UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Welterweights: Jul 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 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 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	2	Tyron Woodley	491
2	2	1	Kamaru Usman	370.5
3	NR	3	Colby Covington	366
4	4	11	Robbie Lawler	307
5	5	4	Rafael dos Anjos	287
6	6	10	Santiago Ponzinibbio	267.5
7	7	12	Leon Edwards	259
8	8	5	Jorge Masvidal	232
9	9	9	Anthony Pettis	206
10	10		Kevin Lee	204
11	12	7	Darren Till	176
12	11		Anthony Rocco Martin	172.5
13	13		Gunnar Nelson	170
14	14	16	Vicente Luque	165
15	15	13	Demian Maia	163
16	16	8	Stephen Thompson	148.5
17	17		Niko Price	147
18	18	15	Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos	139
19	19		Michael Chiesa	127.5
20	20		Claudio Silva	126
21	22		Alexey Kunchenko	125
22	23		Warlley Alves	123.5
23	20		Sean Strickland	120
24	24		Abdul Razak Alhassan	117.5
25	25		Mike Perry	114.5
26	26		Michel Prazeres	112.5
27	27		Alex Oliveira	110.5
28	28		Nate Diaz	105
29	29	14	Neil Magny	103.5
30	31		Jake Matthews	90.5
31	30		Diego Sanchez	89.5
32	32		James Krause	86
33	33		Ismail Naurdiev	85
34	46		Randy Brown	82.5
35	35		Sergio Moraes	80.5
36	36		Alex Morono	76
37	37		Alberto Mina	75.5
38	38	6	Ben Askren	75
39	39		Alex Garcia	74
40	40		Mickey Gall	73.5
41	41		Belal Muhammad	71
42	42		Alan Jouban	69.5
43	43		Curtis Millender	67.5
43	43		Dwight Grant	67.5
45	34		Bryan Barberena	65
46	45		Ramazan Emeev	64
47	47		Jordan Mein	59.5
48	48		Geoff Neal	59
49	49		Li Jingliang	57
50	50		Siyar Bahadurzada	56.5
51	51		Dhiego Lima	52
52	52		Keita Nakamura	51.5
53	53		Nordine Taleb	51
54	54		Lyman Good	50
55	55		Ben Saunders	48.5
55	55		Chad Laprise	48.5
57	57		Carlos Condit	45
58	58		Zak Ottow	44.5
59	59		Tim Means	44
60	60		Song Kenan	42.5
61	61		Danny Roberts	40.5
62	62		Michel Pereira	40
63	63		Laureano Staropoli	29.5
64	64		Max Griffin	29
65	66		Chance Rencountre	25
65	66		Muslim Salikhov	25
65	66		Takashi Sato	25
68	69		Thiago Alves	19.5
69	70		Bartosz Fabinski	16
70	71		Court McGee	14
71	72		Emil Meek	8
71	NR		Erik Koch	8
73	NR		Sergey Khandozhko	5
74	74		Carlo Pedersoli Jr	4
74	74		Daichi Abe	4
76	77		David Zawada	0
76	77		Derrick Krantz	0
76	77		Hector Aldana	0
76	77		Kyle Prepolec	0
76	77		Kyle Stewart	0
76	77		Luigi Vendramini	0
76	77		Ricky Rainey	0
76	NR		Rostem Akman	0
76	77		Salim Touahri	0
76	77		Zelim Imadaev	0

 

Check back Friday for our lightweight rankings

Performance Based Rankings:

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

 

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