UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Women’s Strawweights: Nov 4/21

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 Strawweights

 

*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 official UFC ranking from UFC.com)

Stats	Last	UFC		Total
Rank	Rank	Rank
1	1	1	Rose Namajunas	581
2	2	2	Zhang Weili	437.5
3	3	3	Carla Esparza	250
4	5	4	Marina Rodriguez	241.5
5	4	12	Amanda Lemos	178
6	6	6	Mackenzie Dern	130.5
7	7	13	Virna Jandiroba	114
8	8	11	Amanda Ribas	104
9	9		Polyana Viana	88.5
10	10	9	Tecia Torres	80.5
11	11	5	Yan Xiaonan	69
12	12	8	Claudia Gadelha	59.5
13	18		Ariane Carnelossi	47.5
14	13	10	Michelle Waterson	47
15	15	7	Nina Nunes	43.5
16	16	14	Angela Hill	43
17	17		Loma Lookboonmee	29
18	34		Randa Markos	24.5
19	19		Karolina Kowalkiewicz	22
20	21		Cheyanne Buys	20
20	21		Cory McKenna	20
22	23		Jessica Penne	19
22	23		Jinh Yu Frey	19
24	25		Livia Renata Souza	14.5
25	27		Ashley Yoder	12.5
26	28		Diana Belbita	10
26	28		Luana Pinheiro	10
26	36		Tabatha Ricci	10
29	30		Kanako Murata	9
29	30		Mallory Martin	9
29	30		Montserrat Ruiz	9
32	33		Miranda Granger	8
33	35		Hannah Cifers	6.5
34	36		Gloria de Paula	0
34	NR		Istela Nunes	0
34	NR		Maria Oliveira	0
34	36		Na Liang	0
34	36		Sam Hughes	0
34	NR		Silvana Gomez Juarez	0
34	NR		Vanessa Demopoulos	0

Check Monday for our Pound for Pound Rankings

Performance Based Rankings:

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

 

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