Rankings

Cage Calculus UFC Rankings (Feb. 18, 2023)

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

  • Islam Makhachev UP from #8 to #3 (Men’s Overall)
  • Yair Rodriguez UP from #5 to Interim Champ (Men’s Featherweight)
  • Josh Emmett DOWN from #3 to #5 (Men’s Featherweight)
  • Jack Della Maddalena UP from NR to #10 (Men’s Welterweight)
  • Randy Brown DOWN from #13 to NR (Men’s Welterweight)

Overall Male Rankings

  1. Jon Jones [2093.1]
  2. Alexander Volkanovski [2017.4]
  3. Islam Makhachev [2000.7]
  4. Kamaru Usman [1983.3]
  5. Stipe Miocic [1982.3]
  6. Charles Oliveira [1975.0]
  7. Dustin Poirier [1966.3]
  8. Aljamain Sterling [1957.6]
  9. Max Holloway [1946.4]
  10. Israel Adesanya [1945.2]
  11. Jan Blachowicz [1905.2]
  12. Brandon Moreno [1898.9]
  13. Leon Edwards [1898.4]
  14. Robert Whittaker [1880.0]
  15. Justin Gaethje [1879.8]

Men’s Flyweight

Champ. Brandon Moreno [1898.9]

  1. Deiveson Figueiredo [1845.2]
  2. Alexandre Pantoja [1790.1]
  3. Amir Albazi [1724.8]
  4. Matheus Nicolau [1702.4]
  5. Alex Perez [1698.1]
  6. Tatsuro Taira [1696.7]
  7. Kai Kara-France [1683.5]
  8. Manel Kape [1673.6]
  9. Cody Garbrandt [1669.2]
  10. Muhammad Mokaev [1652.2]
  11. Allan Nascimento [1645.1]
  12. Tagir Ulanbekov [1642.0]
  13. Charles Johnson [1639.0]
  14. David Dvorak [1636.8]
  15. Brandon Royval [1628.4]

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. Umar Nurmagomedov [1756.1]
  12. Chris Gutierrez [1751.2]
  13. Rani Yahya [1748.5]
  14. Song Yadong [1732.9]
  15. Jonathan Martinez [1714.8]

Men’s Featherweight

Champ. Alexander Volkanovski [2017.4]

  1. Yair Rodriguez [1833.5] (Interim Champ)
  2. Max Holloway [1946.4]
  3. Arnold Allen [1824.1]
  4. Brian Ortega [1779.9]
  5. Josh Emmett [1775.7]
  6. Movsar Evloev [1771.3]
  7. Ilia Topuria [1765.2]
  8. Chan Sung Jung [1750.3]
  9. Calvin Kattar [1741.6]
  10. Sodiq Yusuff [1723.1]
  11. Bryce Mitchell [1720.3]
  12. Lucas Almeida [1718.8]
  13. Dan Ige [1714.4]
  14. Nathaniel Wood [1713.1]
  15. Giga Chikadze [1707.9]

Men’s Lightweight

Champ. Islam Makhachev [2000.7]

  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. Mateusz Rebecki [1777.8]
  14. Arman Tsarukyan [1771.6]
  15. Jim Miller [1748.7]

Men’s Welterweight

Champ. Leon Edwards [1898.4]

  1. Kamaru Usman [1983.3]
  2. Belal Muhammad [1865.2]
  3. Gilbert Burns [1853.2]
  4. Colby Covington [1851.0]
  5. Shavkat Rakhmonov [1830.3]
  6. Jorge Masvidal [1802.1]
  7. Vicente Luque [1799.1]
  8. Khamzat Chimaev [1791.0]
  9. Santiago Ponzinibbio [1790.1]
  10. Jack Della Maddalena [1779.4]
  11. Stephen Thompson [1774.4]
  12. Neil Magny [1774.3]
  13. Elizeu Zaleski Dos Santos [1773.3]
  14. Geoff Neal [1751.2]
  15. Gunnar Nelson [1748.7]

Men’s Middleweight

Champ. Alex Pereira [1719.0]

  1. Israel Adesanya [1945.2]
  2. Robert Whittaker [1880.0]
  3. Derek Brunson [1791.3]
  4. Sean Strickland [1788.9]
  5. Jared Cannonier [1788.5]
  6. Brendan Allen [1780.3]
  7. Andre Muniz [1774.0]
  8. Chris Curtis [1772.3]
  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. Jamahal Hill [1793.5]

  1. Jan Blachowicz [1905.2]
  2. Jiri Prochazka [1874.6]
  3. Magomed Ankalaev [1856.4]
  4. Anthony Smith [1790.7]
  5. Ryan Spann [1750.1]
  6. Nikita Krylov [1726.0]
  7. Aleksandar Rakic [1721.2]
  8. Johnny Walker [1721.0]
  9. Dustin Jacoby [1688.2]
  10. Paul Craig [1681.9]
  11. Maxim Grishin [1678.0]
  12. Azamat Murzakanov [1676.2]
  13. Alexander Gustafsson [1675.6]
  14. Alonzo Menifield [1673.5]
  15. Volkan Oezdemir [1671.3]

Men’s Heavyweight

Champ. VACANT

  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. Marcin Tybura [1779.5]
  7. Jailton Almeida [1746.3]
  8. Sergei Spivac [1745.1]
  9. Tom Aspinall [1722.5]
  10. Jairzinho Rozenstruik [1719.9]
  11. Derrick Lewis [1719.0]
  12. Alexandr Romanov [1719.0]
  13. Blagoy Ivanov [1713.5]
  14. Tai Tuivasa [1712.3]
  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. Jessica Andrade [1802.7]
  5. Rose Namajunas [1798.6]
  6. Amanda Lemos [1738.7]
  7. Taila Santos [1723.3]
  8. Carla Esparza [1710.8]
  9. Raquel Pennington [1709.9]
  10. Katlyn Chookagian [1704.7]
  11. Julianna Pena [1699.7]
  12. Virna Jandiroba [1695.2]
  13. Marina Rodriguez [1692.6]
  14. Irene Aldana [1685.7]
  15. Lauren Murphy [1675.6]

Women’s Strawweight

Champ. Zhang Weili [1859.2]

  1. Jessica Andrade [1802.7]
  2. Rose Namajunas [1798.6]
  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. Jessica Andrade [1802.7]
  2. Taila Santos [1723.3]
  3. Katlyn Chookagian [1704.7]
  4. Lauren Murphy [1675.6]
  5. Manon Fiorot [1674.9]
  6. Alexa Grasso [1671.5]
  7. Erin Blanchfield [1667.7]
  8. Amanda Ribas [1661.5]
  9. Casey O’Neill [1657.9]
  10. Maycee Barber [1656.5]
  11. Jennifer Maia [1631.1]
  12. Viviane Araujo [1629.7]
  13. Andrea Lee [1627.8]
  14. Tracy Cortez [1624.9]
  15. Miranda Maverick [1623.3]

Women’s Bantamweight

Champ. Amanda Nunes [1922.3]

  1. Raquel Pennington [1709.9]
  2. Julianna Pena [1699.7]
  3. Irene Aldana [1685.7]
  4. Ketlen Vieira [1672.7]
  5. Holly Holm [1669.5]
  6. Mayra Bueno Silva [1638.9]
  7. Karol Rosa [1624.9]
  8. Josiane Nunes [1623.8]
  9. Miesha Tate [1622.2]
  10. Pannie Kianzad [1604.5]
  11. Julia Avila [1599.7]
  12. Stephanie Egger [1594.0]
  13. Norma Dumont [1590.4]
  14. Tamires Vidal [1588.7]
  15. Yana Kunitskaya [1586.2]

Women’s Featherweight

Champ. Amanda Nunes [1922.3]

  1. Josiane Nunes [1623.8]
  2. Norma Dumont [1590.4]
  3. Ailin Perez [1587.2]
  4. Macy Chiasson [1586.1]
  5. Chelsea Chandler [1551.4]
  6. Danyelle Wolf [1489.2]
  7. Zarah Fairn dos Santos [1462.4]

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