UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Light Heavyweights: Apr 1/19

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 not.  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 Light Heavyweights.

 

*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 ranking, last column is official UFC ranking from UFC.com)

Stats	Last	UFC		Total
Rank	Rank	Rank
1	1	1	Jon Jones	513
2	NR		Luke Rockhold	295
3	5	4	Thiago Santos	165.5
4	2	5	Anthony Smith	155
5	3	13	Ovince Saint Preux	151.5
6	4	12	Glover Teixeira	150
7	6		Antonio Rogerio Nogueira	144
8	7	15	Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua	124
9	8	9	Corey Anderson	120
10	9	10	Ilir Latifi	111
11	11	3	Alexander Gustafsson	110
11	20	14	Johnny Walker	110
13	11	6	Dominick Reyes	107.5
14	15		Nikita Krylov	101
15	9	7	Jan Blachowicz	95.5
16	13	16	Misha Cirkunov	93
16	14	8	Volkan Oezdemir	93
18	16	11	Jimi Manuwa	92
19	17		Jimmy Crute	78
20	18		Sam Alvey	75.5
21	19		Aleksandar Rakic	73
22	21		Ion Cutelaba	66
23	24		Paul Craig	65
24	22		Gadzhimurad Antigulov	54.5
25	23		Khalil Rountree Jr	50.5
26	25		Tyson Pedro	43
27	26		Ed Herman	32.5
28	27		Gian Villante	26
29	30		Alonzo Menifield	25
29	30		Darko Stosic	25
31	32		Justin Ledet	24.5
32	33		Gokhan Saki	22.5
33	34		Karl Roberson	22
34	NR		Michal Oleksiejczuk	20
35	35		Patrick Cummins	14.5
36	36		Devin Clark	14
36	37		Magomed Ankalaev	14
38	37		Mike Rodriguez	10
39	39		Rashad Coulter	5
39	39		Ryan Spann	5
39	41		Saparbek Safarov	5
42	41		Hu Yaozong	0
42	NR		Kennedy Nzechukwu	0
42	NR		Klidson Abreu	0
42	41		Marcin Prachnio	0
42	NR		Nicolae Negumereanu	0
42	41		Vinicius Moreira	0

 

Check back Friday for our middleweight rankings

Performance Based Rankings:

Heavyweights
Middleweights
Welterweights
Lightweights
Featherweights
Bantamweights
Flyweights
Women’s Feather/Bantamweights
Women’s Flyweights
Women’s Strawweights
Pound for Pound

 

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