UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Lightweights: Jun 11/21

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 a 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 Lightweights.

 

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

Stats	Last	UFC		Total
Rank	Rank	Rank
1	2	1	Charles Oliveira	595
2	1	3	Justin Gaethje	576
3	3	2	Dustin Poirier	473.5
4	4	4	Beneil Dariush	438
5	5	10	Islam Makhachev	353
6	12	11	Gregor Gillespie	274
7	7	6	Conor McGregor	273
8	8		Grant Dawson	242
9	6	7	Tony Ferguson	234
10	9	9	Dan Hooker	230
11	11	8	Rafael dos Anjos	213
12	13	14	Drew Dober	190.5
13	10	13	Diego Ferreira	159.5
14	15		Alexander Hernandez	159
15	16		Vinc Pichel	150
16	17		Scott Holtzman	138
17	18		Rafael Fiziev	134
18	20		Jim Miller	124.5
19	21		Leonardo Santos	119
20	19	5	Michael Chandler	117
21	NR		Damir Hadzovic	112.5
22	23	16	Arman Tsarukyan	112
23	25		Jalin Turner	110
23	25		Joe Solecki	110
25	28		Chris Gruetzemacher	108
26	29		Khama Worthy	104
27	27		Renato Moicano	103.5
28	30		Mateusz Gamrot	100
29	31		Yancy Medeiros	99
30	32		Ottman Azaitar	98
31	33		Devonte Smith	88
32	34		Joel Alvarez	87
33	35		Joaquim Silva	83
34	36	15	Thiago Moises	79
35	38		Roosevelt Roberts	71
36	39		Bobby Green	69
37	40		Luis Pena	68
37	40		Nasrat Haqparast	68
37	40		Rick Glenn	68
40	43		Jeremy Stephens	62
40	43		John Makdessi	62
42	55		Claudio Puelles	61
43	45		Jamie Mullarkey	60
44	46		Marc Diakiese	55.5
45	47		Don Madge	55
46	48		Austin Hubbard	54
46	48		Brad Riddell	54
48	50		Frank Camacho	50.5
49	53		Clay Guida	49
50	51		Jordan Leavitt	45
51	56		Matt Frevola	44
52	NR		Jared Gordon	43.5
53	57		Alexander Yakovlev	40
54	59		Christos Giagos	36
55	61		Damir Ismagulov	32
56	NR		Mark O. Madsen	28
56	60		Mike Davis	28
58	62		Michael Johnson	25
59	63		Luigi Vendramini	20
59	63		Uros Medic	20
61	65		Fares Ziam	10
61	65		Guram Kutateladze	10
61	65		Rodrigo Vargas	10
64	68		Alex da Silva	9
65	69		Jessin Ayari	5
66	71		Alexander Munoz	0
66	71		Dakota Bush	0
66	71		Ignacio Bahamondes	0
66	71		Jai Herbert	0
66	71		Rafa Garcia	0
66	NR		Rafael Alves	0
66	71		Rong Zhu	0
66	NR		Sean Soriano	0

 

Check back Monday for our featherweight rankings

Performance Based Rankings:

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

 

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