14		Wu Yanan	48
15	15	16	Alexis Davis	46.5
16	16	13	Pannie Kianzad	45
17	18	15	Karol Rosa	37
18	17		Raquel Pennington	36
19	19		Felicia Spencer	32
20	20		Priscila Cachoeira	28
21	21	14	Julia Avila	23
22	24	9	Miesha Tate	20
23	25		Norma Dumont	19
24	22		Bethe Correia	18
25	NR		Leah Letson	10
25	26		Vanessa Melo	10
27	27		Joselyne Edwards	9
28	23		Ashlee Evans-Smith	8
29	28		Julija Stoliarenko	0
29	28		Stephanie Egger	0
29	28		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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