Rankings

Cage Calculus UFC Rankings (Dec. 20, 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

  • Chris Daukaus DOWN from #10 to NR (Men’s Heavyweight)
  • Stephen Thompson DOWN from #12 to NR (Men’s Welterweight)
  • Amanda Lemos UP from #11 to #10 (Women’s Overall)
  • Amanda Lemos UP from #5 to #4 (Women’s Strawweight)
  • Ricky Simon UP from #13 to #8 (Men’s Bantamweight)
  • Mateusz Gamrot UP from #8 to #7 (Men’s Lightweight)
  • Carlos Diego Ferreira DOWN from #13 to NR (Men’s Lightweight)
  • Darren Elkins DOWN from #14 to NR (Men’s Featherweight)
  • Melissa Gatto UP from NR to #14 (Women’s Flyweight)
  • Raquel Pennington UP from #8 to #4 (Women’s Bantamweight)
  • Macy Chiasson DOWN from #9 to #11 (Women’s Bantamweight)

Overall Male Rankings

  1. Jon Jones [2093.1]
  2. Kamaru Usman [2024.3]
  3. Alexander Volkanovski [1998.4]
  4. Charles Oliveira [1995.4]
  5. Stipe Miocic [1982.3]
  6. Max Holloway [1967.9]
  7. Francis Ngannou [1956.6]
  8. Dustin Poirier [1946.7]
  9. Israel Adesanya [1944.0]
  10. Glover Teixeira [1941.9]
  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. David Dvorak [1691.1]
  6. Kai Kara-France [1677.1]
  7. Cody Garbrandt [1669.2]
  8. Amir Albazi [1668.6]
  9. Manel Kape [1647.5]
  10. Matheus Nicolau [1646.2]
  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 [1873.8]
  4. Rob Font [1787.6]
  5. Marlon Vera [1771.2]
  6. Pedro Munhoz [1765.3]
  7. Cory Sandhagen [1761.1]
  8. Ricky Simon [1760.6]
  9. Rani Yahya [1748.5]
  10. Sean O’Malley [1747.5]
  11. Raoni Barcelos [1741.3]
  12. Frankie Edgar [1740.9]
  13. Merab Dvalishvili [1735.7]
  14. Song Yadong [1729.4]
  15. Jack Shore [1720.9]

Men’s Featherweight

Champ. Alexander Volkanovski [1998.4]

  1. Max Holloway [1967.9]
  2. Brian Ortega [1828.0]
  3. Josh Emmett [1798.9]
  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. Lerone Murphy [1707.9]
  15. Ilia Topuria [1704.4]

Men’s Lightweight

Champ. Charles Oliveira [1995.4]

  1. Dustin Poirier [1946.7]
  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. Mateusz Gamrot [1828.6]
  8. Rafael Dos Anjos [1822.3]
  9. Gregor Gillespie [1781.5]
  10. Joel Alvarez [1757.2]
  11. Damir Ismagulov [1756.6]
  12. Michael Chandler [1754.8]
  13. Grant Dawson [1738.5]
  14. Dan Hooker [1733.2]
  15. Arman Tsarukyan [1727.6]

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. Belal Muhammad [1806.2]
  8. Robbie Lawler [1780.9]
  9. Santiago Ponzinibbio [1780.4]
  10. Sean Brady [1778.3]
  11. Elizeu Zaleski Dos Santos [1773.3]
  12. Shavkhat Rakhmonov [1768.5]
  13. Francisco Trinaldo [1768.3]
  14. Nate Diaz [1759.5]
  15. James Krause [1759.3]

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. Andre Muniz [1748.2]
  11. Paulo Costa [1740.1]
  12. Zak Cummings [1739.1]
  13. Jared Cannonier [1738.9]
  14. Kevin Holland [1718.2]
  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 [1857.5]
  3. Alexander Volkov [1817.2]
  4. Curtis Blaydes [1797.3]
  5. Marcin Tybura [1734.8]
  6. Tai Tuivasa [1728.7]
  7. Alexander Romanov [1727.0]
  8. Jairzinho Rozenstruik [1718.6]
  9. Blagoy Ivanov [1715.7]
  10. Ben Rothwell [1696.1]
  11. Tom Aspinall [1691.5]
  12. Sergei Pavlovich [1690.1]
  13. Tanner Boser [1687.5]
  14. Andrei Arlovski [1681.3]
  15. Aleksei Oleinik [1679.2]

Overall Female Rankings

  1. Amanda Nunes [1903.6]
  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. Julianna Pena [1712.2]
  10. Amanda Lemos [1709.8]
  11. Carla Esparza [1704.6]
  12. Katlyn Chookagian [1700.1]
  13. Tatiana Suarez [1694.8]
  14. Germaine de Randamie [1688.9]
  15. Holly Holm [1687.0]

Women’s Strawweight

Champ. Rose Namajunas [1820.7]

  1. Zhang Weili [1791.3]
  2. Joanna Jedrzejczyk [1714.6]
  3. Marina Rodriguez [1713.9]
  4. Amanda Lemos [1709.8]
  5. Carla Esparza [1704.6]
  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. Ariane Carnelossi [1620.0]
  13. Kanako Murata [1605.5]
  14. Jessica Penne [1601.2]
  15. Michelle Waterson [1599.2]

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. Gillian Robertson [1613.0]
  12. Maycee Barber [1611.2]
  13. Molly McCann [1606.1]
  14. Melissa Gatto [1602.2]
  15. Maryna Moroz [1601.2]

Women’s Bantamweight

Champ. Julianna Pena [1712.2]

  1. Amanda Nunes [1903.6]
  2. Germaine de Randamie [1688.9]
  3. Holly Holm [1687.0]
  4. Raquel Pennington [1672.7]
  5. Ketlen Vieira [1671.8]
  6. Irene Aldana [1657.2]
  7. Miesha Tate [1645.4]
  8. Karol Rosa [1639.3]
  9. Aspen Ladd [1610.6]
  10. Julia Avila [1599.7]
  11. Macy Chiasson [1598.5]
  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 [1903.6]

  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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