Rankings

Cage Calculus UFC Rankings (Oct. 17, 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

  • Alexa Grasso UP from #8 to #4 (Women’s Flyweight)
  • Viviane Araujo DOWN from #7 to #10 (Women’s Flyweight)
  • Tatsuro Taira UP from #12 to #9 (Men’s Flyweight)
  • Piera Rodriguez UP from #12 to #11 (Women’s Strawweight)
  • Aspen Ladd removed from Women’s Bantamweight rankings due to signing with PFL

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. Tatsuro Taira [1666.8]
  10. David Dvorak [1662.9]
  11. Malcolm Gordon [1661.4]
  12. Manel Kape [1647.5]
  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. Petr Yan [1837.8]
  3. Dominick Cruz [1837.3]
  4. Marlon Vera [1833.9]
  5. Ricky Simon [1793.7]
  6. Cory Sandhagen [1791.3]
  7. Merab Dvalishvili [1770.8]
  8. Pedro Munhoz [1765.3]
  9. Rob Font [1761.4]
  10. Rani Yahya [1748.5]
  11. Sean O’Malley [1747.5]
  12. Frankie Edgar [1740.9]
  13. Said Nurmagomedov [1738.9]
  14. Song Yadong [1732.9]
  15. Raoni Barcelos [1725.0]

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. Damon Jackson [1736.8]
  11. Ilia Topuria [1727.0]
  12. Sodiq Yusuff [1723.1]
  13. Lucas Almeida [1718.8]
  14. Nathaniel Wood [1713.1]
  15. Giga Chikadze [1707.9]

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. Rafael Dos Anjos [1801.0]
  9. Michael Chandler [1800.9]
  10. Tony Ferguson [1787.5]
  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. Khamzat Chimaev [1791.0]
  9. Neil Magny [1780.6]
  10. Sean Brady [1778.3]
  11. Elizeu Zaleski Dos Santos [1773.3]
  12. Randy Brown [1760.5]
  13. Daniel Rodriguez [1760.1]
  14. Santiago Ponzinibbio [1759.2]
  15. Francisco Trinaldo [1755.5]

Men’s Middleweight

Champ. Israel Adesanya [1993.6]

  1. Robert Whittaker [1880.0]
  2. Jack Hermansson [1799.1]
  3. Derek Brunson [1791.3]
  4. Sean Strickland [1788.3]
  5. Brendan Allen [1780.3]
  6. Andre Muniz [1774.0]
  7. Jared Cannonier [1770.9]
  8. Paulo Costa [1766.5]
  9. Chris Weidman [1764.5]
  10. Chris Curtis [1748.7]
  11. Marvin Vettori [1746.4]
  12. Zak Cummings [1739.1]
  13. Dricus Du Plessis [1738.2]
  14. Abusupiyan Magomedov [1723.1]
  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. Paul Craig [1724.3]
  7. Aleksandar Rakic [1721.2]
  8. Ryan Spann [1714.0]
  9. Dustin Jacoby [1709.6]
  10. Nikita Krylov [1701.4]
  11. Dominick Reyes [1700.8]
  12. Volkan Oezdemir [1695.9]
  13. Johnny Walker [1678.6]
  14. Michal Oleksiejczuk [1678.4]
  15. Maxim Grishin [1678.0]

Men’s Heavyweight

Champ. Francis Ngannou [1981.6]

  1. Stipe Miocic [1982.3]
  2. Ciryl Gane [1847.8]
  3. Curtis Blaydes [1839.8]
  4. Alexander Volkov [1799.0]
  5. Sergei Pavlovich [1768.0]
  6. Derrick Lewis [1763.2]
  7. Marcin Tybura [1755.9]
  8. Tai Tuivasa [1747.6]
  9. Blagoy Ivanov [1737.1]
  10. Jailton Almeida [1723.4]
  11. Tom Aspinall [1722.5]
  12. Alexandr Romanov [1719.0]
  13. Andrei Arlovski [1701.8]
  14. Sergey Spivak [1700.9]
  15. Jairzinho Rozenstruik [1686.3]

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. Amanda Ribas [1661.5]
  8. Mackenzie Dern [1654.7]
  9. Yan Xiaonan [1652.7]
  10. Tecia Torres [1648.7]
  11. Piera Rodriguez [1627.0]
  12. Yasmin Jauregui [1622.8]
  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. Alexa Grasso [1671.5]
  5. Molly McCann [1662.1]
  6. Casey O’Neill [1657.9]
  7. Maycee Barber [1656.5]
  8. Manon Fiorot [1643.4]
  9. Maryna Moroz [1633.9]
  10. Viviane Araujo [1629.7]
  11. Andrea Lee [1627.8]
  12. Erin Blanchfield [1626.3]
  13. Tracy Cortez [1624.9]
  14. Gillian Robertson [1617.5]
  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. Irene Aldana [1685.7]
  5. Holly Holm [1669.5]
  6. Mayra Bueno Silva [1638.9]
  7. Miesha Tate [1622.2]
  8. Josiane Nunes [1608.8]
  9. Karol Rosa [1608.2]
  10. Pannie Kianzad [1604.5]
  11. Julia Avila [1599.7]
  12. Stephanie Egger [1594.0]
  13. Yana Kunitskaya [1586.2]
  14. Macy Chiasson [1586.1]
  15. Joselyne Edwards [1565.7]

Women’s Featherweight

Champ. Amanda Nunes [1922.3]

  1. Norma Dumont [1590.4]
  2. Ailin Perez [1587.2]
  3. Macy Chiasson [1586.1]
  4. Leah Letson [1508.7]
  5. Danyelle Wolf [1489.2]
  6. Zarah Fairn dos Santos [1462.4]

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