UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Women’s Flyweights: Sept 9/19

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 Women’s Flyweights 

 

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

Stats	Last	UFC		Total
Rank	Rank	Rank
1	1	1	Valentina Shevchenko	276.5
2	2	12	Montana De La Rosa	68.5
3	7	6	Joanne Calderwood	66
4	3	3	Katlyn Chookagian	64
5	4	13	Maycee Barber	62.5
5	5		Paige VanZant	62.5
7	6	2	Jessica Eye	50.5
8	8	16	Gillian Robertson	47
9	9		Mayra Bueno Silva	40
10	10	7	Andrea Lee	34.5
11	20	10	Lauren Murphy	34
12	11		Poliana Botelho	32.5
13	12	5	Jennifer Maia	32
14	13		Wu Yanan	27
15	14	9	Roxanne Modafferi	26.5
16	16		Ashlee Evans-Smith	24.5
17	17		Maryna Moroz	23.5
18	15	15	Mara Romero Borella	22
19	21		JJ Aldrich	20.5
20	22		Rachael Ostovich	20
20	18		Shana Dobson	20
22	26	8	Viviane Araujo	19
23	18	11	Alexis Davis	18.5
24	28	14	Antonina Shevchenko	18
25	NR		Polyana Viana	17.5
26	23	4	Liz Carmouche	17
27	24		Ji Yeon Kim	12.5
28	25		Lucie Pudilova	10
28	32		Veronica Macedo	10
30	27		Molly McCann	9.5
31	29		Lauren Mueller	8
32	30		Luana Carolina	5
32	NR		Miranda Granger	5
32	NR		Mizuki Inoue	5
32	32		Sabina Mazo	5
36	31		Nadia Kassem	4.5
37	32		Ariane Lipski	0
37	NR		Hannah Goldy	0
37	32		Kalindra Faria	0
37	32		Priscila Cachoeira	0
37	32		Sarah Frota	0
37	32		Taila Santos	0

 

Check back Friday for our women’s strawweight rankings

Performance Based Rankings:

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

 

 

 

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