Rankings

Cage Calculus UFC Rankings (Apr. 13, 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

  • Aljamain Sterling UP from #13 to #11 (Men’s Overall)
  • Petr Yan DOWN from Interim Champ to #4 (Men’s Bantamweight)
  • Chan Sung Jung DOWN from #7 to #8 (Men’s Featherweight)
  • Gilbert Burns DOWN from #3 to #5 (Men’s Welterweight)
  • Khamzat Chimaev UP from NR to #15 (Men’s Welterweight)
  • Aleksei Oleinik UP from NR to #13 (Men’s Heavyweight)
  • Raquel Pennington UP from NR to #13 (Women’s Overall)
  • Mackenzie Dern UP from #8 to #7 (Women’s Strawweight)
  • Piera Rodriguez UP from NR to #12 (Women’s Strawweight)
  • Raquel Pennington UP from #4 to #2 (Women’s Bantamweight)
  • Aspen Ladd DOWN from #8 to #12 (Women’s Bantamweight)
  • Tatiana Suarez, James Krause, and Zabit Magomedsharipov removed from rankings pool due to inactivity

Overall Male Rankings

  1. Jon Jones [2093.1]
  2. Kamaru Usman [2024.3]
  3. Alexander Volkanovski [2016.8]
  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. Aljamain Sterling [1908.6]
  12. Justin Gaethje [1908.1]
  13. Jan Blachowicz [1890.0]
  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. Alex Perez [1733.3]
  4. Askar Askarov [1710.9]
  5. Kai Kara-France [1706.6]
  6. Matheus Nicolau [1674.4]
  7. Cody Garbrandt [1669.2]
  8. Amir Albazi [1668.6]
  9. David Dvorak [1662.9]
  10. Malcolm Gordon [1661.4]
  11. Manel Kape [1647.5]
  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 [1908.6]

  1. TJ Dillashaw [1885.2]
  2. Jose Aldo [1884.6]
  3. Dominick Cruz [1873.8]
  4. Petr Yan [1837.8]
  5. Rob Font [1787.6]
  6. Marlon Vera [1771.2]
  7. Pedro Munhoz [1765.3]
  8. Song Yadong [1763.1]
  9. Cory Sandhagen [1761.1]
  10. Ricky Simon [1760.6]
  11. Rani Yahya [1748.5]
  12. Sean O’Malley [1747.5]
  13. Jack Shore [1741.8]
  14. Frankie Edgar [1740.9]
  15. Merab Dvalishvili [1735.7]

Men’s Featherweight

Champ. Alexander Volkanovski [2016.8]

  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. Bryce Mitchell [1758.5]
  7. Chan Sung Jung [1750.3]
  8. Movsar Evloev [1750.3]
  9. Ilia Topuria [1727.0]
  10. Yair Rodriguez [1726.9]
  11. Giga Chikadze [1707.9]
  12. Lerone Murphy [1707.9]
  13. Edson Barboza [1706.7]
  14. Cub Swanson [1702.5]
  15. Dan Hooker [1699.5]

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. Leon Edwards [1836.8]
  4. Neil Magny [1818.2]
  5. Gilbert Burns [1816.8]
  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. Khamzat Chimaev [1750.8]

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. Curtis Blaydes [1820.3]
  3. Ciryl Gane [1819.3]
  4. Derrick Lewis [1810.1]
  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. Aleksei Oleinik [1699.3]
  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. Raquel Pennington [1693.3]
  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. Virna Jandiroba [1680.2]
  7. Mackenzie Dern [1678.4]
  8. Amanda Ribas [1676.1]
  9. Tecia Torres [1648.7]
  10. Yan Xiaonan [1629.0]
  11. Ariane Carnelossi [1620.0]
  12. Piera Rodriguez [1608.2]
  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. Alexa Grasso [1645.8]
  9. Manon Fiorot [1643.4]
  10. Molly McCann [1634.9]
  11. Maryna Moroz [1633.9]
  12. JJ Aldrich [1619.6]
  13. Maycee Barber [1611.2]
  14. Jennifer Maia [1603.9]
  15. Miranda Maverick [1603.2]

Women’s Bantamweight

Champ. Julianna Pena [1712.2]

  1. Amanda Nunes [1903.6]
  2. Raquel Pennington [1693.3]
  3. Germaine de Randamie [1688.9]
  4. Holly Holm [1687.0]
  5. Ketlen Vieira [1671.8]
  6. Irene Aldana [1657.2]
  7. Miesha Tate [1645.4]
  8. Josiane Nunes [1608.8]
  9. Karol Rosa [1608.2]
  10. Julia Avila [1599.7]
  11. Macy Chiasson [1598.5]
  12. Aspen Ladd [1590.0]
  13. Stephanie Egger [1587.0]
  14. Yana Kunitskaya [1586.2]
  15. Sara McMann [1583.5]

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]

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