Rankings

Cage Calculus UFC Rankings (June 18, 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

  • Jiri Prochazka UP from #3 to CHAMP (Men’s Light Heavyweight)
  • Glover Teixeira DOWN from CHAMP to #2 (Men’s Light Heavyweight)
  • Glover Teixeira DOWN from #10 to #12 (Men’s Overall)
  • Valentina Shevchenko UP from #2 to #1 (Women’s Overall)
  • Taila Santos DOWN from #8 to #9 (Women’s Overall)
  • Zhang Weili UP from #2 to #1 (Women’s Strawweight)
  • Zhang Weili UP from #4 to #3 (Women’s Overall)
  • Brendan Allen UP from #14 to #12 (Men’s Middleweight)
  • Mackenzie Dern UP from NR to #15 (Women’s Overall)
  • Michelle Waterson UP from NR to #15 (Women’s Strawweight)
  • Joanna Jedrzejczyk removed from Women’s Strawweight and Women’s Overall Rankings due to retirement

Overall Male Rankings

  1. Jon Jones [2093.1]
  2. Kamaru Usman [2024.3]
  3. Charles Oliveira [2023.7]
  4. Alexander Volkanovski [2016.8]
  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. Jan Blachowicz [1909.3]
  11. Aljamain Sterling [1908.6]
  12. Glover Teixeira [1905.1]
  13. TJ Dillashaw [1885.2]
  14. Jose Aldo [1884.6]
  15. Deiveson Figueiredo [1881.0]

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. Tatsuro Taira [1640.2]
  13. Brandon Royval [1628.4]
  14. Jeff Molina [1620.2]
  15. Su Mudaerji [1618.2]

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. Marlon Vera [1797.4]
  6. Pedro Munhoz [1765.3]
  7. Song Yadong [1763.1]
  8. Rob Font [1761.4]
  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. Movsar Evloev [1771.3]
  7. Bryce Mitchell [1758.5]
  8. Chan Sung Jung [1750.3]
  9. Ilia Topuria [1727.0]
  10. Yair Rodriguez [1726.9]
  11. Lucas Almeida [1718.8]
  12. Giga Chikadze [1707.9]
  13. Lerone Murphy [1707.9]
  14. Edson Barboza [1706.7]
  15. Cub Swanson [1702.5]

Men’s Lightweight

  1. Charles Oliveira [2023.7]
  2. Dustin Poirier [1946.7]
  3. Islam Makhachev [1880.1]
  4. Justin Gaethje [1879.8]
  5. Conor McGregor [1866.1]
  6. Beneil Dariush [1854.3]
  7. Rafael Dos Anjos [1838.8]
  8. Mateusz Gamrot [1828.6]
  9. Tony Ferguson [1822.9]
  10. Michael Chandler [1800.9]
  11. Gregor Gillespie [1781.5]
  12. Grant Dawson [1765.7]
  13. Arman Tsarukyan [1765.6]
  14. Damir Ismagulov [1756.6]
  15. Paddy Pimblett [1738.4]

Men’s Welterweight

Champ. Kamaru Usman [2024.3]

  1. Colby Covington [1851.0]
  2. Vicente Luque [1843.8]
  3. Leon Edwards [1836.8]
  4. Belal Muhammad [1836.0]
  5. Neil Magny [1818.2]
  6. Gilbert Burns [1816.8]
  7. Jorge Masvidal [1802.1]
  8. Shavkat Rakhmonov [1792.7]
  9. Francisco Trinaldo [1784.2]
  10. Robbie Lawler [1780.9]
  11. Sean Brady [1778.3]
  12. Elizeu Zaleski Dos Santos [1773.3]
  13. Nate Diaz [1759.5]
  14. Santiago Ponzinibbio [1759.2]
  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. Brendan Allen [1744.8]
  13. Paulo Costa [1740.1]
  14. Zak Cummings [1739.1]
  15. Krzysztof Jotko [1726.7]

Men’s Light Heavyweight

Champ. Jiri Prochazka [1874.6]

  1. Jan Blachowicz [1909.3]
  2. Glover Teixeira [1905.1]
  3. Anthony Smith [1826.8]
  4. Magomed Ankalaev [1816.2]
  5. Thiago Santos [1759.1]
  6. Paul Craig [1755.7]
  7. Aleksandar Rakic [1721.2]
  8. Alexander Gustafsson [1719.8]
  9. Ryan Spann [1714.0]
  10. Da-Un Jung [1707.9]
  11. Jamahal Hill [1704.6]
  12. Dominick Reyes [1700.8]
  13. Jailton Almeida [1698.2]
  14. Maxim Grishin [1678.0]
  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. Alexander Volkov [1799.0]
  6. Tai Tuivasa [1776.1]
  7. Tom Aspinall [1742.0]
  8. Alexander Romanov [1740.1]
  9. Blagoy Ivanov [1737.1]
  10. Marcin Tybura [1734.8]
  11. Sergei Pavlovich [1721.1]
  12. Andrei Arlovski [1701.8]
  13. Aleksei Oleinik [1699.3]
  14. Tanner Boser [1687.5]
  15. Jairzinho Rozenstruik [1686.3]

Overall Female Rankings

  1. Valentina Shevchenko [1909.6]
  2. Amanda Nunes [1903.6]
  3. Zhang Weili [1818.7]
  4. Rose Namajunas [1798.6]
  5. Jessica Andrade [1784.0]
  6. Carla Esparza [1737.8]
  7. Katlyn Chookagian [1736.2]
  8. Marina Rodriguez [1727.3]
  9. Taila Santos [1723.3]
  10. Julianna Pena [1712.2]
  11. Virna Jandiroba [1695.2]
  12. Raquel Pennington [1693.3]
  13. Ketlen Vieira [1689.3]
  14. Germaine de Randamie [1688.9]
  15. Mackenzie Dern [1678.4]

Women’s Strawweight

Champ. Carla Esparza [1737.8]

  1. Zhang Weili [1818.7]
  2. Rose Namajunas [1798.6]
  3. Jessica Andrade [1784.0]
  4. Marina Rodriguez [1727.3]
  5. Virna Jandiroba [1695.2]
  6. Mackenzie Dern [1678.4]
  7. Amanda Lemos [1676.7]
  8. Amanda Ribas [1661.5]
  9. Tecia Torres [1648.7]
  10. Yan Xiaonan [1629.0]
  11. Piera Rodriguez [1608.2]
  12. Kanako Murata [1605.5]
  13. Lupita Godinez [1602.5]
  14. Jessica Penne [1601.2]
  15. Michelle Waterson [1599.2]

Women’s Flyweight

Champ. Valentina Shevchenko [1909.6]

  1. Katlyn Chookagian [1736.2]
  2. Taila Santos [1723.3]
  3. Lauren Murphy [1671.1]
  4. Casey O’Neill [1657.9]
  5. Alexa Grasso [1645.8]
  6. Manon Fiorot [1643.4]
  7. Maycee Barber [1638.7]
  8. Molly McCann [1634.9]
  9. Maryna Moroz [1633.9]
  10. Andrea Lee [1627.8]
  11. Erin Blanchfield [1626.3]
  12. Tracy Cortez [1624.9]
  13. Montana De La Rosa [1618.8]
  14. Viviane Araujo [1605.4]
  15. Jennifer Maia [1603.9]

Women’s Bantamweight

Champ. Julianna Pena [1712.2]

  1. Amanda Nunes [1903.6]
  2. Raquel Pennington [1693.3]
  3. Ketlen Vieira [1689.3]
  4. Germaine de Randamie [1688.9]
  5. Holly Holm [1669.5]
  6. Irene Aldana [1657.2]
  7. Miesha Tate [1645.4]
  8. Macy Chiasson [1614.6]
  9. Josiane Nunes [1608.8]
  10. Karol Rosa [1608.2]
  11. Pannie Kianzad [1604.5]
  12. Mayra Bueno Silva [1603.1]
  13. Julia Avila [1599.7]
  14. Aspen Ladd [1590.0]
  15. Stephanie Egger [1587.0]

Women’s Featherweight

Champ. Amanda Nunes [1903.6]

  1. Macy Chiasson [1614.6]
  2. Norma Dumont [1569.6]
  3. Leah Letson [1508.7]
  4. Zarah Fairn dos Santos [1462.4]

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