Rankings

Cage Calculus UFC Rankings (Nov. 2, 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

  • Arnold Allen UP from #3 to #2 (Men’s Featherweight)
  • Calvin Kattar DOWN from #7 to #9 (Men’s Featherweight)
  • Dustin Jacoby DOWN from #10 to #11 (Men’s Light Heavyweight)
  • Marcos Rogerio de Lima UP from NR to #14 (Men’s Heavyweight)
  • Andrei Arlovski DOWN from #13 to NR (Men’s Heavyweight)
  • Askar Askarov removed from Men’s Flyweight rankings due to requested release

Overall Male Rankings

  1. Jon Jones [2093.1]
  2. Alexander Volkanovski [2049.1]
  3. Israel Adesanya [1993.6]
  4. Kamaru Usman [1983.3]
  5. Stipe Miocic [1982.3]
  6. Francis Ngannou [1981.6]
  7. Charles Oliveira [1975.0]
  8. Aljamain Sterling [1957.6]
  9. Islam Makhachev [1953.1]
  10. Dustin Poirier [1946.7]
  11. Max Holloway [1946.4]
  12. Jan Blachowicz [1909.3]
  13. Glover Teixeira [1905.1]
  14. Leon Edwards [1898.4]
  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. Alex Perez [1698.1]
  4. Amir Albazi [1697.1]
  5. Kai Kara-France [1683.5]
  6. Matheus Nicolau [1674.4]
  7. Cody Garbrandt [1669.2]
  8. Tatsuro Taira [1666.8]
  9. David Dvorak [1662.9]
  10. Muhammad Mokaev [1652.2]
  11. Manel Kape [1647.5]
  12. Brandon Royval [1628.4]
  13. Malcolm Gordon [1624.6]
  14. Jeff Molina [1620.2]
  15. Victor Altamirano [1614.6]

Men’s Bantamweight

Champ. Aljamain Sterling [1957.6]

  1. TJ Dillashaw [1852.6]
  2. Dominick Cruz [1837.3]
  3. Marlon Vera [1833.9]
  4. Petr Yan [1816.8]
  5. Ricky Simon [1793.7]
  6. Cory Sandhagen [1791.3]
  7. Merab Dvalishvili [1770.8]
  8. Sean O’Malley [1768.5]
  9. Pedro Munhoz [1765.3]
  10. Rob Font [1761.4]
  11. Rani Yahya [1748.5]
  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. Arnold Allen [1824.1]
  3. Josh Emmett [1814.7]
  4. Brian Ortega [1779.9]
  5. Yair Rodriguez [1775.0]
  6. Movsar Evloev [1771.3]
  7. Bryce Mitchell [1758.5]
  8. Chan Sung Jung [1750.3]
  9. Calvin Kattar [1741.6]
  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. Islam Makhachev [1953.1]

  1. Charles Oliveira [1975.0]
  2. Dustin Poirier [1946.7]
  3. Justin Gaethje [1879.8]
  4. Beneil Dariush [1878.9]
  5. Conor McGregor [1866.1]
  6. Mateusz Gamrot [1824.5]
  7. Rafael Dos Anjos [1801.0]
  8. Michael Chandler [1800.9]
  9. Tony Ferguson [1787.5]
  10. Gregor Gillespie [1781.5]
  11. Damir Ismagulov [1766.1]
  12. Grant Dawson [1765.7]
  13. Paddy Pimblett [1763.0]
  14. Jim Miller [1748.7]
  15. Arman Tsarukyan [1745.1]

Men’s Welterweight

Champ. Leon Edwards [1898.4]

  1. Kamaru Usman [1983.3]
  2. Belal Muhammad [1865.2]
  3. Colby Covington [1851.0]
  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. Elizeu Zaleski Dos Santos [1773.3]
  11. Randy Brown [1760.5]
  12. Daniel Rodriguez [1760.1]
  13. Santiago Ponzinibbio [1759.2]
  14. Francisco Trinaldo [1755.5]
  15. Geoff Neal [1751.2]

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. Gerald Meerschaert [1713.8]

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. Nikita Krylov [1726.0]
  7. Paul Craig [1724.3]
  8. Aleksandar Rakic [1721.2]
  9. Ryan Spann [1714.0]
  10. Dominick Reyes [1700.8]
  11. Dustin Jacoby [1688.2]
  12. Johnny Walker [1678.6]
  13. Michal Oleksiejczuk [1678.4]
  14. Maxim Grishin [1678.0]
  15. Azamat Murzakanov [1676.2]

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. Sergey Spivak [1700.9]
  14. Marcos Rogerio de Lima [1688.0]
  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. Marina Rodriguez [1727.3]
  8. Taila Santos [1723.3]
  9. Katlyn Chookagian [1704.7]
  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. Taila Santos [1723.3]
  2. Katlyn Chookagian [1704.7]
  3. Lauren Murphy [1694.3]
  4. Manon Fiorot [1674.9]
  5. Alexa Grasso [1671.5]
  6. Molly McCann [1662.1]
  7. Casey O’Neill [1657.9]
  8. Maycee Barber [1656.5]
  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. Karol Rosa [1624.9]
  8. Miesha Tate [1622.2]
  9. Josiane Nunes [1608.8]
  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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