Rankings

Cage Calculus UFC Rankings (Sep. 27, 2021)

After every UFC fight card, Cage Calculus will publish up-to-date rankings based on our forecast algorithm. The rankings will display the champion and the top 15 contenders in each weight division, alongside their CC Rating (the champion will always be displayed at the top regardless of whether or not they are the highest rated fighter in their division).

These rankings will also rank the top 15 male and female fighters overall. Note, we do not call them “pound-for-pound” rankings as most do, as the CC Rating is a metric of dominance and performance as opposed to talent relative to size. So, they will simply be called “Overall Male” and “Overall Female” rankings.

You can compare the Cage Calculus rankings to the official UFC rankings here.

Notable Changes

  • Alexander Volkanovski UP from #5 to #3 (Men’s Overall)
  • Marlon Moraes DOWN from #12 to NR (Men’s Bantamweight)
  • Merab Dvalishvili UP from NR to #11 (Men’s Bantamweight)
  • Dan Hooker UP from #13 to #11 (Men’s Lightweight)
  • Robbie Lawler UP from NR to #9 (Men’s Welterweight)
  • Chris Daukaus UP from NR to #11 (Men’s Heavyweight)
  • Shamil Abdurakhimov DOWN from #15 to NR (Men’s Heavyweight)
  • Curtis Blaydes UP from #4 to #3 (Men’s Heavyweight)
  • Taila Santos UP from #12 to #8 (Women’s Overall)
  • Taila Santos UP from #3 to #2 (Women’s Flyweight)

Overall Male Rankings

  1. Jon Jones [2093.1]
  2. Kamaru Usman [2003.2]
  3. Alexander Volkanovski [1998.4]
  4. Dustin Poirier [1983.1]
  5. Stipe Miocic [1982.3]
  6. Max Holloway [1956.9]
  7. Francis Ngannou [1956.6]
  8. Israel Adesanya [1944.0]
  9. Charles Oliveira [1940.7]
  10. Jan Blachowicz [1929.8]
  11. Justin Gaethje [1891.4]
  12. Aljamain Sterling [1885.8]
  13. TJ Dillashaw [1885.2]
  14. Robert Whittaker [1882.4]
  15. Glover Teixeira [1882.3]

Men’s Flyweight

Champ. Brandon Moreno [1834.8]

  1. Deiveson Figueiredo [1844.6]
  2. Alexandre Pantoja [1754.9]
  3. Askar Askarov [1740.4]
  4. Alex Perez [1733.3]
  5. Cody Garbrandt [1715.7]
  6. David Dvorak [1691.1]
  7. Amir Albazi [1668.6]
  8. Kai Kara-France [1630.6]
  9. Rogerio Bontorin [1626.6]
  10. Matheus Nicolau [1624.4]
  11. Malcolm Gordon [1622.6]
  12. Su Mudaerji [1618.2]
  13. Manel Kape [1611.4]
  14. Tagir Ulanbekov [1610.1]
  15. Matt Schnell [1601.9]

Men’s Bantamweight

Champ. Aljamain Sterling [1885.8]

  1. TJ Dillashaw [1885.2]
  2. Jose Aldo [1863.5]
  3. Dominick Cruz [1853.6]
  4. Petr Yan [1819.3]
  5. Rob Font [1808.7]
  6. Pedro Munhoz [1785.5]
  7. Cory Sandhagen [1783.5]
  8. Frankie Edgar [1777.4]
  9. Julio Arce [1748.1]
  10. Raoni Barcelos [1741.3]
  11. Merab Dvalishvili [1735.7]
  12. Marlon Vera [1734.7]
  13. Rani Yahya [1730.3]
  14. Ricky Simon [1729.8]
  15. Jack Shore [1720.9]

Men’s Featherweight

Champ. Alexander Volkanovski [1998.4]

  1. Max Holloway [1956.9]
  2. Brian Ortega [1828.0]
  3. Josh Emmett [1778.5]
  4. Zabit Magomedsharipov [1775.2]
  5. Arnold Allen [1768.1]
  6. Chan Sung Jung [1762.6]
  7. Calvin Kattar [1756.5]
  8. Movsar Evloev [1750.3]
  9. Yair Rodriguez [1737.9]
  10. Bryce Mitchell [1733.7]
  11. Edson Barboza [1731.5]
  12. Chas Skelly [1731.5]
  13. Giga Chikadze [1731.1]
  14. Darren Elkins [1721.8]
  15. Dan Ige [1714.5]

Men’s Lightweight

Champ. Charles Oliveira [1940.7]

  1. Dustin Poirier [1983.1]
  2. Justin Gaethje [1891.4]
  3. Tony Ferguson [1869.0]
  4. Conor McGregor [1866.1]
  5. Beneil Dariush [1854.3]
  6. Islam Makhachev [1824.8]
  7. Rafael Dos Anjos [1822.3]
  8. Mateusz Gamrot [1798.1]
  9. Gregor Gillespie [1781.5]
  10. Michael Chandler [1771.5]
  11. Dan Hooker [1764.2]
  12. Damir Ismagulov [1756.6]
  13. Carlos Diego Ferreira [1752.9]
  14. Grant Dawson [1744.0]
  15. Arman Tsarukyan [1727.6]

Men’s Welterweight

Champ. Kamaru Usman [2003.2]

  1. Vicente Luque [1873.6]
  2. Gilbert Burns [1851.0]
  3. Colby Covington [1840.0]
  4. Leon Edwards [1836.8]
  5. Jorge Masvidal [1827.2]
  6. Neil Magny [1806.6]
  7. Santiago Ponzinibbio [1802.6]
  8. Belal Muhammad [1782.1]
  9. Robbie Lawler [1780.9]
  10. Li Jingliang [1772.5]
  11. Stephen Thompson [1769.4]
  12. Shavkhat Rakhmonov [1768.5]
  13. Michael Chiesa [1765.6]
  14. Ramazan Emeev [1760.8]
  15. Nate Diaz [1759.5]

Men’s Middleweight

Champ. Israel Adesanya [1944.0]

  1. Robert Whittaker [1882.4]
  2. Derek Brunson [1835.8]
  3. Sean Strickland [1835.4]
  4. Jack Hermansson [1788.6]
  5. Paulo Costa [1767.2]
  6. Chris Weidman [1764.5]
  7. Uriah Hall [1759.7]
  8. Luke Rockhold [1759.1]
  9. Brendan Allen [1747.2]
  10. Zak Cummings [1739.1]
  11. Jared Cannonier [1738.9]
  12. Marvin Vettori [1737.5]
  13. Kevin Holland [1718.2]
  14. Andre Muniz [1717.1]
  15. Makhmud Muradov [1715.1]

Men’s Light Heavyweight

Champ. Jan Blachowicz [1929.8]

  1. Glover Teixeira [1882.3]
  2. Anthony Smith [1826.8]
  3. Jiri Prochazka [1819.4]
  4. Magomed Ankalaev [1773.1]
  5. Thiago Santos [1762.4]
  6. Aleksandar Rakic [1740.5]
  7. Paul Craig [1721.4]
  8. Alexander Gustafsson [1719.8]
  9. Johnny Walker [1707.9]
  10. Dominick Reyes [1700.8]
  11. Jimmy Crute [1696.1]
  12. Nikita Krylov [1691.5]
  13. Volkan Oezdemir [1683.2]
  14. Ryan Spann [1682.8]
  15. Da Un Jung [1675.4]

Men’s Heavyweight

Champ. Francis Ngannou [1956.6]

Interim Champ. Ciryl Gane [1835.9]

  1. Stipe Miocic [1982.3]
  2. Derrick Lewis [1834.1]
  3. Curtis Blaydes [1797.3]
  4. Alexander Volkov [1794.9]
  5. Marcin Tybura [1757.1]
  6. Ben Rothwell [1747.3]
  7. Jairzinho Rozenstruik [1718.6]
  8. Blagoy Ivanov [1715.7]
  9. Alexander Romanov [1708.3]
  10. Tai Tuivasa [1700.2]
  11. Chris Daukaus [1696.5]
  12. Tom Aspinall [1691.5]
  13. Sergei Pavlovich [1690.1]
  14. Tanner Boser [1687.5]
  15. Aleksei Oleinik [1679.2]

Overall Female Rankings

  1. Amanda Nunes [1965.2]
  2. Valentina Shevchenko [1895.4]
  3. Zhang Weili [1808.7]
  4. Rose Namajunas [1794.6]
  5. Jessica Andrade [1750.9]
  6. Joanna Jedrzejczyk [1714.6]
  7. Virna Jandiroba [1709.7]
  8. Taila Santos [1707.8]
  9. Carla Esparza [1704.6]
  10. Amanda Lemos [1700.2]
  11. Katlyn Chookagian [1700.1]
  12. Tatiana Suarez [1694.8]
  13. Marina Rodriguez [1689.0]
  14. Germaine de Randamie [1688.9]
  15. Mackenzie Dern [1687.2]

Women’s Strawweight

Champ. Rose Namajunas [1794.6]

  1. Zhang Weili [1808.7]
  2. Joanna Jedrzejczyk [1714.6]
  3. Virna Jandiroba [1709.7]
  4. Carla Esparza [1704.6]
  5. Amanda Lemos [1700.2]
  6. Tatiana Suarez [1694.8]
  7. Marina Rodriguez [1689.0]
  8. Mackenzie Dern [1687.2]
  9. Livia Renata Souza [1666.9]
  10. Tecia Torres [1648.7]
  11. Amanda Ribas [1646.6]
  12. Yan Xiaonan [1642.4]
  13. Claudia Gadelha [1636.6]
  14. Kanako Murata [1605.5]
  15. Jessica Penne [1601.2]

Women’s Flyweight

Champ. Valentina Shevchenko [1895.4]

  1. Jessica Andrade [1750.9]
  2. Taila Santos [1707.8]
  3. Katlyn Chookagian [1700.1]
  4. Lauren Murphy [1671.1]
  5. Jennifer Maia [1651.3]
  6. Montana De La Rosa [1646.3]
  7. Andrea Lee [1624.5]
  8. Cynthia Calvillo [1617.7]
  9. Casey O’Neill [1615.1]
  10. Alexa Grasso [1613.9]
  11. Maycee Barber [1611.2]
  12. Mayra Bueno Silva [1607.3]
  13. Molly McCann [1606.1]
  14. Sabina Mazo [1602.6]
  15. Maryna Moroz [1601.2]

Women’s Bantamweight

Champ. Amanda Nunes [1965.2]

  1. Germaine de Randamie [1688.9]
  2. Holly Holm [1687.0]
  3. Miesha Tate [1672.4]
  4. Irene Aldana [1657.2]
  5. Ketlen Vieira [1644.8]
  6. Aspen Ladd [1641.7]
  7. Raquel Pennington [1638.2]
  8. Macy Chiasson [1633.0]
  9. Karol Rosa [1620.6]
  10. Julianna Pena [1619.8]
  11. Julia Avila [1599.7]
  12. Josiane Nunes [1588.7]
  13. Yana Kunitskaya [1586.2]
  14. Pannie Kianzad [1580.7]
  15. Alexis Davis [1572.9]

Women’s Featherweight

Champ. Amanda Nunes [1965.2]

  1. Holly Holm [1687.0]
  2. Felicia Spencer [1604.4]
  3. Norma Dumont [1554.6]
  4. Leah Letson [1534.8]
  5. Zarah Fairn dos Santos [1462.4]

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