FAQ & Rankings Criteria
| FAQ for Non-UFC Rankings | | | | |
Non-UFC Rankings are comprised of all fighters competing outside the UFC. Thus, all fighters from Bellator, World Series of Fighting, One FC, KSW, Cage Warriors, Jungle Fights, Resurrection Fighting Alliance, Ring of Combat, Shooto, Road FC, Pancrase, Legacy FC, MFC, Titan FC, etc. are eligible for the Non-UFC rankings. These rankings are sometimes referred to as "Global Rankings" or "Free Agent Rankings."
So, how do we compile our rankings? What separates us from other web sites that formulate rankings?
Here is our rankings criteria:
- Activity in the last 3 years
- Last 5 fights
- Most recent performance
- Strength of competition
- Performance against top competition
- Estimated ability against future competition
To make it simple, we only look at fights that have happened in the last 3 years of action. Thus, currently it is 2014, so the only fights that can be factored into a ranking are from the years 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014. Anything before then is essentially wiped clean. Why is that? Fighters develop and decline rapidly. In order to provide rankings that are current and reflect what has happened in the now, rather than the past, we confine a fighter's activity to this 3-year window.
From there, we heavily utilize the fighter's last 5 fights. We look at these fights more so than any other action that may have happened in 2011 or 2012. We want our rankings to reflect how the fighter is currently performing. Therefore, if a fighter fights 12 times in the last 3 years, we will heavily emphasize their performance over the last 5 fights, rather than the previous ones.
There are many fighters sporting undefeated records from developing fight scenes, especially abroad. Something we take into consideration is the strength of competition they have faced. If a fighter has compiled a bunch of wins against competition that is lackluster they will likely have a difficult time moving up in the rankings until they face stiffer competition in order for us to accurately predict how they would perform against exceedingly tougher competition.
If a fighter has fought elite competition and fallen short, we factor in how they performed. If a fighter fairs well against a higher-ranked adversary, they could still move up in the rankings.
We watch nearly every fight, regardless of promotion in order to formulate these rankings.
* (NR) = Not Ranked
Reasons for exclusions from rankings:
- Inactivity over 18 months
- Changing weight classes. A fighter must debut in their new weight class in order to officially be ranked there. Upon their debut, they will immediately be removed from their former weight class.
- Retirement. Once a fighter is presumed retired based on interviews or lack of activity, they are removed from the rankings until further clarification is provided. |
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Weight Classes
Flyweight (125) – Bantamweight (135) – Featherweight (145) – Lightweight (155) – Welterweight (170) – Middleweight (185) – Light Heavyweight (205) – Heavyweight (265)
| # | | | Fighter | Last 3 Fights | Next Fight |
| 01 |  |  | Michael Chandler
16-3 (Bellator) | W-Benson Henderson (DEC)
W-Patricky Freire (KO)
W-David Rickels (TKO) | Brent Primus
06/24/2017 |
| 02 |  | | Benson Henderson
24-7 (Bellator) | L-Michael Chandler (DEC)
W-Patricio Freire (TKO)
L-Andrey Koreshkov (DEC) | |
| 03 |  | | Justin Gaethje
17-0 (WSOF) | W-Luiz Firmino (TKO)
W-Brian Foster (TKO)
W-Luis Palomino (TKO) | Michael Johnson
07/07/2017
*Signed with UFC |
| 04 |  |  | Patricky Freire
17-8 (Bellator) | W-Josh Thomson (KO)
L-Michael Chandler (KO)
W-Kevin Souza (DEC) | Derek Campos
07/14/2017 |
| 05 |  | | Josh Thomson
22-9 (Bellator) | L-Patricky Freire (KO)
W-Pablo Villaseca (TKO)
W-Mike Bronzoulis (SUB) | |
| 06 |  | | Brian Foster
27-9 (WSOF) | W-Luiz Firmino (SUB)
L-Justin Gaethje (TKO)
W-Joao Zeferino (KO) | Jon Fitch
06/30/2017 |
| 07 |  |  | Mateusz Gamrot
13-0 (KSW) | W-Norman Parke (DEC)
W-Renato Gomes (SUB)
W-Mansour Barnaoui (DEC) | |
| 08 |  |  | Eduard Folayang
18-5 (One FC) | W-Ev Ting (DEC)
W-Shinya Aoki (TKO)
W-Adrian Pang (DEC) | |
| 09 |  |  | Shinya Aoki
39-7 (One FC) | L-Eduard Folayang (TKO)
W-Kazushi Sakuraba (TKO)
W-Koji Ando (DEC) | |
| 10 |  | | Luiz Firmino
19-8 (WSOF) | L-Justin Gaethje (TKO)
L-Brian Foster (SUB)
W-Caros Fodor (DEC) | |
| 11 |  |  | Norman Parke
23-6-1 (KSW) | L-Mateusz Gamrot (DEC)
W-Paul Redmond (DEC)
W-Andrew Fisher (DEC) | |
| 12 |  | | Leandro Silva
20-5-1 (Free Agent) | W-Pat Healy (TKO)
L-Rustam Khabilov (DEC)
L-Jason Saggo (DEC) | |
| 13 |  | | Joao Zeferino
21-8 (WSOF) | W-Jason High (TKO)
L-Jon Fitch (DEC)
L-Brian Foster (KO) | Herman Terrado
06/30/2017 |
| 14 |  | | Adam Piccolotti
9-0 (Bellator) | W-Brandon Girtz (DEC)
W-Ray Wood (SUB)
W-Mario Soto (SUB) | |
| 15 |  |  | Khusein Khaliev
17-1 (Free Agent) | W-Valmir Lazaro (DEC)
W-Shamil Zavurov (KO)
W-Alexandre Cidade (SUB) | |
