UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Welterweight: Aug 27/18

There is constant debate about the “official” UFC fighter rankings, which are based on voting from a panel of journalists. Such is the case with something as subjective as voting – it’s totally based on voter’s opinion, and biases are bound to seep through, whether intentional or no. So to try to put a fresh, objective, data-driven spin on rankings, The MMA Manifesto has come up with a performance based ranking system, solely based on how a fighter has performed in the cage. Next up: The Welterweights.

*stipulations: 1) any fighter currently suspended or 2) inactive for at least 12 months (without an upcoming fight scheduled) are excluded from the rankings

Scoring based on a fighter’s past 10 UFC performances (we use a seven year time limit, so if they have fought less than 10 times in past seven years, only the fights within that time frame are counted)
Points based on a fighter’s opponent’s UFC win/loss record (ie strength of schedule – the more successful a vanquished opponent is, the more points awarded), extra points given for finishes, extra points given for title fight wins.
Points are weighed so most recent fights are worth more (ie most recent fight counts the most, 10th most recent fight the least)
No points awarded for a loss

(first column performance based ranking, second column is last rank, last column is official UFC ranking from UFC.com)

Stats	Last	UFC		Total
Rank	Rank	Rank
1	1	1	Tyron Woodley	553.5
2	2	2	Colby Covington	391
3	3	6	Robbie Lawler	390
4	4	4	Rafael dos Anjos	343
5	5	7	Kamaru Usman	233.5
6	6	12	Leon Edwards	227.5
7	7	3	Darren Till	226
8	8	10	Jorge Masvidal	202
9	9	5	Stephen Thompson	192
10	10	11	Santiago Ponzinibbio	184
11	11	8	Demian Maia	154.5
12	12	15	Alex Oliveira	150.5
13	14		Matt Brown	146
14	15		Vicente Luque	135
15	16	9	Neil Magny	128
16	17		Paul Felder	119.5
17	18	13	Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone	118
18	19		Yancy Medeiros	113
19	20		Jake Matthews	108.5
20	35		Niko Price	108
21	21		Mike Perry	100.5
22	25		Bryan Barberena	97
23	22		Alex Garcia	95.5
24	23		Michel Prazeres	93
25	24		Claudio Silva	92.5
26	NR		James Krause	91
27	26		Ryan LaFlare	89.5
28	27		Carlos Condit	89
29	28		Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos	87.5
30	29		Sergio Moraes	87
31	36		Mickey Gall	84.5
32	32		Alan Jouban	80.5
33	33		Siyar Bahadurzada	78.5
34	34		Curtis Millender	77
35	36		Alberto Mina	75.5
36	38		Peter Sobotta	72.5
37	38		Sean Strickland	72
38	40		Ben Saunders	71.5
39	42		Belal Muhammad	69
40	43		Diego Sanchez	68.5
41	51		Jordan Mein	67.5
42	43		Keita Nakamura	67
43	45		Nordine Taleb	66
43	46		Ramazan Emeev	66
43	31		Warlley Alves	66
46	47		Abdul Razak Alhassan	65
47	48		Tim Means	62.5
48	41		Randy Brown	61
49	48		Danny Roberts	57.5
50	52		Chad Laprise	57
51	53		Li Jingliang	56
51	54		Zak Cummings	56
53	68		Sage Northcutt	55.5
54	56		Yushin Okami	53.5
55	50		Zak Ottow	53
56	58		Tony Martin	49.5
57	59		Song Kenan	47.5
58	59		Thiago Alves	46
59	63		Jack Marshman	39.5
60	61		Alex Morono	38
61	65		Hyun Gyu Lim	34
62	67		Max Griffin	32
63	70		Shinsho Anzai	29
64	70		George Sullivan	25.5
65	72		Geoff Neal	25
65	73		Muslim Salikhov	25
67	75		Antonio Braga Neto	22.5
67	76		Luan Chagas	22.5
69	77		Brad Scott	20
70	NR		Bartosz Fabinski	18
70	78		Lyman Good	18
72	80		Court McGee	16.5
73	80		Luke Jumeau	14
74	83		Sultan Aliev	9
75	82		Emil Meek	8
76	85		Carlo Pedersoli Jr	5
76	85		Mike Jackson	5
78	85		Frank Camacho	4.5
78	89		Jessin Ayari	4.5
80	91		Daichi Abe	4
81	91		Dhiego Lima	3
82	91		Josh Burkman	2.5
83	91		Brian Camozzi	0
83	91		Chance Rencountre	0
83	91		CM Punk	0
83	91		Craig White	0
83	NR		David Zawada	0
83	91		Hector Aldana	0
83	91		Oliver Enkamp	0
83	91		Ricky Rainey	0
83	91		Sabah Homasi	0
83	91		Salim Touahri	0

Check back Monday for our lightweight rankings

Performance Based Rankings:

Heavyweights
Light Heavyweights
Middleweights
Lightweights
Featherweights
Bantamweights
Flyweights
Women’s Feather/Bantamweights
Women’s Flyweights
Women’s Strawweights
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UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Welterweight: Aug 27/18

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