UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Women’s Flyweights: Mar 15/19

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 Women’s Flyweights 

 

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*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 seven year time limit, so if they have fought less than 10 times in past seven 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	Valentina Shevchenko	198.5
2	2	5	Joanna Jedrzejczyk	178
3	5	13	Montana De La Rosa	77
4	3	15	Paige VanZant	62.5
5	4	2	Jessica Eye	58
6	6	8	Joanne Calderwood	51
7	7	4	Katlyn Chookagian	50
8	8		Gillian Robertson	42.5
9	9		Mayra Bueno Silva	40
10	10	6	Alexis Davis	31
11	11		Wu Yanan	30
12	13	7	Liz Carmouche	27
13	14	14	Mara Romero Borella	25
14	12		Ashlee Evans-Smith	24.5
15	14	9	Roxanne Modafferi	22.5
15	14		Shana Dobson	22.5
17	18	10	Lauren Murphy	22
18	19		Rachael Ostovich	20
19	22		Ji Yeon Kim	12.5
20	21		Lucie Pudilova	11.5
21	23	16	Antonina Shevchenko	10
22	25	11	Andrea Lee	9.5
23	24		Lauren Mueller	9
24	NR		Nadia Kassem	4.5
25	27		Ariane Lipski	0
25	27		Jennifer Maia	0
25	27		Kalindra Faria	0
25	27		Melinda Fabian	0
25	27		Molly McCann	0
25	27		Priscila Cachoeira	0
25	NR		Taila Santos	0
25	27		Veronica Macedo	0

 

Check back Monday for our women’s strawweight rankings

Performance Based Rankings:

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

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