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 seven year time limit, so if they have fought less than 10 times in past seven 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)
Check back Monday for our bantamweight rankings
| Stats | Last | UFC | Total | |
| Rank | Rank | Rank | ||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Max Holloway | 445.5 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Jose Aldo | 335 |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | Brian Ortega | 238 |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | Frankie Edgar | 224 |
| 5 | 5 | 7 | Ricardo Lamas | 170.5 |
| 6 | 6 | 8 | Chan Sung Jung | 160 |
| 7 | 7 | 10 | Darren Elkins | 159.5 |
| 8 | NR | Michael Johnson | 137 | |
| 9 | 8 | Renan Barao | 127.5 | |
| 10 | 9 | Charles Oliveira | 120 | |
| 11 | 11 | 9 | Jeremy Stephens | 113.5 |
| 12 | 35 | 5 | Josh Emmett | 102 |
| 13 | 10 | 15 | Myles Jury | 100 |
| 14 | 12 | Chas Skelly | 96 | |
| 15 | 14 | 11 | Yair Rodriguez | 82.5 |
| 16 | 13 | 14 | Doo Ho Choi | 75 |
| 17 | 15 | 13 | Dennis Bermudez | 74 |
| 18 | 16 | Jason Knight | 70.5 | |
| 19 | 17 | 6 | Cub Swanson | 65.5 |
| 20 | 46 | Calvin Kattar | 59 | |
| 21 | 18 | Godofredo Pepey | 58.5 | |
| 22 | 19 | Gabriel Benitez | 51.5 | |
| 23 | 20 | Gilbert Melendez | 48 | |
| 24 | 21 | Zabit Magomedsharipov | 47.5 | |
| 25 | 22 | Felipe Arantes | 46.5 | |
| 26 | 23 | Alex Caceres | 46 | |
| 27 | 25 | Arnold Allen | 42.5 | |
| 28 | 27 | 16 | Mirsad Bektic | 39.5 |
| 29 | 28 | Andre Fili | 38 | |
| 30 | 29 | Makwan Amirkhani | 36.5 | |
| 31 | 26 | Shane Burgos | 36 | |
| 32 | 30 | 12 | Renato Moicano | 35.5 |
| 33 | 33 | Enrique Barzola | 30 | |
| 33 | 31 | Humberto Bandenay | 30 | |
| 33 | 31 | Teruto Ishihara | 30 | |
| 36 | 33 | Jimy Hettes | 28 | |
| 37 | 35 | Jared Gordon | 25 | |
| 37 | 35 | Song Yadong | 25 | |
| 39 | 38 | Gray Maynard | 23 | |
| 40 | 39 | Martin Bravo | 22.5 | |
| 41 | 40 | Artem Lobov | 19.5 | |
| 42 | 41 | Jeremy Kennedy | 18 | |
| 42 | 41 | Mizuto Hirota | 18 | |
| 44 | 43 | Alexander Volkanovski | 17.5 | |
| 45 | 44 | Nick Hein | 16.5 | |
| 46 | 47 | Kyle Bochniak | 13 | |
| 46 | 45 | Rick Glenn | 13 | |
| 48 | 48 | Charles Rosa | 8 | |
| 49 | NR | Julio Arce | 5 | |
| 49 | NR | Mads Burnell | 5 | |
| 49 | 49 | Rolando Dy | 5 | |
| 49 | 49 | Wang Guan | 5 | |
| 53 | 51 | Gavin Tucker | 4.5 | |
| 54 | 52 | B.J. Penn | 0 | |
| 54 | 52 | Bharat Kandare | 0 | |
| 54 | NR | Brandon Davis | 0 | |
| 54 | NR | Dan Ige | 0 | |
| 54 | NR | Matt Bessette | 0 | |
| 54 | 52 | Mike Santiago | 0 | |
| 54 | 52 | Shane Young | 0 | |
| 54 | 52 | Sheymon Moraes | 0 | |
| 54 | 52 | Terrion Ware | 0 | |
| 54 | 52 | Wuliji Buren | 0 |
Performance Based Rankings:
Heavyweights
Light Heavyweights
Middleweights
Welterweights
Lightweights
Bantamweights
Flyweights
Women’s Feather/Bantamweights
Women’s Fly/Strawweights
Pound for Pound
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