UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Middleweights: Jul 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 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 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, third column is official UFC ranking from UFC.com)

Stats	Last	UFC		Total
Rank	Rank	Rank
1	1	1	Robert Whittaker	403
2	2	2	Israel Adesanya	343.5
3	3	5	Kelvin Gastelum	264
4	4	3	Yoel Romero	224
5	5	7	Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza	200
6	6	8	Chris Weidman	198
7	7	10	Derek Brunson	184
8	8	6	Jack Hermansson	180.5
9	9	13	Brad Tavares	153
10	10		Tim Boetsch	135
11	11	9	Paulo Costa	120.5
12	12	11	Jared Cannonier	115.5
13	14	15	Uriah Hall	99
14	13	14	Antonio Carlos Junior	95
14	23	12	Ian Heinisch	95
16	16	16	David Branch	86
17	26		Zak Cummings	79.5
18	18		Tom Breese	71
19	19		Omari Akhmedov	70
20	20		Gerald Meerschaert	68.5
21	21		Cezar Ferreira	65.5
22	22		Krzysztof Jotko	60.5
23	23		Khalild Murtazaliev	50
24	26		Darren Stewart	46.5
25	28		Markus Perez	45
26	25		Trevin Giles	42.5
27	30		Anderson Silva	40
28	35		Kevin Holland	36
29	32		Jack Marshman	33.5
30	31		Alessio Di Chirico	32
30	NR		Eric Spicely	32
32	33		Andrew Sanchez	31.5
33	34		Edmen Shahbazyan	29.5
34	36		Oskar Piechota	26.5
35	37		Julian Marquez	22.5
36	29		C.B. Dollaway	20.5
37	38		Charles Byrd	20
38	39		Marvin Vettori	16
39	40		Trevor Smith	11
40	41		Abu Azaitar	5
40	NR		Deron Winn	5
42	42		Adam Yandiev	0
42	42		Alen Amedovski	0
42	42		Anthony Hernandez	0
42	42		Bevon Lewis	0
42	42		Hector Lombard	0
42	42		John Phillips	0
42	42		Marc-Andre Barriault	0
42	42		Tim Williams	0

 

Check back Friday for our welterweight rankings

 

Performance Based Rankings:

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

 

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