Placement On The Card Rankings

MMA Analyst Chael Sonnen says placement on the card is more important than rank. Fighting high on the card means more media and fan attention on your fight, which means opportunity for you. His advice to young fighters is - ignore the rankings, mind card placement. So, for fans and fighters alike, here are UFC placement on the card rankings.



P4P

Avg. Card Placement
 Kamaru Usman
1
 Francis Ngannou
1
 Aljamain Sterling
1
 Henry Cejudo
1
 Jon Jones
1
 Israel Adesanya
1
 Colby Covington
1
 Charles Oliveira
1
 Beneil Dariush
1
 Conor McGregor
1
 Alexander Volkanovski
1.3
 Julianna Pena
1.5
 Amanda Nunes
1.5
 TJ Dillashaw
1.5
 Jorge Masvidal
1.5

Flyweight

Avg. Card Placement
 Deiveson Figueiredo
2
 Brandon Moreno
2
 Kai Kara-France
4
 Alex Perez
4.7
 Askar Askarov
6
 Alexandre Pantoja
6
 Su Mudaerji
6
 Matt Schnell
7
 Brandon Royval
8.3
 Tim Elliott
8.5
 Amir Albazi
8.5
 Cody Durden
8.7
 Manel Kape
9
 Zarrukh Adashev
9.5
 Matheus Nicolau
9.7

Bantamweight

Avg. Card Placement
 Aljamain Sterling
1
 Henry Cejudo
1
 TJ Dillashaw
1.5
 Petr Yan
1.7
 Cory Sandhagen
2.3
 Jose Aldo
2.7
 Marlon Vera
2.7
 Rob Font
3
 Song Yadong
3
 Frankie Edgar
3.5
 Rani Yahya
3.7
 Merab Dvalishvili
4
 Cody Garbrandt
4.3
 Casey Kenney
5
 Dominick Cruz
5.5

Featherweight

Avg. Card Placement
 Alexander Volkanovski
1.3
 Brian Ortega
2
 Chan Sung Jung
2
 Max Holloway
2.7
 Yair Rodriguez
2.7
 Calvin Kattar
3
 Giga Chikadze
3
 Arnold Allen
3.3
 Edson Barboza
3.3
 Sodiq Yusuff
3.5
 Josh Emmet
3.7
 Daniel Pineda
4
 Bryce Mitchell
4
 Nate Landwehr
4.3
 Dan Ige
4.7

Lightweight

Avg. Card Placement
 Charles Oliveira
1
 Beneil Dariush
1
 Conor McGregor
1
 Dustin Poirier
1.7
 Islam Makhachev
1.7
 Mike Davis
2
 Mateusz Gamrot
2.3
 Justin Gaethje
2.7
 Rafael Fiziev
2.7
 Tony Ferguson
2.7
 Rafael Dos Anjos
3
 Michael Chandler
3.7
 Jared Gordon
4
 Paddy Pimblett
4
 Dan Hooker
4

Welterweight

Avg. Card Placement
 Abubakar Nurmagomedov
0
 Kamaru Usman
1
 Colby Covington
1
 Jorge Masvidal
1.5
 Leon Edwards
1.7
 Belal Muhammad
1.7
 Nate Diaz
2
 Sean Brady
2
 Gilbert Burns
2.3
 Stephen Thompson
3
 Randy Brown
3.3
 Khamzat Chimaev
3.3
 Vicente Luque
3.3
 Geoff Neal
3.3
 Robbie Lawler
3.5

Middleweight

Avg. Card Placement
 Israel Adesanya
1
 Alex Pereira
1.7
 Jared Cannonier
2.3
 Robert Whittaker
2.5
 Paulo Costa
2.5
 Sean Strickland
3
 Darren Till
3.5
 Chidi Njokuani
3.7
 Makhmud Muradov
4
 Marvin Vettori
4
 Kelvin Gastelum
4.5
 Brendan Allen
4.7
 Derek Brunson
4.7
 Jack Hermansson
4.7
 Krzysztof Jotko
5.3

Light heavyweight

Avg. Card Placement
 Jon Jones
1
 Glover Teixeira
1.7
 Jan Blachowicz
1.7
 Luke Rockhold
2
 Jamahal Hill
2.7
 Jiri Prochazka
3
 Aleksandar Rakic
3
 Magomed Ankalaev
3
 Thiago Santos
3
 Ovince Saint Preux
3.3
 Nikita Krylov
3.7
 Anthony Smith
4
 Volkan Oezdemir
4.7
 Alonzo Menifield
5
 Jim Crute
5

Heavyweight

Avg. Card Placement
 Francis Ngannou
1
 Ciryl Gane
1.7
 Curtis Blaydes
2.7
 Derrick Lewis
2.7
 Tom Aspinall
3.3
 Alexander Volkov
3.3
 Tai Tuivasa
3.7
 Sergei Pavlovich
3.7
 Walt Harris
4
 Sergey Spivak
4
 Josh Parisian
4
 Chris Daukaus
4.7
 Marcin Tybura
4.7
 Ilir Latifi
5
 Devin Clark
5.3

Women's Strawweight

Avg. Card Placement
 Tatiana Suarez
2
 Rose Namajunas
2
 Carla Esparza
2.7
 Zhang Weili
3
 Mackenzie Dern
3
 Amanda Lemos
3.3
 Tecia Torres
4
 Yan Xiaonan
4.3
 Michelle Waterson
5
 Tabatha Ricci
7
 Marina Rodriguez
7
 Polyana Viana
8.5
 Montserrat Ruiz
9
 Jessica Penne
9.7
 Sam Hughes
9.7

Women's Flyweight

Avg. Card Placement
 Valentina Shevchenko
2.7
 Alexa Grasso
2.7
 Jessica Andrade
3
 Katlyn Chookagian
4
 Lauren Murphy
4.7
 Montana De La Rosa
5.3
 Poliana Botelho
6
 Ji Yeon Kim
6.3
 Taila Santos
6.3
 Maycee Barber
6.3
 Priscila Cachoeira
6.7
 Viviane Araujo
6.7
 Andrea Lee
6.7
 Casey O'Niell
7.3
 Molly McCann
7.7

Women's Bantamweight

Avg. Card Placement
 Julianna Pena
1.5
 Amanda Nunes
1.5
 Holly Holm
2.5
 Yana Kunitskaya
3
 Ketlen Vieira
4
 Karol Rosa
4
 Lina Lansberg
4
 Wu Yanan
5
 Miesha Tate
5
 Aspen Ladd
5.7
 Irene Aldana
6.5
 Mayra Bueno Silva
7
 Norma Dumont
8.7
 Julija Stoliarenko
9.3
 Jessica-Rose Clark
9.7
* Average Card Placement is based on fighter's last 3 card positions. PPVs are weighted more heavily than Fight Nights.

These rankings update after every UFC event.