UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Lightweights: Nov 29/19

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 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	2	2	Tony Ferguson	389
3	3	3	Dustin Poirier	270.5
4	4	5	Justin Gaethje	253
5	7	9	Kevin Lee	247.5
6	5	14	Charles Oliveira	244.5
7	6	8	Dan Hooker	233
8	8	16	Islam Makhachev	195
9	9		Carlos Diego Ferreira	182.5
10	11	7	Paul Felder	181.5
11	NR	12	Anthony Pettis	177
12	10	10	Al Iaquinta	164
13	12	15	Alexander Hernandez	159
14	13		Francisco Trinaldo	131.5
15	16		Leonardo Santos	124
16	14	13	Gregor Gillespie	116.5
17	15		Beneil Dariush	110
17	18		David Teymur	110
19	19		Nik Lentz	109
20	20		Scott Holtzman	101.5
21	21	11	Edson Barboza	98
22	22		Yancy Medeiros	95
23	24		Jim Miller	83.5
24	29		Joe Lauzon	81.5
25	25		Davi Ramos	78.5
26	26		Damir Hadzovic	76
26	26		Drew Dober	76
28	23		Alexander Yakovlev	74
29	28		Olivier Aubin-Mercier	73
30	31		Magomed Mustafaev	71
31	32		Mairbek Taisumov	70
32	33		Vinc Pichel	65
33	34		Luis Pena	64
34	35		Clay Guida	58.5
35	36		John Makdessi	53.5
36	37		Desmond Green	52.5
36	37		Nasrat Haqparast	52.5
38	39		Joaquim Silva	51
38	30		Michael Johnson	51
40	41		Drakkar Klose	47.5
41	42		Lando Vannata	46.5
42	40		Stevie Ray	44
43	43		Devonte Smith	43
44	44		Marc Diakiese	41.5
45	45		Khama Worthy	40
46	46		Arman Tsarukyan	35
47	48		Alan Patrick	32
47	48		Joseph Duffy	32
49	47		Frank Camacho	30
50	50		Don Madge	27.5
51	52		Dong Hyun Ma	24.5
51	52		Matt Frevola	24.5
53	55		Claudio Puelles	23
54	56		Jalin Turner	22.5
55	51		Alex White	21.5
56	54		Jared Gordon	20
56	57		Joel Alvarez	20
56	57		Teemu Packalen	20
59	59		Christos Giagos	18
60	60		Josh Emmett	17
61	63		Roosevelt Roberts	16
62	61		Mizuto Hirota	14
63	62		Damir Ismagulov	13.5
64	63		Gray Maynard	12.5
65	65		Mark Madsen	10
65	65		Mike Davis	10
65	65		Ottman Azaitar	10
68	68		Jason Gonzalez	8
69	69		Alex da Silva	5
69	69		Austin Hubbard	5
69	69		Brad Riddell	5
69	80		Rafael Fiziev	5
73	72		Jesus Pinedo	4.5
73	72		John Gunther	4.5
73	72		Thiago Moises	4.5
76	72		Bobby Green	4
76	77		Darrell Horcher	4
76	77		Jessin Ayari	4
79	80		Eric Wisely	0
79	80		Fares Ziam	0
79	80		Jamie Mullarkey	0
79	NR		Jonathan Pearce	0
79	80		Kurt Holobaugh	0
79	80		Kyle Prepolec	0
79	80		Marcos Mariano	0
79	72		Matt Wiman	0
79	80		Rodrigo Vargas	0
79	80		Te Edwards	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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