Rankings

Cage Calculus UFC Rankings (Dec. 21, 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

  • Amir Albazi UP from #5 to #3 (Men’s Flyweight)
  • Manel Kape UP from #11 to #7 (Men’s Flyweight)
  • David Dvorak DOWN from #9 to #12 (Men’s Flyweight)
  • Said Nurmagomedov UP from #12 to #10 (Men’s Bantamweight)
  • Arman Tsarukyan UP from #15 to #13 (Men’s Lightweight)
  • Damir Ismagulov DOWN from #13 to NR (Men’s Lightweight)
  • Drew Dober UP from NR to #15 (Men’s Lightweight)
  • Jared Cannonier UP from #8 to #4 (Men’s Middleweight)
  • Sean Strickland DOWN from #4 to #8 (Men’s Middleweight)
  • Michal Oleksiejczuk moves from #13 LHW to NR Middleweight
  • Cory McKenna UP from NR to #15 (Women’s Strawweight)
  • Amanda Ribas moves from #7 Strawweight to #7 Flyweight

Overall Male Rankings

  1. Jon Jones [2093.1]
  2. Alexander Volkanovski [2049.1]
  3. Kamaru Usman [1983.3]
  4. Stipe Miocic [1982.3]
  5. Francis Ngannou [1981.6]
  6. Charles Oliveira [1975.0]
  7. Dustin Poirier [1966.3]
  8. Aljamain Sterling [1957.6]
  9. Islam Makhachev [1953.1]
  10. Max Holloway [1946.4]
  11. Israel Adesanya [1945.2]
  12. Jan Blachowicz [1905.2]
  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. Amir Albazi [1724.8]
  4. Matheus Nicolau [1702.4]
  5. Alex Perez [1698.1]
  6. Kai Kara-France [1683.5]
  7. Manel Kape [1673.6]
  8. Cody Garbrandt [1669.2]
  9. Tatsuro Taira [1666.8]
  10. Muhammad Mokaev [1652.2]
  11. Tagir Ulanbekov [1642.0]
  12. David Dvorak [1636.8]
  13. Brandon Royval [1628.4]
  14. Malcolm Gordon [1624.6]
  15. Jeff Molina [1620.2]

Men’s Bantamweight

Champ. Aljamain Sterling [1957.6]

  1. Dominick Cruz [1837.3]
  2. Marlon Vera [1833.9]
  3. Petr Yan [1816.8]
  4. Ricky Simon [1793.7]
  5. Cory Sandhagen [1791.3]
  6. Merab Dvalishvili [1770.8]
  7. Sean O’Malley [1768.5]
  8. Pedro Munhoz [1765.3]
  9. Rob Font [1761.4]
  10. Said Nurmagomedov [1760.8]
  11. Chris Gutierrez [1751.2]
  12. Rani Yahya [1748.5]
  13. Song Yadong [1732.9]
  14. Raoni Barcelos [1725.0]
  15. Umar Nurmagomedov [1717.8]

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. Ilia Topuria [1765.2]
  8. Chan Sung Jung [1750.3]
  9. Calvin Kattar [1741.6]
  10. Damon Jackson [1736.8]
  11. Sodiq Yusuff [1723.1]
  12. Bryce Mitchell [1720.3]
  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 [1966.3]
  3. Justin Gaethje [1879.8]
  4. Beneil Dariush [1878.9]
  5. Conor McGregor [1866.1]
  6. Mateusz Gamrot [1824.5]
  7. Rafael Dos Anjos [1824.4]
  8. Grant Dawson [1790.9]
  9. Tony Ferguson [1787.5]
  10. Paddy Pimblett [1782.2]
  11. Gregor Gillespie [1781.5]
  12. Michael Chandler [1781.3]
  13. Arman Tsarukyan [1771.6]
  14. Jim Miller [1748.7]
  15. Drew Dober [1748.6]

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. Neil Magny [1811.2]
  7. Jorge Masvidal [1802.1]
  8. Vicente Luque [1799.1]
  9. Khamzat Chimaev [1791.0]
  10. Santiago Ponzinibbio [1790.1]
  11. Stephen Thompson [1774.4]
  12. Elizeu Zaleski Dos Santos [1773.3]
  13. Randy Brown [1760.5]
  14. Francisco Trinaldo [1755.5]
  15. Geoff Neal [1751.2]

Men’s Middleweight

Champ. Alex Pereira [1719.0]

  1. Israel Adesanya [1945.2]
  2. Robert Whittaker [1880.0]
  3. Derek Brunson [1791.3]
  4. Jared Cannonier [1788.5]
  5. Brendan Allen [1780.3]
  6. Andre Muniz [1774.0]
  7. Chris Curtis [1772.3]
  8. Sean Strickland [1770.7]
  9. Dricus Du Plessis [1767.1]
  10. Paulo Costa [1766.5]
  11. Chris Weidman [1764.5]
  12. Jack Hermansson [1755.1]
  13. Roman Dolidze [1751.9]
  14. Marvin Vettori [1746.4]
  15. Zak Cummings [1739.1]

Men’s Light Heavyweight

Champ. VACANT

  1. Jan Blachowicz [1905.2]
  2. Glover Teixeira [1905.1]
  3. Jiri Prochazka [1874.6]
  4. Magomed Ankalaev [1856.4]
  5. Anthony Smith [1790.7]
  6. Ryan Spann [1750.1]
  7. Jamahal Hill [1739.3]
  8. Nikita Krylov [1726.0]
  9. Paul Craig [1724.3]
  10. Aleksandar Rakic [1721.2]
  11. Dustin Jacoby [1688.2]
  12. Johnny Walker [1678.6]
  13. Maxim Grishin [1678.0]
  14. Azamat Murzakanov [1676.2]
  15. Alexander Gustafsson [1675.6]

Men’s Heavyweight

Champ. Francis Ngannou [1981.6]

  1. Stipe Miocic [1982.3]
  2. Ciryl Gane [1847.8]
  3. Curtis Blaydes [1839.8]
  4. Sergei Pavlovich [1803.3]
  5. Alexander Volkov [1799.0]
  6. Derrick Lewis [1763.2]
  7. Marcin Tybura [1755.9]
  8. Blagoy Ivanov [1737.1]
  9. Jailton Almeida [1723.4]
  10. Tom Aspinall [1722.5]
  11. Jairzinho Rozenstruik [1719.9]
  12. Alexandr Romanov [1719.0]
  13. Tai Tuivasa [1712.3]
  14. Sergey Spivak [1700.9]
  15. Marcos Rogerio de Lima [1688.0]

Overall Female Rankings

  1. Amanda Nunes [1922.3]
  2. Valentina Shevchenko [1909.6]
  3. Zhang Weili [1859.2]
  4. Rose Namajunas [1798.6]
  5. Jessica Andrade [1784.0]
  6. Amanda Lemos [1738.7]
  7. Taila Santos [1723.3]
  8. Carla Esparza [1710.8]
  9. Katlyn Chookagian [1704.7]
  10. Julianna Pena [1699.7]
  11. Virna Jandiroba [1695.2]
  12. Lauren Murphy [1694.3]
  13. Raquel Pennington [1693.3]
  14. Marina Rodriguez [1692.6]
  15. Ketlen Vieira [1689.3]

Women’s Strawweight

Champ. Zhang Weili [1859.2]

  1. Rose Namajunas [1798.6]
  2. Jessica Andrade [1784.0]
  3. Amanda Lemos [1738.7]
  4. Carla Esparza [1710.8]
  5. Virna Jandiroba [1695.2]
  6. Marina Rodriguez [1692.6]
  7. Mackenzie Dern [1654.7]
  8. Yan Xiaonan [1652.7]
  9. Yazmin Jauregui [1646.4]
  10. Tecia Torres [1632.6]
  11. Piera Rodriguez [1627.0]
  12. Kanako Murata [1605.5]
  13. Polyana Viana [1605.1]
  14. Luana Pinheiro [1596.9]
  15. Cory McKenna [1596.8]

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. Erin Blanchfield [1667.7]
  7. Amanda Ribas [1661.5]
  8. Casey O’Neill [1657.9]
  9. Maycee Barber [1656.5]
  10. Jennifer Maia [1631.1]
  11. Viviane Araujo [1629.7]
  12. Andrea Lee [1627.8]
  13. Tracy Cortez [1624.9]
  14. Miranda Maverick [1623.3]
  15. Molly McCann [1620.7]

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. Tamires Vidal [1588.7]
  14. Yana Kunitskaya [1586.2]
  15. Macy Chiasson [1586.1]

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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