UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Featherweights: Jul 26/21

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 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 Featherweights.

 

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

Stats	Last	UFC		Total
Rank	Rank	Rank
1	1	1	Alexander Volkanovski	817.5
2	2	3	Brian Ortega	398
3	3	2	Max Holloway	367
4	5	5	Chan Sung Jung	293
5	7	10	Edson Barboza	220
6	6		Ryan Hall	216
7	9	7	Arnold Allen	200
8	24	16	Ilia Topuria	196
9	10	14	Movsar Evloev	194
10	11	11	Giga Chikadze	188.5
11	12		Ricky Simon	174.5
12	8	9	Dan Ige	165.5
13	13	4	Yair Rodriguez	158
14	14	13	Sodiq Yusuff	155
15	15	6	Calvin Kattar	149.5
16	16		Lerone Murphy	148
17	17	15	Shane Burgos	133.5
18	18		Gavin Tucker	114.5
19	19	12	Bryce Mitchell	114
20	20		Herbert Burns	112
21	22		Hakeem Dawodu	108.5
22	42		Billy Quarantillo	108
22	29		Darren Elkins	108
24	23		Charles Jourdain	98
25	27		Andre Fili	87
26	28		Ricardo Ramos	86.5
27	26		Julian Erosa	84
28	25		Gabriel Benitez	76
29	30		Mirsad Bektic	74
30	31		Daniel Pineda	72
30	31		Nate Landwehr	72
32	33		Cub Swanson	69.5
33	34		Makwan Amirkhani	69
34	35		Mike Grundy	64
34	45		Seung Woo Choi	64
36	36		Jonathan Pearce	60
37	39		Kyle Nelson	54
37	39		L’udovit Klein	54
37	39		Zubaira Tukhugov	54
40	42		Alex Caceres	50
40	45		Charles Rosa	50
40	42		Lando Vannata	50
43	38		Darrick Minner	49
44	47		Omar Morales	47
45	49		Steven Peterson	42
46	50		Mike Trizano	41
47	51		Kevin Aguilar	37
48	52		Shane Young	33
49	53		Kamuela Kirk	30
50	54		Douglas Silva de Andrade	29
51	55		Sean Woodson	28
52	56		Chase Hooper	23
53	57		Pat Sabatini	20
54	58		Felipe Colares	18
54	58		Tristan Connelly	18
55	61		Youssef Zalal	11.5
56	62		Austin Lingo	10
56	62		Jamall Emmers	10
56	62		Joshua Culibao	10
56	62		Luis Saldana	10
56	62		T.J. Brown	10
56	62		Tucker Lutz	10
63	68		Bill Algeo	9
63	68		Danny Chavez	9
65	70		Kai Kamaka III	8
66	72		Justin Jaynes	4
67	NR		Gaetano Pirrello	0
67	73		Kevin Croom	0
67	73		Marcelo Rojo	0
67	73		Martin Day	0
67	NR		Sean Soriano	0
67	73		Shayilan Nuerdanbieke	0
67	73		Steve Garcia	0

Check back Friday for our bantamweight rankings

Performance Based Rankings:

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

 

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