Rankings

Cage Calculus UFC Rankings (Mar. 7, 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

  • Jon Jones UP from NR to Champ (Men’s Heavyweight)
  • Ciryl Gane DOWN from #2 to #3 (Men’s Heavyweight)
  • Alexa Grasso UP from NR to #6 (Women’s Overall)
  • Alexa Grasso UP from #6 to Champ (Women’s Flyweight)
  • Valentina Shevchenko DOWN from Champ to #1 (Women’s Flyweight)
  • Shavkat Rakhmonov UP from #5 to #3 (Men’s Welterweight)
  • Geoff Neal DOWN from #14 to NR (Men’s Welterweight)
  • Dricus Du Plessis UP from #8 to #4 (Men’s Middleweight)
  • Derek Brunson DOWN from #4 to #11 (Men’s Middleweight)
  • Amanda Ribas UP from #7 to #5 (Women’s Flyweight)
  • Viviane Araujo DOWN from #11 to NR (Women’s Flyweight)
  • Tabatha Ricci UP from NR to #13 (Women’s Strawweight)

Overall Male Rankings

  1. Jon Jones [2122.5]
  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. Muhammad Mokaev [1652.2]
  10. Allan Nascimento [1645.1]
  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. 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. Khusein Askhabov [1735.8]
  11. Sodiq Yusuff [1723.1]
  12. Bryce Mitchell [1720.3]
  13. Lucas Almeida [1718.8]
  14. Dan Ige [1714.4]
  15. Nathaniel Wood [1713.1]

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 [1835.6]
  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. Drew Dober [1748.6]

Men’s Welterweight

Champ. Leon Edwards [1898.4]

  1. Kamaru Usman [1983.3]
  2. Belal Muhammad [1865.2]
  3. Shavkat Rakhmonov [1855.5]
  4. Gilbert Burns [1853.2]
  5. Colby Covington [1851.0]
  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. Gunnar Nelson [1748.7]
  15. Sean Brady [1745.1]

Men’s Middleweight

Champ. Alex Pereira [1719.0]

  1. Israel Adesanya [1945.2]
  2. Robert Whittaker [1880.0]
  3. Brendan Allen [1812.2]
  4. Dricus Du Plessis [1804.5]
  5. Sean Strickland [1788.9]
  6. Jared Cannonier [1788.5]
  7. Chris Curtis [1772.3]
  8. Paulo Costa [1766.5]
  9. Chris Weidman [1764.5]
  10. Jack Hermansson [1755.1]
  11. Derek Brunson [1753.9]
  12. Roman Dolidze [1751.9]
  13. Marvin Vettori [1746.4]
  14. Andre Muniz [1742.1]
  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. Jon Jones [2122.5]

  1. Stipe Miocic [1982.3]
  2. Curtis Blaydes [1839.8]
  3. Ciryl Gane [1833.1]
  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 [1861.8]
  3. Zhang Weili [1859.2]
  4. Rose Namajunas [1798.6]
  5. Jessica Andrade [1754.7]
  6. Alexa Grasso [1743.3]
  7. Amanda Lemos [1738.7]
  8. Taila Santos [1723.3]
  9. Tatiana Suarez [1717.6]
  10. Erin Blanchfield [1715.7]
  11. Carla Esparza [1710.8]
  12. Raquel Pennington [1709.9]
  13. Katlyn Chookagian [1704.7]
  14. Julianna Pena [1699.7]
  15. Virna Jandiroba [1695.2]

Women’s Strawweight

Champ. Zhang Weili [1859.2]

  1. Rose Namajunas [1798.6]
  2. Jessica Andrade [1754.7]
  3. Amanda Lemos [1738.7]
  4. Tatiana Suarez [1717.6]
  5. Carla Esparza [1710.8]
  6. Virna Jandiroba [1695.2]
  7. Marina Rodriguez [1692.6]
  8. Mackenzie Dern [1654.7]
  9. Yan Xiaonan [1652.7]
  10. Yazmin Jauregui [1646.4]
  11. Tecia Torres [1632.6]
  12. Piera Rodriguez [1627.0]
  13. Tabatha Ricci [1607.7]
  14. Kanako Murata [1605.5]
  15. Polyana Viana [1605.1]

Women’s Flyweight

Champ. Alexa Grasso [1743.3]

  1. Valentina Shevchenko [1861.8]
  2. Taila Santos [1723.3]
  3. Erin Blanchfield [1715.7]
  4. Katlyn Chookagian [1704.7]
  5. Amanda Ribas [1684.2]
  6. Lauren Murphy [1675.6]
  7. Manon Fiorot [1674.9]
  8. Casey O’Neill [1657.9]
  9. Maycee Barber [1656.5]
  10. Jennifer Maia [1631.1
  11. Andrea Lee [1627.8]
  12. Tracy Cortez [1624.9]
  13. Miranda Maverick [1623.3]
  14. Molly McCann [1620.7]
  15. Gillian Robertson [1617.5]

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 [1662.6]
  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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