UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Light Heavyweights: Jun 28/19

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 five year time limit, so if they have fought less than 10 times in past five 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	290
2	4	4	Anthony Smith	176
3	3	3	Thiago Santos	165.5
4	5	11	Glover Teixeira	148
5	2		Luke Rockhold	139
6	6		Ovince Saint Preux	128
7	10	9	Corey Anderson	120
8	7	15	Nikita Krylov	113
9	12	13	Johnny Walker	110
10	13	6	Dominick Reyes	107.5
11	11	10	Ilir Latifi	103
12	15	7	Jan Blachowicz	95.5
13	16	16	Misha Cirkunov	93
13	16	8	Volkan Oezdemir	93
15	8	14	Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua	88
16	21	12	Aleksandar Rakic	85
17	8		Antonio Rogerio Nogueira	84
18	19		Jimmy Crute	78
19	20		Sam Alvey	75.5
20	22		Paul Craig	65
21	23		Ion Cutelaba	59
22	24		Khalil Rountree Jr	49.5
23	25		Gadzhimurad Antigulov	48
23	25		Michal Oleksiejczuk	48
25	28		Tyson Pedro	43
26	29		Ed Herman	38
27	30		Gian Villante	26
28	31		Alonzo Menifield	25
29	33		Justin Ledet	24.5
29	33		Ryan Spann	24.5
31	31		Darko Stosic	22.5
31	35		Gokhan Saki	22.5
33	38		Devin Clark	22
33	36		Karl Roberson	22
35	38		Magomed Ankalaev	14
36	37		Patrick Cummins	10.5
37	40		Mike Rodriguez	10
38	41		Rashad Coulter	5
38	41		Saparbek Safarov	5
40	43		Kennedy Nzechukwu	0
40	43		Klidson Abreu	0
40	43		Marcin Prachnio	0
40	43		Nicolae Negumereanu	0

Check back Monday for our middleweight rankings

Performance Based Rankings:

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

 

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