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Non-UFC Featherweight Rankings - Top 10 MMA fighters Outside the UFC

Non-UFC Featherweight Rankings

Divisions
Heavyweight (265)Light Heavyweight (205)Middleweight (185)Welterweight (170)Lightweight (155) – Featherweight (145) – Bantamweight (135)Flyweight (125)

#FighterOVRORGLast 3 FightsNext Fight
1Chihiro Suzuki13-3Free AgentW-Masanori Kanehara (TKO)
W-Vugar Karamov (KO)
W-Patricio Freire (KO)
2Patricio Freire36-7W-Jeremy Kennedy (TKO)
L-Chihiro Suzuki (KO)
L-Sergio Pettis (DEC)
3Timur Khizriev17-0W-Gabriel Braga (DEC)
W-Enrique Barzola (DEC)
W-Brett Johns (DEC)
4Jesus Pinedo23-6-1W-Gabriel Braga (TKO)
W-Bubba Jenkins (TKO)
W-Brendan Loughnane (KO)
5Brendan Loughnane29-5W-Kai Kamaka (DEC)
W-Justin Gonzales (TKO)
W-Pedro Carvalho (TKO)
6Adam Borics19-2W-Enrique Barzola (DEC)
L-Patricio Freire (DEC)
W-Mads Burnell (DEC)
7Gabriel Braga14-2L-Timur Khizriev (DEC)
W-Bubba Jenkins (TKO)
W-Justin Gonzales (KO)
8Jeremy Kennedy19-4L-Patricio Freire (TKO)
W-Pedro Carvalho (DEC)
W-Aaron Pico (TKO)
9Aaron Pico13-4W-Henry Corrales (TKO)
W-Pedro Carvalho (TKO)
W-James Gonzalez (DEC)
10Islam Omarov16-0ACAW-Kurban Taygibov (SUB)
W-Alexey Polpudnikov (SUB)
W-Alikhan Suleymanov (TKO)
Movlid Khaybulaev21-0-1W-Tyler Diamond (SUB)
W-Ryoji Kudo (DEC)
W-Chris Wade (DEC)
Non-UFC Rankings FAQ
Non-UFC Rankings are comprised of all fighters competing outside the UFC. Fighters featured are from any regional promotion such as Bellator, One FC, KSW, Cage Warriors, Jungle Fights, Legacy Fighting Alliance, Ring of Combat, Shooto, Road FC, Pancrase, PFL, Titan FC, etc. 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?

We are the only source that uses computerized analytics rankings system & actual fight footage to determine rankings similar. The reason we do this is to avoid ranking bias. By using analytics, fighters are scored no matter the promotion they are in. From there, tiers are created and fighters are ranked from within those tiers.

Here is the rankings criteria that encompasses a fighter ranking:
- Most recent performance
- Performance against top competition
- Estimated ability against future competition
- Strength of competition
- Activity in the last 3 years
- Last 5 fights

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.

Actual fight footage is reviewed, regardless of promotion in order to formulate these rankings.

= Fighter moves up in the rankings after recent fight
= Fighter moves down in the rankings after recent fight

Reasons a fighter is ineligible for Non-UFC Rankings (* = Not Ranked)
= Inactivity over 15 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 be removed from their former weight class. If the fighter temporarily competed outside of their division, they will be ranked in their primary division of choice.
= Suspension. Should a fighter be suspended for performance enhancing substances or fighter conduct, they will be removed from the rankings.
5 Comments on this post.
  • Chayce
    14 January 2020 at 1:52 PM
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    AJ MCkee has had his fight with Derek Campos already. May want to update this

  • MMATheFilter
    1 January 2014 at 10:58 PM
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    Do you have twitter whoever runs this? Dude…..this website is insanely awesome!

    • D.C. Ross
      2 January 2014 at 11:45 PM
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      Thank you. You can find us on Twitter at: @rankingmma.

  • Drock
    11 August 2013 at 5:28 PM
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    You should update this sometime

    • D.C. Ross
      12 August 2013 at 8:42 PM
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      I’m not sure what you mean. Everything is updated.

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