UFC Featherweight Power Rankings

By Michael Ford

This division refuses to stabilize, as the only constant seems to be Jose Aldo atop it. As the division absorbs WEC mainstays, TUF 14 alumni, and fighters dropping down from lightweight, a clear hierarchy has yet to work itself out. Three Top 10 talents — Hatsu Hioki, Dustin Poirer, and Bart Palaszewski — hope to make it out of February unbeaten. Ross Pearson and Charles Oliveira joined the division with strong showings after quality campaigns at 155, while Erik Koch and Yuri Alcantara are building upon their WEC success. Mark Hominick, George Roop, and Manny Gamburyan, in contrast, have faltered since moving into the UFC’s Octagon. Kenny Florian, whose presence in the division was supposed to provide a little bit of stability, looks to either be retiring or otherwise leaving the divison. Over the next few months, these fighters will be matched against each other, and the cream will eventually rise to the top.

* key
C = Champion
N = New to the Promotion
R = Retired
S = Suspended, or recently returning from suspension
W = New to the Weight Class

Note that these are not the official MMA Ratings divisional rankings. These UFC Power Rankings are intended to indicate where UFC fighters in each division rank in relation to one another. Taking into account wins, losses, quality of opposition, nature of wins/losses, and the recency of those wins/losses, it is meant to illustrate who fits where in each division, and which fighters’ stocks are rising and falling.

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