Rankings

Cage Calculus UFC Rankings (July 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

  • Brian Ortega DOWN from #2 to #4 (Men’s Featherweight)
  • Yair Rodriguez UP from #10 to #5 (Men’s Featherweight)
  • Amanda Lemos UP from NR to #11 (Women’s Overall)
  • Amanda Lemos UP from #7 to #5 (Women’s Strawweight)
  • Lauren Murphy UP from NR to #13 (Women’s Overall)
  • Su Mudaerji DOWN from #15 to NR (Men’s Flyweight)
  • Ricky Simon UP from #10 to #6 (Men’s Bantamweight)
  • Jack Shore DOWN from #13 to NR (Men’s Bantamweight)
  • Shane Burgos UP from NR to #14 (Men’s Featherweight)
  • Li Jingliang UP from NR to #15 (Men’s Welterweight)
  • Jessica Penne DOWN from #14 to NR (Women’s Strawweight)
  • Michelle Waterson DOWN from #15 to NR (Women’s Strawweight)

Overall Male Rankings

  1. Jon Jones [2093.1]
  2. Alexander Volkanovski [2049.1]
  3. Kamaru Usman [2024.3]
  4. Charles Oliveira [2023.7]
  5. Israel Adesanya [1993.6]
  6. Stipe Miocic [1982.3]
  7. Francis Ngannou [1981.6]
  8. Dustin Poirier [1946.7]
  9. Max Holloway [1946.4]
  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. Allan Nascimento [1609.9]

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. Marlon Vera [1797.4]
  6. Ricky Simon [1793.7]
  7. Pedro Munhoz [1765.3]
  8. Song Yadong [1763.1]
  9. Rob Font [1761.4]
  10. Cory Sandhagen [1761.1]
  11. Rani Yahya [1748.5]
  12. Sean O’Malley [1747.5]
  13. Frankie Edgar [1740.9]
  14. Said Nurmagomedov [1738.9]
  15. Merab Dvalishvili [1735.7]

Men’s Featherweight

Champ. Alexander Volkanovski [2049.1]

  1. Max Holloway [1946.4]
  2. Josh Emmett [1814.7]
  3. Arnold Allen [1801.8]
  4. Brian Ortega [1779.9]
  5. Yair Rodriguez [1775.0]
  6. Movsar Evloev [1771.3]
  7. Calvin Kattar [1763.9]
  8. Bryce Mitchell [1758.5]
  9. Chan Sung Jung [1750.3]
  10. Ilia Topuria [1727.0]
  11. Lucas Almeida [1718.8]
  12. Giga Chikadze [1707.9]
  13. Lerone Murphy [1707.9]
  14. Shane Burgos [1706.8]
  15. Edson Barboza [1706.7]

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. Mateusz Gamrot [1849.1]
  8. Tony Ferguson [1822.9]
  9. Rafael Dos Anjos [1801.0]
  10. Michael Chandler [1800.9]
  11. Gregor Gillespie [1781.5]
  12. Damir Ismagulov [1766.1]
  13. Grant Dawson [1765.7]
  14. Jim Miller [1748.7]
  15. Arman Tsarukyan [1745.1]

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. Shavkat Rakhmonov [1830.3]
  6. Gilbert Burns [1816.8]
  7. Jorge Masvidal [1802.1]
  8. Francisco Trinaldo [1784.2]
  9. Neil Magny [1780.6]
  10. Sean Brady [1778.3]
  11. Kevin Holland [1775.6]
  12. Elizeu Zaleski Dos Santos [1773.3]
  13. Nate Diaz [1759.5]
  14. Santiago Ponzinibbio [1759.2]
  15. Li Jingliang [1759.1]

Men’s Middleweight

Champ. Israel Adesanya [1993.6]

  1. Robert Whittaker [1861.8]
  2. Derek Brunson [1791.3]
  3. Sean Strickland [1788.3]
  4. Jack Hermansson [1774.1]
  5. Andre Muniz [1774.0]
  6. Chris Curtis [1773.7]
  7. Jared Cannonier [1770.9]
  8. Marvin Vettori [1764.6]
  9. Chris Weidman [1764.5]
  10. Luke Rockhold [1759.1]
  11. Brendan Allen [1744.8]
  12. Paulo Costa [1740.1]
  13. Zak Cummings [1739.1]
  14. Dricus Du Plessis [1738.2]
  15. Uriah Hall [1733.9]

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. Dustin Jacoby [1709.6]
  11. Jamahal Hill [1704.6]
  12. Dominick Reyes [1700.8]
  13. Jailton Almeida [1698.2]
  14. Maxim Grishin [1678.0]
  15. Da-Un Jung [1666.1]

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. Amanda Lemos [1704.0]
  12. Virna Jandiroba [1695.2]
  13. Lauren Murphy [1694.3]
  14. Raquel Pennington [1693.3]
  15. Ketlen Vieira [1689.3]

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. Amanda Lemos [1704.0]
  6. Virna Jandiroba [1695.2]
  7. Mackenzie Dern [1678.4]
  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. Luana Pinheiro [1596.9]
  15. Ariane Carnelossi [1591.7]

Women’s Flyweight

Champ. Valentina Shevchenko [1909.6]

  1. Katlyn Chookagian [1736.2]
  2. Taila Santos [1723.3]
  3. Lauren Murphy [1694.3]
  4. Casey O’Neill [1657.9]
  5. Maycee Barber [1656.5]
  6. Alexa Grasso [1645.8]
  7. Manon Fiorot [1643.4]
  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 [1622.2]
  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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