Rankings

Cage Calculus UFC Rankings (Nov. 16, 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). Arrows and numbers beside a fighter’s rating indicate how many spots they’ve risen or fallen since the most recent ranking. An upward arrow with no number indicates a fighter was previously unranked.

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.

Overall Male Rankings

  1. Jon Jones [2122.5]
  2. Islam Makhachev [2063.7]
  3. Charles Oliveira [2002.4]
  4. Alexander Volkanovski [2000.5]
  5. Stipe Miocic [1982.3]
  6. Max Holloway [1977.7]
  7. Leon Edwards [1937.0]
  8. Justin Gaethje [1934.9]
  9. Henry Cejudo [1934.4]
  10. Israel Adesanya [1932.5]
  11. Aljamain Sterling [1927.9]
  12. Kamaru Usman [1927.6]
  13. Dustin Poirier [1924.0]
  14. Belal Muhammad [1890.9]
  15. Jan Blachowicz [1879.7]

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. Muhammad Mokaev [1709.0]
  6. Alex Perez [1698.1]
  7. Manel Kape [1691.4]
  8. Brandon Royval [1673.8]
  9. Azat Maksum [1672.3]
  10. Kai Kara-France [1668.7]
  11. Asu Almabaev [1658.1]
  12. Matheus Nicolau [1657.0]
  13. Nate Maness [1656.5]
  14. Allan Nascimento [1645.1]
  15. Tagir Ulanbekov [1642.0] ⬆️

Men’s Bantamweight

Champ. Sean O’Malley [1849.7]

  1. Henry Cejudo [1934.4]
  2. Aljamain Sterling [1927.9]
  3. Marlon Vera [1838.2]
  4. Dominick Cruz [1837.3]
  5. Cory Sandhagen [1833.8]
  6. Merab Dvalishvili [1813.2]
  7. Petr Yan [1788.5]
  8. Jonathan Martinez [1770.6]
  9. Rob Font [1768.5]
  10. Pedro Munhoz [1766.2]
  11. Song Yadong [1765.2]
  12. Ricky Simon [1761.4]
  13. Umar Nurmagomedov [1756.1]
  14. Said Nurmagomedov [1755.8]
  15. Chris Gutierrez [1741.9]

Men’s Featherweight

Champ. Alexander Volkanovski [2000.5]

  1. Max Holloway [1977.7]
  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. Edson Barboza [1767.1]
  8. Josh Emmett [1749.9]
  9. Bryce Mitchell [1746.5]
  10. Calvin Kattar [1741.6]
  11. Lerone Murphy [1741.4]
  12. Khusein Askhabov [1735.8]
  13. Jack Shore [1733.2]
  14. Giga Chikadze [1733.0]
  15. Dan Ige [1711.4]

Men’s Lightweight

Champ. Islam Makhachev [2063.7]

  1. Charles Oliveira [2002.4]
  2. Justin Gaethje [1934.9]
  3. Dustin Poirier [1924.0]
  4. Conor McGregor [1866.1]
  5. Mateusz Gamrot [1860.0]
  6. Beneil Dariush [1851.5]
  7. Mateusz Rebecki [1818.7]
  8. Rafael Dos Anjos [1797.6]
  9. Arman Tsarukyan [1790.4]
  10. Paddy Pimblett [1782.2]
  11. Gregor Gillespie [1781.5]
  12. Michael Chandler [1781.3]
  13. Grant Dawson [1764.2]
  14. Bobby Green [1760.7]
  15. Benoit Sain-Denis [1754.7] ⬆️

Men’s Welterweight

Champ. Leon Edwards [1937.0]

  1. Kamaru Usman [1927.6]
  2. Belal Muhammad [1890.9]
  3. Shavkat Rakhmonov [1855.5]
  4. Colby Covington [1851.0]
  5. Gilbert Burns [1848.8]
  6. Vicente Luque [1825.9]
  7. Jack Della Maddalena [1803.9]
  8. Nicolas Dalby [1781.1]
  9. Elizeu Zaleski Dos Santos [1779.9]
  10. Gunnar Nelson [1779.0]
  11. Stephen Thompson [1774.4]
  12. Kevin Holland [1766.7]
  13. Ian Machado Garry [1756.1]
  14. Neil Magny [1755.3]
  15. Santiago Ponzinibbio [1749.9]

Men’s Middleweight

Champ. Sean Strickland [1870.1]

  1. Israel Adesanya [1932.5]
  2. Dricus Du Plessis [1847.0]
  3. Robert Whittaker [1837.5]
  4. Brendan Allen [1834.0]
  5. Khamzat Chimaev [1821.0]
  6. Jared Cannonier [1812.3]
  7. Paulo Costa [1766.5]
  8. Jack Hermansson [1755.1]
  9. Marvin Vettori [1748.0]
  10. Chris Curtis [1742.8]
  11. Caio Borralho [1741.4] ⬆️4️⃣
  12. Kelvin Gastelum [1739.0]
  13. Chris Weidman [1730.7]
  14. Roman Dolidze [1726.5]
  15. Paul Craig [1722.9]

Men’s Light Heavyweight

Champ. Alex Pereira [1827.1] ⬆️8️⃣

  1. Jan Blachowicz [1879.7]
  2. Magomed Ankalaev [1856.4]
  3. Jiri Prochazka [1825.8] ⬇️1️⃣
  4. Jamahal Hill [1793.5]
  5. Anthony Smith [1775.1]
  6. Nikita Krylov [1766.1]
  7. Johnny Walker [1750.9]
  8. Aleksandar Rakic [1721.2]
  9. Alonzo Menifield [1706.4]
  10. Azamat Murzakanov [1702.1]
  11. Volkan Oezdemir [1701.2]
  12. Dustin Jacoby [1700.6]
  13. Ryan Spann [1695.7]
  14. Carlos Ulberg [1683.3]
  15. Alexander Gustafsson [1675.6] ⬆️

Men’s Heavyweight

Champ. Jon Jones [2122.5]

  1. Tom Aspinall [1834.9] [Interim Champ] ⬆️6️⃣
  2. Stipe Miocic [1982.3]
  3. Ciryl Gane [1859.4]
  4. Alexander Volkov [1851.8]
  5. Jailton Almeida [1804.2]
  6. Sergei Pavlovich [1798.9] ⬇️1️⃣
  7. Curtis Blaydes [1798.4]
  8. Marcin Tybura [1735.9]
  9. Derrick Lewis [1732.1]
  10. Sergei Spivac [1718.8]
  11. Alexandr Romanov [1716.7]
  12. Tai Tuivasa [1688.5]
  13. Jairzinho Rozenstruik [1685.2]
  14. Marcos Reogerio de Lima [1672.0]
  15. Martin Buday [1671.9]

Overall Female Rankings

  1. Zhang Weili [1884.2]
  2. Valentina Shevchenko [1853.6]
  3. Rose Namajunas [1765.1]
  4. Alexa Grasso [1751.5]
  5. Tatiana Suarez [1751.5]
  6. Erin Blanchfield [1741.2]
  7. Amanda Lemos [1722.0]
  8. Virna Jandiroba [1720.0]
  9. Carla Esparza [1710.8]
  10. Raquel Pennington [1709.9]
  11. Manon Fiorot [1708.4]
  12. Maycee Barber [1708.1]
  13. Jessica Andrade [1707.8] ⬆️
  14. Katlyn Chookagian [1704.7]
  15. Yan Xiaonan [1700.9]

Women’s Strawweight

Champ. Zhang Weili [1884.2]

  1. Rose Namajunas [1765.1]
  2. Tatiana Suarez [1751.5]
  3. Amanda Lemos [1722.0]
  4. Virna Jandiroba [1720.0]
  5. Carla Esparza [1710.8]
  6. Jessica Andrade [1707.8] ⬆️3️⃣
  7. Yan Xiaonan [1700.9]
  8. Marina Rodriguez [1691.9]
  9. Lupita Godinez [1652.8] ⬆️2️⃣
  10. Mackenzie Dern [1638.9] ⬇️2️⃣
  11. Tecia Torres [1632.6]
  12. Gillian Robertson [1625.2]
  13. Tabatha Ricci [1619.3] ⬇️2️⃣
  14. Eduarda Moura [1619.1]
  15. Luana Pinheiro [1612.4]

Women’s Flyweight

Champ. Alexa Grasso [1751.5]

  1. Valentina Shevchenko [1853.6]
  2. Erin Blanchfield [1741.2]
  3. Manon Fiorot [1708.4]
  4. Maycee Barber [1708.1]
  5. Katlyn Chookagian [1704.7]
  6. Lauren Murphy [1675.6]
  7. Karine Silva [1670.3]
  8. Natalia Silva [1655.6]
  9. Tracy Cortez [1648.1]
  10. Amanda Ribas [1648.0]
  11. Viviane Araujo [1635.6]
  12. Casey O’Neill [1631.0]
  13. Miranda Maverick [1627.2]
  14. JJ Aldrich [1603.4]
  15. Andrea Lee [1588.8] ⬆️

Women’s Bantamweight

Champ. VACANT

  1. Raquel Pennington [1709.9]
  2. Mayra Bueno Silva [1700.2]
  3. Julianna Pena [1699.7]
  4. Ketlen Vieira [1692.9]
  5. Irene Aldana [1675.5]
  6. Holly Holm [1651.0]
  7. Norma Dumont [1638.2]
  8. Josiane Nunes [1623.8]
  9. Miesha Tate [1622.2]
  10. Karol Rosa [1612.7]
  11. Ailin Perez [1604.8]
  12. Jamey-Lyn Horth [1601.4]
  13. Julia Avila [1599.7]
  14. Macy Chiasson [1586.1]
  15. Pannie Kianzad [1584.3]

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