UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Lightweights: May 25/20

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 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 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	1	1	Khabib Nurmagomedov	508.5
2	5	2	Justin Gaethje	373
3	2	3	Tony Ferguson	305
4	3	8	Charles Oliveira	282
5	4	4	Dustin Poirier	270.5
6	6	6	Dan Hooker	244
7	7	9	Kevin Lee	203
8	8	13	Islam Makhachev	187.5
9	9		Josh Emmett	175
10	10	11	Carlos Diego Ferreira	171
11	12	7	Paul Felder	155.5
12	14	16	Beneil Dariush	141.5
13	11		Alexander Hernandez	140
14	15		Francisco Trinaldo	133.5
15	21	15	Drew Dober	129.5
16	16		Scott Holtzman	127.5
17	17		Leonardo Santos	117
18	18	12	Gregor Gillespie	116.5
19	19	10	Al Iaquinta	116
20	20		David Teymur	110
21	23		Renato Moicano	92
22	24		Davi Ramos	78.5
23	25		Yancy Medeiros	75
24	26		Damir Hadzovic	66.5
25	27		Joe Lauzon	66
25	28		Jim Miller	65
27	28		Vinc Pichel	65
28	30		Evan Dunham	63
29	31		Magomed Mustafaev	62.5
30	32		Luis Pena	61
31	33		Clay Guida	52.5
32	34		Joaquim Silva	51
33			Gabriel Benitez	49.5
34	36		Nasrat Haqparast	47
35	37		Alexander Yakovlev	46.5
36	39		Jalin Turner	45
36	39		Lando Vannata	45
38	41		Stevie Ray	44
39	42		Devonte Smith	43
40	43		Marc Diakiese	41.5
41	44		Drakkar Klose	41
42	38		John Makdessi	40.5
43	45		Khama Worthy	40
44	34		Michael Johnson	37.5
45	46		Arman Tsarukyan	35
46	47		Alan Patrick	32
47	48		Frank Camacho	30
48	49		Don Madge	27.5
49	50		Brad Riddell	24.5
49	50		Matt Frevola	24.5
49	64		Omar Morales	24.5
52	52		Claudio Puelles	23
53	53		Alex White	21.5
54	54		Joel Alvarez	20
54	54		Teemu Packalen	20
56	57		Christos Giagos	18
57	58		Roosevelt Roberts	16
58	59		Joe Solecki	15
59	60		Mark Madsen	14
60	61		Damir Ismagulov	13.5
61	62		Ottman Azaitar	10
61	62		Tristan Connelly	10
63	68		Thiago Moises	9
64	64		Alex da Silva	5
64	64		Brok Weaver	5
64	64		Rafael Fiziev	5
67	68		Austin Hubbard	4.5
68	70		Bobby Green	4
69	71		Fares Ziam	0
69	71		Jamie Mullarkey	0
69	71		Jonathan Pearce	0
69	71		Joshua Culibao	0
69	71		Matt Wiman	0
69	71		Rodrigo Vargas	0
69	71		Steve Garcia	0

 

 

Check back Friday 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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