Rankings

Cage Calculus UFC Rankings (Mar. 20, 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

  • Leon Edwards UP from #13 to #11 (Men’s Overall)
  • Kamaru Usman DOWN from #4 to #7 (Men’s Overall)
  • Justin Gaethje UP from #15 to #12 (Men’s Overall)
  • Gunnar Nelson UP from #14 to #9 (Men’s Welterweight)
  • Jennifer Maia UP from #10 to #8 (Women’s Flyweight)
  • Casey O’Neill DOWN from #8 to #10 (Women’s Flyweight)
  • Marvin Vettori UP from #13 to #8 (Men’s Middleweight)
  • Roman Dolidze DOWN from #12 to #15 (Men’s Middleweight)
  • Muhammad Mokaev UP from #9 to #8 (Men’s Flyweight)
  • Jake Hadley UP from NR to #11 (Men’s Flyweight)
  • Malcolm Gordon DOWN from #14 to NR (Men’s Flyweight)
  • Jack Shore UP from NR to #11 (Men’s Featherweight)
  • Lerone Murphy UP from NR to #14 (Men’s Featherweight)

Overall Male Rankings

  1. Jon Jones [2122.5]
  2. Alexander Volkanovski [2017.4]
  3. Islam Makhachev [2000.7]
  4. Stipe Miocic [1982.3]
  5. Charles Oliveira [1975.0]
  6. Dustin Poirier [1966.3]
  7. Kamaru Usman [1957.6]
  8. Aljamain Sterling [1957.6]
  9. Max Holloway [1946.4]
  10. Israel Adesanya [1945.2]
  11. Leon Edwards [1937.0]
  12. Justin Gaethje [1905.4]
  13. Jan Blachowicz [1905.2]
  14. Brandon Moreno [1898.9]
  15. Robert Whittaker [1880.0]

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. Muhammad Mokaev [1682.6]
  9. Manel Kape [1673.6]
  10. Allan Nascimento [1645.1]
  11. Jake Hadley [1644.5]
  12. Tagir Ulanbekov [1642.0]
  13. David Dvorak [1636.8]
  14. Brandon Royval [1628.4]
  15. Jeff Molina [1620.2]

Men’s Bantamweight

Champ. Aljamain Sterling [1957.6]

  1. Dominick Cruz [1837.3]
  2. Marlon Vera [1833.9]
  3. Merab Dvalishvili [1813.2]
  4. Ricky Simon [1793.7]
  5. Cory Sandhagen [1791.3]
  6. Petr Yan [1788.5]
  7. Sean O’Malley [1768.5]
  8. Pedro Munhoz [1765.3]
  9. Rob Font [1761.4]
  10. Umar Nurmagomedov [1756.1]
  11. Chris Gutierrez [1751.2]
  12. Rani Yahya [1748.5]
  13. Jonathan Martinez [1743.1]
  14. Song Yadong [1732.9]
  15. Said Nurmagomedov [1732.5]

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. Jack Shore [1733.2]
  12. Sodiq Yusuff [1723.1]
  13. Bryce Mitchell [1720.3]
  14. Lerone Murphy [1719.6]
  15. Lucas Almeida [1718.8]

Men’s Lightweight

Champ. Islam Makhachev [2000.7]

  1. Charles Oliveira [1975.0]
  2. Dustin Poirier [1966.3]
  3. Justin Gaethje [1905.4]
  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 [1937.0]

  1. Kamaru Usman [1957.6]
  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. Gunnar Nelson [1790.6]
  10. Santiago Ponzinibbio [1790.1]
  11. Jack Della Maddalena [1779.4]
  12. Stephen Thompson [1774.4]
  13. Neil Magny [1774.3]
  14. Elizeu Zaleski Dos Santos [1773.3]
  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. Marvin Vettori [1771.8]
  9. Paulo Costa [1766.5]
  10. Chris Weidman [1764.5]
  11. Jack Hermansson [1755.1]
  12. Derek Brunson [1753.9]
  13. Andre Muniz [1742.1]
  14. Zak Cummings [1739.1]
  15. Roman Dolidze [1726.5]

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. Nikita Krylov [1766.1]
  6. Aleksandar Rakic [1721.2]
  7. Johnny Walker [1721.0]
  8. Ryan Spann [1710.0]
  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. Alexander Volkov [1828.0]
  5. Sergei Pavlovich [1803.3]
  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. Blagoy Ivanov [1713.5]
  13. Tai Tuivasa [1712.3]
  14. Alexandr Romanov [1690.0]
  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. Jennifer Maia [1658.0]
  9. Maycee Barber [1656.5]
  10. Casey O’Neill [1631.0]
  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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