UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Women’s Feather/Bantamweights: Oct 29/21

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 not.  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 Women’s Featherweights & Bantamweights

 

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

Stats	Last	UFC		Total
Rank	Rank	Rank
1	1	1	Amanda Nunes	723
2	3	4	Irene Aldana	201.5
3	4	6	Aspen Ladd	112.5
4	6	7	Yana Kunitskaya	98.5
5	7	5	Julianna Pena	86
6	8		Josiane Nunes	80
7	8	8	Ketlen Vieira	78
8	23		Norma Dumont	77
9	10		Jessica-Rose Clark	73.5
10	11	11	Sara McMann	63
11	12	12	Macy Chiasson	49.5
12	13		Bea Malecki	49
13	14		Wu Yanan	48
14	18	10	Raquel Pennington	47
15	15		Alexis Davis	46.5
16	17	15	Karol Rosa	41
17	16	14	Pannie Kianzad	36
18	19		Felicia Spencer	32
19	21	16	Julia Avila	23
20	22	9	Miesha Tate	20
20	29		Stephanie Egger	20
22	25		Leah Letson	10
22	25		Vanessa Melo	10
24	28		Ashlee Evans-Smith	8
24	27		Joselyne Edwards	8
26	29		Julija Stoliarenko	0
26	NR		Shanna Young	0
26	29		Zarah Fairn dos Santos	0

Check back Monday for our women’s flyweight rankings

Performance Based Rankings:

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

 

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