Rank these top LW fighters from best to worse

[DatSamboKid]

Most of the hardcore fans agree that the lightweight division is the most stacked division in the UFC.

I’ll jump straight to the question, out of all the fighters mentioned below, how would you rank them from “best to worse”.

Khabib, Ferguson, McGregor, Poirier, Gaethje, Alvarez, Cerrone, Diaz, RDA, Pettis.

List of fighters each fighter defeated:

Khabib: McGregor, Poirier and RDA.
Diaz: McGregor, Pettis, Cerrone.
McGregor: Poirier, Alvarez and Diaz.
Poirier: Alvarez, Gaethje and Pettis.
Alvarez: Gaethje, RDA and Pettis.
RDA: Diaz, Pettis, Cerrone.
Ferguson: Cerrone and RDA.
Gaethje: Cerrone.
Cerrone: Alvarez.
Pettis: Cerrone.

Fun facts:
-If McGregor beats Cerrone at UFC 246, he will be the fighter with the most wins (4).
-Cerrone has the most loses (5) followed by Pettis (4).

I know a couple of these fights were not at 155lbs, like McGregor vs Poirier / Diaz vs Pettis, but let’s just go with the flow guys.

My final ranking:

1) Khabib
2) McGregor
3) Poirier
4) Ferguson
5) Diaz
6) Alvarez
7) RDA
8) Gaethje
9) Pettis
10) Cerrone

Cheers

 

[TheChosenOne]

Talks about LW, lists fights that happened outside of LW, okay.

 

[ImNotMirsadBektic]

Hard to rank because styles make match ups.

 

[Pascal Bergeron]

Khabib
Ferguson
RDA
Pettis
McGregor
Cerrone
Alvarez
Gaethje
Poirier
Diaz

 

[Sweater of AV]

let’s just go with the flow guys.

Sure thing Conor. Nice list you've carefully constructed here.

 

[NoBiasJustMMA]

If we are talking about all time LW rankings this is how I have it.

1) Alvarez
2) Khabib
3) RDA
4) Pettis
5) Ferguson
6) Diaz
7) McGregor
8) Porier
9) Gaethje
10) Cerrone

 

[Ufcmaster]

Khabib technically cleaned out the division via MMA math.
These are the rankings according the UFC.

C. Khabib
1. Tony ---> Khabib > MJ > Tony
2. Dustin ---> Khabib beat him
3. Gaethje ---> Khabib > Dustin > Gaethje
4. Conor ----> Khabib beat him
5. Cerrone ---> Khabib > RDA > Cowboy
6. Felder ---> Khabib > Barboza > Felder
7. Hooker ---> Khabib > Barboza > Hooker
8. Kevin Lee ---> Khabib > Iaquinta > Lee
9. Iaquinta ---> Khabib beat him
10. Barboza ---> Khabib beat him

 

[boladiQup]

 

[Liverkick-king56]

I'm assuming this means in the primes of their careers
1. Khabib/Tony (honestly no clue both have crazy arguments for #1)
2.
3. RDA (people forget the animal he was)
4. Pettis
5. Gaethje
6. McGregor
7. Poirier
8. Diaz/Cerrone (both LW elite gatekeepers but never champion level)
9.
10. Alveraz (honestly think his championship run was luck. Although his fight against Gaethje looked amazing, it was before Gaethje made big improvements in his striking IQ)

Penn should be on the list, I lowkey think he's overrated due to his level of competition but I'd still place him around Mcgregor at either 6 or 7
plus it would be cool to see where people put a legend like him.

 

[Mamou]

LW rankings by resume

Khabib
Ferguson
RDA
Pettis
Alvarez
Poirier
Cowboy
Gaethje
Diaz
McGregor

Before you reply and cry about McGregor being 10th, the question was LW fighters. Fights at 145 and 170 are irrelevant and Conor is 1-1 at 155. The fact he's only had 2 fights puts him at the bottom.

 

[qw3rty]

Stop reading after seeing Tony #4

 

[Grapplefest]

Khabib


The rest

 

[WhuffieCollector]

Diaz at #5? Why is he on that list at all?

 

[WhuffieCollector]

LW rankings by resume

Khabib
Ferguson
RDA
Pettis
Alvarez
Poirier
Cowboy
Gaethje
Diaz
McGregor

Before you reply and cry about McGregor being 10th, the question was LW fighters. Fights at 145 and 170 are irrelevant and Conor is 1-1 at 155. The fact he's only had 2 fights puts him at the bottom.

I mean, Conor isn't close to #1, but he's definitely ahead of Diaz, even at LW where he's only had 2 fights but won the title by beating your #5 and only lost to your #1 just like everyone else has.

Diaz is at best an average fighter--the only reason he isn't KO'd in the 1st round of almost every fight is his chin.

 

[Bangkok ready d1]

1) Khabib or tony we dont know yet
2) porier
3) gaethje
4) mcgregor
5) alvarez
6) rda
7) diaz
8) cerrone
9) Pettis

 

[danny23]

Even at his peak he won't make the top ten in the current division.

 

[michaelmichaelmichael90]

Diaz at #5? Why is he on that list at all?

Somebody with some damn sense. Diaz is NOWHERE near a top 10 lightweight. that's a laughable stat

 

[WhuffieCollector]

1) Khabib or tony we dont know yet
2) porier
3) gaethje
4) mcgregor
5) alvarez
6) rda
7) diaz
8) cerrone
9) Pettis

Diaz is absolutely NOT a better LW than Cerrone or Pettis.

 

[Rum]

For ability
1) Khabib
2) El Cucuy
3) Poirier
4) RDA
5) McGregor
6) Gaetje
7) Alvarez
8) Diaz
9) Pettis
10) Cerrone

For entertainment level
1) Conor
2) Nate
3) El Cucuy
4) Dustin
5) Justin
6) Khabib
7) Eddie
8) RDA
9) Pettis
10) Donald

 

[Rum]

Diaz is absolutely NOT a better LW than Cerrone or Pettis.

Nate fucked them both up

Facts