UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Featherweights: Dec 2/19

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	467.5
2	2	3	Brian Ortega	297
3	3	2	Alexander Volkanovski	228.5
4	6	11	Josh Emmett	161
5	5		Ricardo Lamas	154
6	7	16	Ryan Hall	138.5
7	9	7	Yair Rodriguez	110
8	11	8	Chan Sung Jung	109
9	12		Andre Fili	106
10	25	13	Shane Burgos	104.5
11	10	12	Calvin Kattar	100
12	13		Darren Elkins	94
13	15	14	Mirsad Bektic	88
14	16	9	Renato Moicano	84.5
15	17		Sodiq Yusuff	79
16	18		Dan Ige	77.5
17	19		Doo Ho Choi	75
18	14	10	Jeremy Stephens	73.5
18	26	5	Zabit Magomedsharipov	73.5
20	27		Ricardo Ramos	69
21	22		Chas Skelly	67
22	20		Gabriel Benitez	57
23	24	15	Arnold Allen	53.5
24	34		Hakeem Dawodu	50
25	23		Makwan Amirkhani	49
26	54		Charles Rosa	47
27	28		Grant Dawson	44.5
27	56		Movsar Evloev	44.5
29	29		Kevin Aguilar	44
30	30		Mike Grundy	40
31	32		Rick Glenn	37
32	33		Alex Caceres	34
33	35		Polo Reyes	31.5
34	36		Kyle Nelson	30
35	37		Cub Swanson	29.5
36	35		Douglas Silva de Andrade	27.5
36	40		Shane Young	27.5
38	41		Danny Henry	26.5
39	38		Julio Arce	25
40	38		Enrique Barzola	24
41	42		Brandon Davis	22.5
42	44		Kron Gracie	18
43	45		Martin Bravo	17.5
44	46		Bryce Mitchell	14.5
45	47		Gavin Tucker	14
46	48		Steven Peterson	13.5
47	49		Mike Trizano	13
48	40		Renan Barao	12.5
49	50		Matt Sayles	10
50	52		Zubaira Tukhugov	9
51	50		Kyle Bochniak	8.5
51	53		Nad Narimani	8.5
53	55		Sheymon Moraes	7.5
54	56		Daniel Teymur	5
54	56		Geraldo de Freitas	5
54	56		Giga Chikadze	5
54	NR		Sean Woodson	5
58	61		Chris Fishgold	4.5
58	56		Luiz Garagorri	4.5
60	63		Charles Jourdain	0
60	63		Jordan Griffin	0
60	63		Lerone Murphy	0
60	63		Matt Bessette	0
60	63		Seung Woo Choi	0
60	63		Suman Mokhtarian	0
60	63		Sung Bin Jo	0

 

Check back Friday 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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