UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Lightweights: Sept 28/20

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	2	2	Justin Gaethje	373
3	3	4	Tony Ferguson	303.5
4	4	3	Dustin Poirier	287
5	5	7	Charles Oliveira	282
6	6	5	Dan Hooker	205.5
7	7	11	Kevin Lee	203
8	8	13	Islam Makhachev	187.5
9	9	12	Beneil Dariush	176
10	10		Josh Emmett	175
11	11	9	Carlos Diego Ferreira	171
12	12	8	Paul Felder	155.5
13	13		Alexander Hernandez	140
14	NR		Rafael dos Anjos	137.5
15	14		Francisco Trinaldo	132.5
16	15	15	Drew Dober	129.5
17	16	14	Gregor Gillespie	116.5
18	17	10	Al Iaquinta	116
19	18		David Teymur	110
20	19		Scott Holtzman	109.5
21	20		Leonardo Santos	109
22	21		Renato Moicano	92
23	22		Jim Miller	89
24	23		Vinc Pichel	87
25	25		Yancy Medeiros	75
26	24		Khama Worthy	68
27	26		Davi Ramos	67.5
28	27		Damir Hadzovic	66.5
29	28		Joe Lauzon	64
30	29		Magomed Mustafaev	62.5
31	36		Jalin Turner	60
32	31		Arman Tsarukyan	51.5
33	66		Ottman Azaitar	49
34	33		Gabriel Benitez	48
35	34		Alexander Yakovlev	46.5
35	34		Nasrat Haqparast	46.5
37	36		Clay Guida	45
38	38		Devonte Smith	43
38	38		Joel Alvarez	43
40	65		Bobby Green	41
40	41		Drakkar Klose	41
42	42		John Makdessi	40.5
43	43		Charles Rosa	40
44	45		Lando Vannata	38
45	46		Michael Johnson	37.5
46	47		Marc Diakiese	35
47	48		Kevin Aguilar	34
47	44		Roosevelt Roberts	34
49	61		Joe Solecki	33.5
50	49		Alan Patrick	28
51	51		Don Madge	27.5
52	53		Brad Riddell	27
53	52		Frank Camacho	26.5
54	50		Austin Hubbard	26
55	53		Matt Frevola	24.5
55	53		Omar Morales	24.5
55	53		Rafael Fiziev	24.5
58	57		Claudio Puelles	23
59	58		Alex White	21.5
60	NR		Kevin Croom	20
61	60		Christos Giagos	18
62	62		Mark Madsen	14
63	63		Damir Ismagulov	13.5
64	64		Joseph Duffy	13
65	66		Tristan Connelly	10
66	68		Thiago Moises	9
67	69		Alex da Silva	4.5
68	70		Brok Weaver	4
68	NR		Jessin Ayari	4
70	71		Alexander Munoz	0
70	71		Fares Ziam	0
70	71		Jai Herbert	0
70	71		Jamie Mullarkey	0
70	71		Jonathan Pearce	0
70	71		Joshua Culibao	0
70	NR		Luigi Vendramini	0
70	71		Matt Wiman	0
70	71		Rodrigo Vargas	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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