UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Featherweights: May 27/19

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	Max Holloway	421
2	2	3	Brian Ortega	297
3	6	2	Alexander Volkanovski	228.5
4	4	11	Ricardo Lamas	207
5	3	4	Jose Aldo	186
6	5	5	Frankie Edgar	158
7	8	12	Yair Rodriguez	122
8	9	15	Darren Elkins	115
9	10	9	Josh Emmett	110
10	13		Andre Fili	100
11	12	10	Mirsad Bektic	97.5
12	13	6	Renato Moicano	97
13	15	8	Jeremy Stephens	96
14	18	16	Calvin Kattar	72
14	7		Chad Mendes	72
14	11	13	Chan Sung Jung	72
17	20		Dan Ige	64.5
17	19		Michael Johnson	64.5
19	16		Chas Skelly	63
20	21		Arnold Allen	61
21	29	14	Shane Burgos	51.5
22	23	7	Zabit Magomedsharipov	50.5
23	24		Kevin Aguilar	49
24	25		Bobby Moffett	45
25	47		Grant Dawson	44.5
26	27		Mike Grundy	40
27	26		Makwan Amirkhani	39
28	28		Rick Glenn	37
29	30		Alex Caceres	35.5
30	31		Sodiq Yusuff	32.5
31	35		Julio Arce	28.5
32	33		Enrique Barzola	27.5
32	33		Shane Young	27.5
34	35		Danny Henry	26.5
35	22		Myles Jury	25.5
36	31		Cub Swanson	25
37	38		Humberto Bandenay	24
38	40		Kron Gracie	20
38	40		Martin Bravo	20
40	42		Bryce Mitchell	14.5
41	54		Mike Trizano	13
42	43		Kyle Bochniak	10
42	53		Matt Sayles	10
44	44		Hakeem Dawodu	9.5
45	45		Nad Narimani	8.5
45	45		Sheymon Moraes	8.5
47	47		Chris Fishgold	5
47	47		Geraldo de Freitas	5
47	NR		Movsar Evloev	5
50	50		Austin Arnett	4.5
50	50		Steven Peterson	4.5
52	52		Julian Erosa	3
53	53		Anderson dos Santos	0
53	53		Daniel Teymur	0
53	53		Felipe Colares	0
53	NR		Gilbert Melendez	0
53	53		Jay Cucciniello	0
53	53		Jordan Griffin	0
53	NR		Kyle Nelson	0
53	53		Matt Bessette	0
53	53		Mike Santiago	0
53	NR		Seung Woo Choi	0
53	53		Suman Mokhtarian	0
53	53		Tyler Diamond	0

 

Check back Friday for our bantamweight rankings

Performance Based Rankings:

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

 

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