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CIR97.29— 0 THIS WEEK
Updated September 13, 2026
WHO’S REALLY
THE BEST?
No ballots. No narratives. The Cage Index ranks UFC fighters using results, opponent quality, performance, and recency.
8,865bouts analyzed
30ranked fighters
1independent index
Three ways into the data
CHOOSE YOUR VIEW
01 / LIVEP4P TOP 30
The current hierarchy, updated after every completed UFC card.
Open rankings → 02 / BETAHISTORICAL CALCULATORSee where a fighter stood at a source-complete moment in UFC history.
Enter the archive → 03 / FIGHT WEEKTHIS WEEK IN CIRNoche UFC results and each fighter’s post-card CIR.
See the post-card snapshot →CIR v1.9
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The model
ONE NUMBER.
THE FULL PICTURE.
CIR measures what a fighter has earned inside the cage. Every result is weighted by opponent quality, method, performance, and when the fight happened. Beating elite competition matters more. Recent performances matter more. Reputation does not.
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THE FIGHTER
TIME MACHINE
Choose a fighter and a source-complete snapshot to see their Cage Index Rating at that exact point in history.
Try the historical calculator →Noche UFC • Post-card ratings
THIS WEEK IN CIR
All 13 results processed
See how Noche UFC changed each fighter’s ranking, with the September 13 post-card snapshot.
Open the post-card snapshot →Know every fighter
Official UFC headshots make the card easy to scan.
Grasso enters the Top 30
Alexa Grasso rises to No. 24 with a CIR of 69.82 after defeating Manon Fiorot.
Analysis is produced with AI and checked against the CIR v1.9 output before publication. The model determines the rankings; the editorial layer explains them.