CRITERIA FOR RANKING

This is a fair and unbiased system to rank fighters.

Unless all of these factors are taken into consideration, voting for

rankings becomes, more or less, a popularity contest.

These Rankings are based on a scientific system that regards (but is

not limited to), the following criteria:

1. Recent Performance

(...within a 3 year period. But entire record is also taken into

consideration. It depends on how it effects recent performance. How

fights end are also important...KO, TKO, SUB, DEC, a DRAW (The effect of a DRAW depends on how the fight went and if most pundits considered it a DRAW...or, if it was considered by most to have been a close, controversial decision. *See NOTE below), etc., etc.

Domination of opponent, referee's actions, judges bias...all are taken into consideration as well.)

*Note on DRAWS - It all depends on how close a fight it was, and what everyone felt about it. If it was obviously a bad call by the judges, then you would have to factor that in. It all depends. A DRAW does not guarantee that one fighter didn't dominate.

2. Opponent's Record

(The quality of opposition is always taken into consideration.

Who-beat-Who is important in determining this factor. Records of

opponents are carefully researched.)

3. Experience

(If a fighter has a record with 20 or more wins, then, depending on

the quality of opposition, he would be regarded above a fighter with

10 or less wins, if quality of opposition is equal to. But other

factors, such as results and performance of said wins, are also

considered. If a fighter has only 4 or 5 wins, and is unranked, but

just totally dominated a TOP TEN contender, then he might be ranked

above someone with much more experience. All factors must be considered.)

4. Skill Level

(The skill level and talent of each fighter is considered only if said

fighter has a record of facing quality opposition. Obviously if he has

the skill level of a BJ Penn yet has only faced guys with records of

2-14, or 10-24-9, then considering his skill level makes little sense.)

Every fighter is ranked according to their accomplishments - who they beat, how they win, recent activity (last 3 years is most significant), and are placed in their position of rank as they beat the fighters ranked/listed above them...or, they move up because the fighters above them are moved down due to: inactivity, moved to another weight class or, because they lost to an unranked/unlisted fighter.

If a fighter, who's listed under the TOP TEN, loses to an unlisted fighter it's possible for him to be removed from the list.

RANKING THE TOP 100

They are ranked (placed)...as best we can rank them. We research every fighter's record, and they are placed according to who-beat-who...and their records carefully dissected to determine if any other opponent deserves to be placed just above or just below them. We look at recent losses, # of losses, how they lost, and even controversial losses. And we make sure their losses were to opponents of the same weight class.

Some ranking sites base all this upon a point system...which really makes no sense. As a point system must be done thru a computer, and takes away human reasoning, common sense, and detailed analysis...which we just showed are all essential to a proper, unbiased, and fair ranking system.

NOTE: All fighters listed below the Top-Ten are not really ranked (which is why we do not put a number by their name). It's a list of the best prospects and top fighters, who are not in the Top-Ten or, Unranked. Only the Top-Ten contenders are really ranked.

**NOTE: As of November 26, 2019, any fighter who does not weigh in at 115lb, or has had no fights against fighters previously at this weight, cannot be considered for placement in the Top Ten, or even the Top 100, of the Strawweight Division. But, any fighters fighting in a major promotion, and competing in what they deem as the Strawweight division, but weighed in at over 115lbs, but under 126lbs, and have previously fought said opponents at 115lbs, will still be credited for consideration of advancement in rank, in the Strawweight division.