UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Middleweights: Apr 5/19

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 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 Middleweights.

 

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

Stats	Last	UFC		Total
Rank	Rank	Rank
1	1	1	Robert Whittaker	404
2	2	7	Chris Weidman	317
3	3	5	Kelvin Gastelum	312
4	4	6	Israel Adesanya	297
5	6	2	Yoel Romero	255
6	7	4	Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza	241
7	9	9	Derek Brunson	154
8	10	12	Brad Tavares	153.5
9	11	11	Jack Hermansson	150
10	8		Tim Boetsch	135
11	12	8	Paulo Costa	120.5
12	14	13	Antonio Carlos Junior	109
13	15	14	Uriah Hall	99
14	13		David Branch	97
15	16		Dan Kelly	96
16	17	15	Elias Theodorou	89.5
17	18	16	Anderson Silva	88
18	23		Omari Akhmedov	76
19	20		Tom Breese	71
20	19		Gerald Meerschaert	68.5
21	21		Cezar Ferreira	66.5
21	21		Krzysztof Jotko	66.5
23	24		C.B. Dollaway	56
23	24		Eryk Anders	56
25	26	10	Jared Cannonier	52
26	27		Zak Cummings	51
27	28		Ian Heinisch	50
27	28		Khalild Murtazaliev	50
29	30		Darren Stewart	47
30	31		Markus Perez	45
31	33		Alessio Di Chirico	36
32	34		Hector Lombard	35
33	35		Jack Marshman	33.5
34	36		Andrew Sanchez	30
35	43		Edmen Shahbazyan	29.5
36	42		Kevin Holland	29
37	37		Oskar Piechota	26.5
38	38		Julian Marquez	22.5
39	38		Charles Byrd	20
40	40		Marvin Vettori	16
41	41		Trevor Smith	11.5
42	43		Abu Azaitar	5
43	45		Adam Yandiev	0
43	45		Anthony Hernandez	0
43	45		Bevon Lewis	0
43	45		John Phillips	0
43	45		Tim Williams	0

Check back Monday for our welterweight rankings

 

Performance Based Rankings:

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

 

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