Rankings

Cage Calculus UFC Rankings (Mar. 20, 2022)

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

  • Jack Shore UP from #14 to #12 (Men’s Bantamweight)
  • Arnold Allen UP from #6 to #3 (Men’s Featherweight)
  • Ilia Topuria UP from #14 to #10 (Men’s Featherweight)
  • Paddy Pimblett UP from NR to #14 (Men’s Lightweight)
  • Nikita Krylov DOWN from #12 to NR (Men’s Light Heavyweight)
  • Paul Craig UP from #7 to #6 (Men’s Light Heavyweight)
  • Alexander Volkov DOWN from #3 to #6 (Men’s Heavyweight)
  • Tom Aspinall UP from #12 to #7 (Men’s Heavyweight)
  • Sergei Pavlovich UP from #14 to #10 (Men’s Heavyweight)
  • Molly McCann UP from #14 to #8 (Women’s Flyweight)

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. Francis Ngannou [1981.6]
  7. Israel Adesanya [1974.9]
  8. Max Holloway [1967.9]
  9. Dustin Poirier [1946.7]
  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. Deiveson Figueiredo [1881.0]

  1. Brandon Moreno [1810.5]
  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. Malcolm Gordon [1661.4]
  10. Manel Kape [1647.5]
  11. Matheus Nicolau [1646.2]
  12. Su Mudaerji [1618.2]
  13. Rogerio Bontorin [1607.2]
  14. Jeff Molina [1605.5]
  15. Matt Schnell [1601.9]

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. Song Yadong [1763.1]
  8. Cory Sandhagen [1761.1]
  9. Ricky Simon [1760.6]
  10. Rani Yahya [1748.5]
  11. Sean O’Malley [1747.5]
  12. Jack Shore [1741.8]
  13. Frankie Edgar [1740.9]
  14. Merab Dvalishvili [1735.7]
  15. Victor Henry [1718.7]

Men’s Featherweight

Champ. Alexander Volkanovski [1998.4]

  1. Max Holloway [1967.9]
  2. Brian Ortega [1828.0]
  3. Arnold Allen [1801.8]
  4. Josh Emmett [1798.9]
  5. Calvin Kattar [1779.7]
  6. Zabit Magomedsharipov [1775.2]
  7. Chan Sung Jung [1762.6]
  8. Bryce Mitchell [1758.5]
  9. Movsar Evloev [1750.3]
  10. Ilia Topuria [1727.0]
  11. Yair Rodriguez [1726.9]
  12. Giga Chikadze [1707.9]
  13. Lerone Murphy [1707.9]
  14. Edson Barboza [1706.7]
  15. Cub Swanson [1702.5]

Men’s Lightweight

Champ. Charles Oliveira [1995.4]

  1. Dustin Poirier [1946.7]
  2. Justin Gaethje [1908.1]
  3. Islam Makhachev [1880.1]
  4. Tony Ferguson [1869.0]
  5. Conor McGregor [1866.1]
  6. Beneil Dariush [1854.3]
  7. Rafael Dos Anjos [1838.8]
  8. Mateusz Gamrot [1828.6]
  9. Gregor Gillespie [1781.5]
  10. Arman Tsarukyan [1765.6]
  11. Damir Ismagulov [1756.6]
  12. Michael Chandler [1754.8]
  13. Grant Dawson [1738.5]
  14. Paddy Pimblett [1738.4]
  15. Carlos Diego Ferreira [1722.4]

Men’s Welterweight

Champ. Kamaru Usman [2024.3]

  1. Vicente Luque [1873.6]
  2. Colby Covington [1851.0]
  3. Gilbert Burns [1851.0]
  4. Leon Edwards [1836.8]
  5. Neil Magny [1806.6]
  6. Belal Muhammad [1806.2]
  7. Jorge Masvidal [1802.1]
  8. Shavkat Rakhmonov [1792.7]
  9. Robbie Lawler [1780.9]
  10. Santiago Ponzinibbio [1780.4]
  11. Sean Brady [1778.3]
  12. Elizeu Zaleski Dos Santos [1773.3]
  13. Francisco Trinaldo [1768.3]
  14. Nate Diaz [1759.5]
  15. James Krause [1759.3]

Men’s Middleweight

Champ. Israel Adesanya [1974.9]

  1. Robert Whittaker [1861.8]
  2. Sean Strickland [1849.9]
  3. Derek Brunson [1791.3]
  4. Jared Cannonier [1783.4]
  5. Jack Hermansson [1774.1]
  6. Marvin Vettori [1764.6]
  7. Chris Weidman [1764.5]
  8. Uriah Hall [1759.7]
  9. Luke Rockhold [1759.1]
  10. Chris Curtis [1758.5]
  11. Andre Muniz [1748.2]
  12. Paulo Costa [1740.1]
  13. Zak Cummings [1739.1]
  14. Brendan Allen [1731.1]
  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 [1816.2]
  5. Thiago Santos [1759.1]
  6. Paul Craig [1755.7]
  7. Aleksandar Rakic [1740.5]
  8. Alexander Gustafsson [1719.8]
  9. Da-Un Jung [1707.9]
  10. Jamahal Hill [1704.6]
  11. Dominick Reyes [1700.8]
  12. Ryan Spann [1682.8]
  13. Maxim Grishin [1678.0]
  14. Jailton Almeida [1671.9]
  15. Dustin Jacoby [1667.8]

Men’s Heavyweight

Champ. Francis Ngannou [1981.6]

  1. Stipe Miocic [1982.3]
  2. Ciryl Gane [1819.3]
  3. Derrick Lewis [1810.1]
  4. Curtis Blaydes [1797.3]
  5. Tai Tuivasa [1776.1]
  6. Alexander Volkov [1766.7]
  7. Tom Aspinall [1742.0]
  8. Marcin Tybura [1734.8]
  9. Alexander Romanov [1727.0]
  10. Sergei Pavlovich [1721.1]
  11. Jairzinho Rozenstruik [1718.6]
  12. Blagoy Ivanov [1715.7]
  13. Ben Rothwell [1696.1]
  14. Andrei Arlovski [1690.6]
  15. Tanner Boser [1687.5]

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. Marina Rodriguez [1727.3]
  8. Katlyn Chookagian [1721.6]
  9. Joanna Jedrzejczyk [1714.6]
  10. Julianna Pena [1712.2]
  11. Amanda Lemos [1709.8]
  12. Carla Esparza [1704.6]
  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. Marina Rodriguez [1727.3]
  3. Joanna Jedrzejczyk [1714.6]
  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 [1629.0]
  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 [1721.6]
  4. Lauren Murphy [1671.1]
  5. Andrea Lee [1658.8]
  6. Casey O’Neill [1657.9]
  7. Montana De La Rosa [1646.3]
  8. Molly McCann [1634.9]
  9. Maryna Moroz [1633.9]
  10. Jennifer Maia [1629.8]
  11. JJ Aldrich [1619.6]
  12. Manon Fiorot [1617.5]
  13. Alexa Grasso [1613.9]
  14. Maycee Barber [1611.2]
  15. Miranda Maverick [1603.2]

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. Josiane Nunes [1608.8]
  11. Julia Avila [1599.7]
  12. Macy Chiasson [1598.5]
  13. Alexis Davis [1588.0]
  14. Stephanie Egger [1587.0]
  15. Yana Kunitskaya [1586.2]

Women’s Featherweight

Champ. Amanda Nunes [1903.6]

  1. Macy Chiasson [1598.5]
  2. Norma Dumont [1585.7]
  3. Leah Letson [1508.7]
  4. Zarah Fairn dos Santos [1462.4]

Leave a comment