Rankings

Cage Calculus UFC Rankings (Dec. 6, 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

  • Jose Aldo UP from NR to #15 (Men’s Overall)
  • Manel Kape UP from #14 to #8 (Men’s Flyweight)
  • Chris Curtis UP from #13 to #9 (Men’s Middleweight)
  • Brendan Allen DOWN from #9 to NR (Men’s Middleweight)
  • Jimmy Crute DOWN from #11 to NR (Men’s Light Heavyweight)

Overall Male Rankings

  1. Jon Jones [2093.1]
  2. Kamaru Usman [2024.3]
  3. Alexander Volkanovski [1998.4]
  4. Dustin Poirier [1983.1]
  5. Stipe Miocic [1982.3]
  6. Max Holloway [1967.9]
  7. Francis Ngannou [1956.6]
  8. Israel Adesanya [1944.0]
  9. Glover Teixeira [1941.9]
  10. Charles Oliveira [1940.7]
  11. Justin Gaethje [1908.1]
  12. Jan Blachowicz [1890.0]
  13. Aljamain Sterling [1885.8]
  14. TJ Dillashaw [1885.2]
  15. Jose Aldo [1884.6]

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. Manel Kape [1647.5]
  9. Matheus Nicolau [1646.2]
  10. Kai Kara-France [1630.6]
  11. Rogerio Bontorin [1626.6]
  12. Tagir Ulanbekov [1626.4]
  13. Malcolm Gordon [1622.6]
  14. Su Mudaerji [1618.2]
  15. Jeff Molina [1605.5]

Men’s Bantamweight

Champ. Aljamain Sterling [1885.8]

Interim Champ. Petr Yan [1853.0]

  1. TJ Dillashaw [1885.2]
  2. Jose Aldo [1884.6]
  3. Dominick Cruz [1853.6]
  4. Rob Font [1787.6]
  5. Pedro Munhoz [1785.5]
  6. Marlon Vera [1771.2]
  7. Cory Sandhagen [1761.1]
  8. Rani Yahya [1748.5]
  9. Raoni Barcelos [1741.3]
  10. Frankie Edgar [1740.9]
  11. Merab Dvalishvili [1735.7]
  12. Ricky Simon [1729.8]
  13. Song Yadong [1729.4]
  14. Jack Shore [1720.9]
  15. Sean O’Malley [1712.4]

Men’s Featherweight

Champ. Alexander Volkanovski [1998.4]

  1. Max Holloway [1967.9]
  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. Bryce Mitchell [1733.7]
  10. Edson Barboza [1731.5]
  11. Chas Skelly [1731.5]
  12. Giga Chikadze [1731.1]
  13. Yair Rodriguez [1726.9]
  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 [1908.1]
  3. Tony Ferguson [1869.0]
  4. Conor McGregor [1866.1]
  5. Islam Makhachev [1855.8]
  6. Beneil Dariush [1854.3]
  7. Rafael Dos Anjos [1822.3]
  8. Mateusz Gamrot [1798.1]
  9. Gregor Gillespie [1781.5]
  10. Joel Alvarez [1757.2]
  11. Damir Ismagulov [1756.6]
  12. Michael Chandler [1754.8]
  13. Carlos Diego Ferreira [1752.9]
  14. Grant Dawson [1738.5]
  15. Dan Hooker [1733.2]

Men’s Welterweight

Champ. Kamaru Usman [2024.3]

  1. Vicente Luque [1873.6]
  2. Gilbert Burns [1851.0]
  3. Leon Edwards [1836.8]
  4. Jorge Masvidal [1827.2]
  5. Colby Covington [1825.9]
  6. Neil Magny [1806.6]
  7. Santiago Ponzinibbio [1802.6]
  8. Belal Muhammad [1782.1]
  9. Robbie Lawler [1780.9]
  10. Sean Brady [1778.3]
  11. Elizeu Zaleski Dos Santos [1773.3]
  12. Stephen Thompson [1769.4]
  13. Shavkhat Rakhmonov [1768.5]
  14. Francisco Trinaldo [1768.3]
  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. Marvin Vettori [1764.6]
  6. Chris Weidman [1764.5]
  7. Uriah Hall [1759.7]
  8. Luke Rockhold [1759.1]
  9. Chris Curtis [1758.5]
  10. Paulo Costa [1740.1]
  11. Zak Cummings [1739.1]
  12. Jared Cannonier [1738.9]
  13. Kevin Holland [1718.2]
  14. Andre Muniz [1717.1]
  15. Makhmud Muradov [1715.1]

Men’s Light Heavyweight

Champ. Glover Teixeira [1941.9]

  1. Jan Blachowicz [1890.0]
  2. Anthony Smith [1826.8]
  3. Jiri Prochazka [1819.4]
  4. Magomed Ankalaev [1791.8]
  5. Thiago Santos [1783.5]
  6. Aleksandar Rakic [1740.5]
  7. Paul Craig [1721.4]
  8. Alexander Gustafsson [1719.8]
  9. Da-Un Jung [1707.9]
  10. Dominick Reyes [1700.8]
  11. Nikita Krylov [1691.5]
  12. Johnny Walker [1686.8]
  13. Ryan Spann [1682.8]
  14. Michal Oleksiejczuk [1679.7]
  15. Mauricio Rua [1667.0]

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. Alexander Volkov [1817.2]
  4. Curtis Blaydes [1797.3]
  5. Marcin Tybura [1734.8]
  6. Alexander Romanov [1727.0]
  7. Jairzinho Rozenstruik [1718.6]
  8. Blagoy Ivanov [1715.7]
  9. Tai Tuivasa [1700.2]
  10. Chris Daukaus [1696.5]
  11. Ben Rothwell [1696.1]
  12. Tom Aspinall [1691.5]
  13. Sergei Pavlovich [1690.1]
  14. Tanner Boser [1687.5]
  15. Andrei Arlovski [1681.3]

Overall Female Rankings

  1. Amanda Nunes [1965.2]
  2. Valentina Shevchenko [1895.4]
  3. Rose Namajunas [1820.7]
  4. Zhang Weili [1791.3]
  5. Jessica Andrade [1750.9]
  6. Taila Santos [1732.7]
  7. Joanna Jedrzejczyk [1714.6]
  8. Marina Rodriguez [1713.9]
  9. Carla Esparza [1704.6]
  10. Amanda Lemos [1700.2]
  11. Katlyn Chookagian [1700.1]
  12. Tatiana Suarez [1694.8]
  13. Germaine de Randamie [1688.9]
  14. Holly Holm [1687.0]
  15. Virna Jandiroba [1680.2]

Women’s Strawweight

Champ. Rose Namajunas [1820.7]

  1. Zhang Weili [1791.3]
  2. Joanna Jedrzejczyk [1714.6]
  3. Marina Rodriguez [1713.9]
  4. Carla Esparza [1704.6]
  5. Amanda Lemos [1700.2]
  6. Tatiana Suarez [1694.8]
  7. Virna Jandiroba [1680.2]
  8. Amanda Ribas [1676.1]
  9. Mackenzie Dern [1662.3]
  10. Tecia Torres [1648.7]
  11. Yan Xiaonan [1642.4]
  12. Claudia Gadelha [1636.6]
  13. Ariane Carnelossi [1620.0]
  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 [1732.7]
  3. Katlyn Chookagian [1700.1]
  4. Lauren Murphy [1671.1]
  5. Andrea Lee [1658.8]
  6. Jennifer Maia [1651.3]
  7. Casey O’Neill [1646.5]
  8. Montana De La Rosa [1646.3]
  9. Manon Fiorot [1617.5]
  10. Alexa Grasso [1613.9]
  11. Maycee Barber [1611.2]
  12. Molly McCann [1606.1]
  13. Maryna Moroz [1601.2]
  14. Tracy Cortez [1599.7]
  15. Miranda Maverick [1596.1]

Women’s Bantamweight

Champ. Amanda Nunes [1965.2]

  1. Germaine de Randamie [1688.9]
  2. Holly Holm [1687.0]
  3. Ketlen Vieira [1671.8]
  4. Irene Aldana [1657.2]
  5. Miesha Tate [1645.4]
  6. Karol Rosa [1639.3]
  7. Raquel Pennington [1638.2]
  8. Macy Chiasson [1633.0]
  9. Julianna Pena [1619.8]
  10. Aspen Ladd [1610.6]
  11. Julia Avila [1599.7]
  12. Josiane Nunes [1588.7]
  13. Yana Kunitskaya [1586.2]
  14. Pannie Kianzad [1580.7]
  15. Jessica-Rose Clark [1579.9]

Women’s Featherweight

Champ. Amanda Nunes [1965.2]

  1. Holly Holm [1687.0]
  2. Aspen Ladd [1610.6]
  3. Norma Dumont [1585.7]
  4. Leah Letson [1508.7]
  5. Zarah Fairn dos Santos [1462.4]

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