UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Featherweights: Mar 2/20

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	1	2	Max Holloway	391.5
2	2	1	Alexander Volkanovski	356
3	3	3	Brian Ortega	297
4	4	5	Chan Sung Jung	176.5
5	5		Ricardo Lamas	175
6	6	10	Josh Emmett	161
7	7	14	Ryan Hall	138.5
8	8	7	Frankie Edgar	126
9	9	6	Yair Rodriguez	111.5
10	12	13	Shane Burgos	104.5
11	13	11	Calvin Kattar	100
12	16	15	Sodiq Yusuff	95.5
13	10		Nik Lentz	93.5
14	11		Andre Fili	90
15	25	16	Arnold Allen	86.5
16	14		Mirsad Bektic	86
17	15		Darren Elkins	85
18	17		Dan Ige	77.5
19	18	9	Jeremy Stephens	73.5
19	18	4	Zabit Magomedsharipov	73.5
21	20		Ricardo Ramos	69
22	29		Grant Dawson	65
23	23		Doo Ho Choi	60
24	21		Chas Skelly	58
25	24		Gabriel Benitez	57
26	26		Hakeem Dawodu	50
27	27		Makwan Amirkhani	47
28	29		Movsar Evloev	44.5
29	28		Charles Rosa	44
30	32		Mike Grundy	40
31	31		Kevin Aguilar	39
32	33		Alex Caceres	34
32	59		Zubaira Tukhugov	34
34	34		Bryce Mitchell	33
35	36		Charles Jourdain	30
35	36		Kyle Nelson	30
37	38		Cub Swanson	29.5
38	39		Shane Young	27.5
39	41		Danny Henry	26.5
40	42		Billy Quarantillo	25
40	39		Douglas Silva de Andrade	25
40	NR		Herbert Burns	25
40	64		Jordan Griffin	25
40	42		Julio Arce	25
40	NR		Spike Carlyle	25
46	46		Kron Gracie	18
47	48		Gavin Tucker	14
48	49		Steven Peterson	13.5
49	50		Mike Trizano	13
50	51		Mike Davis	10
51	52		Matt Sayles	9
52	53		Nad Narimani	8.5
53	54		Sheymon Moraes	7.5
54	55		Chase Hooper	5
54	55		Giga Chikadze	5
54	55		Sean Woodson	5
54	55		Seung Woo Choi	5
54	NR		Yousef Zalal	5
59	59		Chris Fishgold	4.5
59	59		Daniel Teymur	4.5
59	59		Geraldo de Freitas	4.5
59	59		Luiz Garagorri	4.5
63	NR		Aalon Cruz	0
63	NR		Austin Lingo	0
63	NR		Darrick Minner	0
63	64		Jacob Kilburn	0
63	64		Lerone Murphy	0
63	NR		Nate Landwehr	0
63	64		Suman Mokhtarian	0
63	64		Sung Bin Jo	0
63	NR		T.J. Brown	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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