UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Featherweights: Aug 21/20

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	2	1	Alexander Volkanovski	453
2	1	2	Max Holloway	321.5
3	3	3	Brian Ortega	297
4	4	8	Josh Emmett	190.5
5	5	5	Chan Sung Jung	176.5
6	6		Ricardo Lamas	175
7	7		Song Yadong	154.5
8	8	14	Ryan Hall	138.5
9	9		Jimmie Rivera	131
10	16	7	Calvin Kattar	117.5
11	11	6	Yair Rodriguez	110
12	10		Cody Stamann	97
13	NR		Ricky Simon	96.5
14	14	12	Sodiq Yusuff	95.5
15	15		Nik Lentz	93.5
16	16	15	Shane Burgos	91.5
17	18		Brian Kelleher	91
18	13	12	Dan Ige	86.5
19	19	11	Arnold Allen	84
20	20		Edson Barboza	79.5
21	21		Andre Fili	79
22	22	4	Zabit Magomedsharipov	73.5
23	23		Mirsad Bektic	71
24	24		Darren Elkins	70
25	26		Chas Skelly	68
25	27		Grant Dawson	68
27	29		Doo Ho Choi	60
27	70		Lerone Murphy	60
27	25		Ricardo Ramos	60
30	40		Makwan Amirkhani	58
31	28		Herbert Burns	56
32	30	10	Jeremy Stephens	52
33	31		Hakeem Dawodu	50
33	32		Movsar Evloev	50
35	53		Gavin Tucker	42.5
36	NR		Daniel Pineda	40
36	33		Nate Landwehr	40
38	35		Bryce Mitchell	39.5
39	36		Alex Caceres	37
40	33		Mike Grundy	36
41	37		Zubaira Tukhugov	34
42	38		Billy Quarantillo	32.5
42	38		Julian Erosa	32.5
44	41		Kyle Nelson	30
45	42		Cub Swanson	27.5
45	42		Shane Young	27.5
47	44		Charles Jourdain	27
48	47		Douglas Silva de Andrade	25
48	47		Julio Arce	25
50	45		Danny Henry	23.5
51	49		Jordan Griffin	22.5
51	49		Spike Carlyle	22.5
53	51		Jared Gordon	21.5
54	52		Kron Gracie	18
55	54		Giga Chikadze	13.5
55	54		Steven Peterson	13.5
55	58		Youssef Zalal	13.5
58	56		Mike Trizano	13
59	57		Mike Davis	10
60	59		Hunter Azure	9
60	59		Matt Sayles	9
62	61		Nad Narimani	7.5
62	62		Sheymon Moraes	7.5
64	NR		Daniel Chavez	5
64	70		Jamall Emmers	5
64	NR		Kai Kamaka III	5
64	NR		Nathan Maness	5
64	63		Seung Woo Choi	5
69	64		Chase Hooper	4.5
69	64		Daniel Teymur	4.5
69	NR		Justin Jaynes	4.5
69	64		Luiz Garagorri	4.5
69	64		Sean Woodson	4.5
74	64		Chris Fishgold	4
75	69		Vince Morales	3.5
76	70		Aalon Cruz	0
76	70		Austin Lingo	0
76	70		Darrick Minner	0
76	70		Jacob Kilburn	0
76	NR		Jonny Munoz	0
76	NR		Peter Barrett	0
76	70		Steve Garcia	0
76	70		Suman Mokhtarian	0
76	70		Sung Bin Jo	0
76	70		T.J. Brown	0
76	NR		Tony Kelley	0
76	NR		Vincent Cachero	0

 

Check back Monday for our bantamweight rankings

Performance Based Rankings:

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

 

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