Rankings

Cage Calculus UFC Rankings (July 15, 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

  • Yair Rodriguez DOWN from Interim Champ to #2 (Men’s Featherweight)
  • Alexandre Pantoja UP from #2 to CHAMP (Men’s Flyweight)
  • Brandon Moreno DOWN from CHAMP to #1 (Men’s Flyweight)
  • Brandon Moreno DOWN from #14 to NR (Men’s Overall)
  • Dricus Du Plessis UP from #5 to #1 (Men’s Middleweight)
  • Robert Whittaker DOWN from #1 to #2 (Men’s Middleweight)
  • Alonzo Menifield UP from #12 to #10 (Men’s Light Heavyweight)
  • Tatsuro Taira UP from #5 to #4 (Men’s Flyweight)
  • Yazmin Jauregui DOWN from #10 to NR (Women’s Strawweight)
  • Jamahal Hill vacates Light Heavyweight Belt due to injury

Overall Male Rankings

  1. Jon Jones [2122.5]
  2. Alexander Volkanovski [2042.5]
  3. Charles Oliveira [2002.4]
  4. Islam Makhachev [2000.7]
  5. Stipe Miocic [1982.3]
  6. Aljamain Sterling [1982.1]
  7. Israel Adesanya [1967.7]
  8. Dustin Poirier [1966.3]
  9. Max Holloway [1962.9]
  10. Kamaru Usman [1957.6]
  11. Leon Edwards [1937.0]
  12. Henry Cejudo [1934.4]
  13. Jan Blachowicz [1905.2]
  14. Justin Gaethje [1892.6]
  15. Belal Muhammad [1890.9]

Men’s Flyweight

Champ. Alexandre Pantoja [1822.8]

  1. Brandon Moreno [1877.1]
  2. Deiveson Figueiredo [1845.2]
  3. Amir Albazi [1739.6]
  4. Tatsuro Taira [1710.0]
  5. Alex Perez [1698.1]
  6. Muhammad Mokaev [1682.6]
  7. Brandon Royval [1673.8]
  8. Manel Kape [1673.6]
  9. Kai Kara-France [1668.7]
  10. Matheus Nicolau [1657.0]
  11. Alessandro Costa [1646.0]
  12. Allan Nascimento [1645.1]
  13. Jake Hadley [1644.5]
  14. Tagir Ulanbekov [1642.0]
  15. Jeff Molina [1620.2]

Men’s Bantamweight

Champ. Aljamain Sterling [1982.1]

  1. Henry Cejudo [1934.4]
  2. Dominick Cruz [1837.3]
  3. Marlon Vera [1815.1]
  4. Merab Dvalishvili [1813.2]
  5. Cory Sandhagen [1810.1]
  6. Rob Font [1792.2]
  7. Pedro Munhoz [1789.3]
  8. Petr Yan [1788.5]
  9. Sean O’Malley [1768.5]
  10. Song Yadong [1765.2]
  11. Ricky Simon [1761.4]
  12. Umar Nurmagomedov [1756.1]
  13. Jonathan Martinez [1743.1]
  14. Montel Jackson [1736.1]
  15. Said Nurmagomedov [1732.5]

Men’s Featherweight

Champ. Alexander Volkanovski [2042.5]

  1. Max Holloway [1962.9]
  2. Yair Rodriguez [1816.8]
  3. Arnold Allen [1807.6]
  4. Ilia Topuria [1791.0]
  5. Movsar Evloev [1785.5]
  6. Brian Ortega [1779.9]
  7. Chan Sung Jung [1750.3]
  8. Josh Emmett [1749.9]
  9. Edson Barboza [1743.6]
  10. Calvin Kattar [1741.6]
  11. Dan Ige [1737.6]
  12. Khusein Askhabov [1735.8]
  13. Jack Shore [1733.2]
  14. Sodiq Yusuff [1723.1]
  15. Bryce Mitchell [1720.3]

Men’s Lightweight

Champ. Islam Makhachev [2000.7]

  1. Charles Oliveira [2002.4]
  2. Dustin Poirier [1966.3]
  3. Justin Gaethje [1892.6]
  4. Conor McGregor [1866.1]
  5. Beneil Dariush [1851.5]
  6. Mateusz Gamrot [1835.6]
  7. Rafael Dos Anjos [1824.4]
  8. Grant Dawson [1812.2]
  9. Mateusz Rebecki [1799.3]
  10. Arman Tsarukyan [1790.4]
  11. Tony Ferguson [1787.5]
  12. Paddy Pimblett [1782.2]
  13. Gregor Gillespie [1781.5]
  14. Michael Chandler [1781.3]
  15. Carlos Diego Ferreira [1747.5]

Men’s Welterweight

Champ. Leon Edwards [1937.0]

  1. Kamaru Usman [1957.6]
  2. Belal Muhammad [1890.9]
  3. Shavkat Rakhmonov [1855.5]
  4. Colby Covington [1851.0]
  5. Gilbert Burns [1848.8]
  6. Vicente Luque [1799.1]
  7. Khamzat Chimaev [1791.0]
  8. Neil Magny [1784.4]
  9. Elizeu Zaleski Dos Santos [1783.0]
  10. Jack Della Maddalena [1779.4]
  11. Gunnar Nelson [1779.0]
  12. Stephen Thompson [1774.4]
  13. Santiago Ponzinibbio [1749.9]
  14. Nicolas Dalby [1749.7]
  15. Kevin Holland [1746.5]

Men’s Middleweight

Champ. Israel Adesanya [1967.7]

  1. Dricus Du Plessis [1847.0]
  2. Robert Whittaker [1837.5]
  3. Brendan Allen [1834.0]
  4. Sean Strickland [1817.3]
  5. Jared Cannonier [1812.3]
  6. Paulo Costa [1766.5]
  7. Chris Weidman [1764.5]
  8. Jack Hermansson [1755.1]
  9. Derek Brunson [1753.9]
  10. Marvin Vettori [1748.0]
  11. Chris Curtis [1742.8]
  12. Andre Muniz [1742.1]
  13. Kelvin Gastelum [1739.0]
  14. Roman Dolidze [1726.5]
  15. Caio Borralho [1718.1]

Men’s Light Heavyweight

Champ. VACANT

  1. Jan Blachowicz [1905.2]
  2. Jiri Prochazka [1874.6]
  3. Magomed Ankalaev [1856.4]
  4. Jamahal Hill [1793.5]
  5. Nikita Krylov [1766.1]
  6. Anthony Smith [1760.8]
  7. Johnny Walker [1750.9]
  8. Aleksandar Rakic [1721.2]
  9. Ryan Spann [1710.0]
  10. Alonzo Menifield [1706.4]
  11. Azamat Murzakanov [1702.1]
  12. Paul Craig [1681.9]
  13. Alexander Gustafsson [1675.6]
  14. Volkan Oezdemir [1671.3]
  15. Kennedy Nzechukwu [1670.0]

Men’s Heavyweight

Champ. Jon Jones [2122.5]

  1. Stipe Miocic [1982.3]
  2. Sergei Pavlovich [1844.7]
  3. Ciryl Gane [1833.1]
  4. Alexander Volkov [1828.0]
  5. Curtis Blaydes [1798.4]
  6. Jailton Almeida [1781.0]
  7. Marcin Tybura [1779.5]
  8. Sergei Spivac [1745.1]
  9. Tom Aspinall [1722.5]
  10. Derrick Lewis [1719.0]
  11. Alexandr Romanov [1716.7]
  12. Tai Tuivasa [1712.3]
  13. Marcos Rogerio de Lima [1708.3]
  14. Blagoy Ivanov [1686.8]
  15. Jairzinho Rozenstruik [1685.2]

Overall Female Rankings

  1. Valentina Shevchenko [1861.8]
  2. Zhang Weili [1859.2]
  3. Rose Namajunas [1798.6]
  4. Alexa Grasso [1743.3]
  5. Amanda Lemos [1738.7]
  6. Taila Santos [1723.3]
  7. Virna Jandiroba [1720.0]
  8. Tatiana Suarez [1717.6]
  9. Erin Blanchfield [1715.7]
  10. Carla Esparza [1710.8]
  11. Raquel Pennington [1709.9]
  12. Maycee Barber [1708.1]
  13. Jessica Andrade [1706.5]
  14. Katlyn Chookagian [1704.7]
  15. Yan Xiaonan [1700.9]

Women’s Strawweight

Champ. Zhang Weili [1859.2]

  1. Rose Namajunas [1798.6]
  2. Amanda Lemos [1738.7]
  3. Virna Jandiroba [1720.0]
  4. Tatiana Suarez [1717.6]
  5. Carla Esparza [1710.8]
  6. Jessica Andrade [1706.5]
  7. Yan Xiaonan [1700.9]
  8. Mackenzie Dern [1674.1]
  9. Marina Rodriguez [1667.8]
  10. Tabatha Ricci [1636.0]
  11. Tecia Torres [1632.6]
  12. Gillian Robertson [1625.2]
  13. Luana Pinheiro [1612.4]
  14. Lupita Godinez [1610.6]
  15. Kanako Murata [1605.5]

Women’s Flyweight

Champ. Alexa Grasso [1743.3]

  1. Valentina Shevchenko [1861.8]
  2. Taila Santos [1723.3]
  3. Erin Blanchfield [1715.7]
  4. Maycee Barber [1708.1]
  5. Katlyn Chookagian [1704.7]
  6. Lauren Murphy [1675.6]
  7. Manon Fiorot [1674.9]
  8. Jennifer Maia [1658.0]
  9. Amanda Ribas [1648.0]
  10. Karine Silva [1636.0]
  11. Natalia Silva [1632.0]
  12. Casey O’Neill [1631.0]
  13. Tracy Cortez [1624.9]
  14. Molly McCann [1620.7]
  15. Andrea Lee [1612.4]

Women’s Bantamweight

Champ. VACANT

  1. Raquel Pennington [1709.9]
  2. Julianna Pena [1699.7]
  3. Holly Holm [1688.6]
  4. Irene Aldana [1675.5]
  5. Ketlen Vieira [1672.7]
  6. Mayra Bueno Silva [1662.6]
  7. Josiane Nunes [1623.8]
  8. Miesha Tate [1622.2]
  9. Norma Dumont [1617.9]
  10. Karol Rosa [1612.7]
  11. Pannie Kianzad [1604.5]
  12. Jamey-Lyn Horth [1601.4]
  13. Julia Avila [1599.7]
  14. Tamires Vidal [1588.7]
  15. Macy Chiasson [1586.1]

Women’s Featherweight

Champ. VACANT

  1. Josiane Nunes [1623.8]
  2. Norma Dumont [1617.9]
  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 [1447.4]

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