Rankings

Cage Calculus UFC Rankings (Aug. 23, 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

  • Leon Edwards UP from #2 to Champ (Men’s Welterweight)
  • Kamaru Usman DOWN from Champ to #2 (Men’s Welterweight)
  • Leon Edwards UP from NR to #13 (Men’s Overall)
  • Kamaru Usman DOWN from #3 to #5 (Men’s Overall)
  • Jose Aldo DOWN from #14 to NR (Men’s Overall)
  • Amir Albazi UP from #8 to #5 (Men’s Flyweight)
  • Merab Dvalishvili UP from #15 to #7 (Men’s Bantamweight)
  • Paulo Costa UP from #12 to #7 (Men’s Middleweight)
  • Marcin Tybura UP from #10 to #8 (Men’s Heavyweight)
  • Alexandr Romanov DOWN from #8 to #11 (Men’s Heavyweight)
  • Luke Rockhold Removed From Rankings Due to Retirement

Overall Male Rankings

  1. Jon Jones [2093.1]
  2. Alexander Volkanovski [2049.1]
  3. Charles Oliveira [2023.7]
  4. Israel Adesanya [1993.6]
  5. Kamaru Usman [1983.3]
  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. Leon Edwards [1898.4]
  14. TJ Dillashaw [1885.2]
  15. Deiveson Figueiredo [1881.0]

Men’s Flyweight

Champ. Deiveson Figueiredo [1881.0]

  1. Brandon Moreno [1845.1] (Interim Champ)
  2. Alexandre Pantoja [1790.1]
  3. Askar Askarov [1710.9]
  4. Alex Perez [1698.1]
  5. Amir Albazi [1697.1]
  6. Kai Kara-France [1683.5]
  7. Matheus Nicolau [1674.4]
  8. Cody Garbrandt [1669.2]
  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. Muhammad Mokaev [1615.4]

Men’s Bantamweight

Champ. Aljamain Sterling [1908.6]

  1. TJ Dillashaw [1885.2]
  2. Jose Aldo [1849.5]
  3. Petr Yan [1837.8]
  4. Dominick Cruz [1837.3]
  5. Marlon Vera [1833.9]
  6. Ricky Simon [1793.7]
  7. Merab Dvalishvili [1770.8]
  8. Pedro Munhoz [1765.3]
  9. Song Yadong [1763.1]
  10. Rob Font [1761.4]
  11. Cory Sandhagen [1761.1]
  12. Rani Yahya [1748.5]
  13. Sean O’Malley [1747.5]
  14. Frankie Edgar [1740.9]
  15. Said Nurmagomedov [1738.9]

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. Edson Barboza [1706.7]
  15. Cub Swanson [1702.5]

Men’s Lightweight

Champ. VACANT

  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. Paddy Pimblett [1763.0]
  15. Jim Miller [1748.7]

Men’s Welterweight

Champ. Leon Edwards [1898.4]

  1. Kamaru Usman [1983.3]
  2. Colby Covington [1851.0]
  3. Belal Muhammad [1836.0]
  4. Shavkat Rakhmonov [1830.3]
  5. Gilbert Burns [1816.8]
  6. Jorge Masvidal [1802.1]
  7. Vicente Luque [1799.1]
  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. Jack Hermansson [1799.1]
  3. Derek Brunson [1791.3]
  4. Sean Strickland [1788.3]
  5. Andre Muniz [1774.0]
  6. Jared Cannonier [1770.9]
  7. Paulo Costa [1766.5]
  8. Marvin Vettori [1764.6]
  9. Chris Weidman [1764.5]
  10. Chris Curtis [1748.7]
  11. Brendan Allen [1744.8]
  12. Zak Cummings [1739.1]
  13. Dricus Du Plessis [1738.2]
  14. Krzysztof Jotko [1726.7]
  15. Makhmud Muradov [1715.1]

Men’s Light Heavyweight

Champ. Jiri Prochazka [1874.6]

  1. Jan Blachowicz [1909.3]
  2. Glover Teixeira [1905.1]
  3. Magomed Ankalaev [1852.3]
  4. Anthony Smith [1790.7]
  5. Jamahal Hill [1739.3]
  6. Thiago Santos [1724.4]
  7. Paul Craig [1724.3]
  8. Aleksandar Rakic [1721.2]
  9. Ryan Spann [1714.0]
  10. Dustin Jacoby [1709.6]
  11. Nikita Krylov [1701.4]
  12. Dominick Reyes [1700.8]
  13. Jailton Almeida [1698.2]
  14. Volkan Oezdemir [1695.9]
  15. Michal Oleksiejczuk [1678.4]

Men’s Heavyweight

Champ. Francis Ngannou [1981.6]

  1. Stipe Miocic [1982.3]
  2. Curtis Blaydes [1839.8]
  3. Ciryl Gane [1819.3]
  4. Alexander Volkov [1799.0]
  5. Tai Tuivasa [1776.1]
  6. Sergei Pavlovich [1768.0]
  7. Derrick Lewis [1763.2]
  8. Marcin Tybura [1755.9]
  9. Blagoy Ivanov [1737.1]
  10. Tom Aspinall [1722.5]
  11. Alexandr Romanov [1719.0]
  12. Andrei Arlovski [1701.8]
  13. Sergey Spivak [1700.9]
  14. Aleksei Oleinik [1699.3]
  15. Tanner Boser [1687.5]

Overall Female Rankings

  1. Amanda Nunes [1922.3]
  2. Valentina Shevchenko [1909.6]
  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. Amanda Lemos [1704.0]
  11. Julianna Pena [1699.7]
  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. Yasmin Jauregui [1622.8]
  12. Piera Rodriguez [1608.2]
  13. Kanako Murata [1605.5]
  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. Molly McCann [1662.1]
  5. Casey O’Neill [1657.9]
  6. Maycee Barber [1656.5]
  7. Alexa Grasso [1645.8]
  8. Manon Fiorot [1643.4]
  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. Amanda Nunes [1922.3]

  1. Julianna Pena [1699.7]
  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. Mayra Bueno Silva [1638.9]
  8. Miesha Tate [1622.2]
  9. Macy Chiasson [1614.6]
  10. Josiane Nunes [1608.8]
  11. Karol Rosa [1608.2]
  12. Pannie Kianzad [1604.5]
  13. Julia Avila [1599.7]
  14. Aspen Ladd [1590.0]
  15. Yana Kunitskaya [1586.2]

Women’s Featherweight

Champ. Amanda Nunes [1922.3]

  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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