UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Middleweights: Aug 16/19

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	4	Kelvin Gastelum	264
4	4	3	Yoel Romero	224
5	5	6	Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza	200
6	7	9	Derek Brunson	184
7	8	5	Jack Hermansson	180.5
8	10		Tim Boetsch	128
9	11	8	Paulo Costa	120.5
10	12	10	Jared Cannonier	115.5
11	13	13	Uriah Hall	99
12	14	14	Antonio Carlos Junior	95
12	14	11	Ian Heinisch	95
14	20		Gerald Meerschaert	88
15	16		David Branch	86
16	17		Zak Cummings	79.5
17	18		Tom Breese	71
18	19		Omari Akhmedov	70
19	38		Marvin Vettori	64
20	21		Cezar Ferreira	56.5
21	22	16	Krzysztof Jotko	54.5
22	23		Khalild Murtazaliev	50
23	24		Darren Stewart	46.5
23	33		Edmen Shahbazyan	46.5
25	25		Markus Perez	45
26	27	15	Anderson Silva	40
27	26		Trevin Giles	37.5
28	28		Kevin Holland	36
29	30		Alessio Di Chirico	32
29	30		Eric Spicely	32
31	32		Andrew Sanchez	31.5
32	NR		Rodolfo Vieira	30
33	29		Jack Marshman	27.5
34	NR		Karl Roberson	24
35	34		Oskar Piechota	23.5
36	35		Julian Marquez	22.5
37	36		C.B. Dollaway	20.5
38	37		Charles Byrd	20
39	39		Trevor Smith	9.5
40	40		Deron Winn	5
41	42		Adam Yandiev	0
41	42		Anthony Hernandez	0
41	42		Bevon Lewis	0
41	42		Hector Lombard	0
41	42		John Phillips	0
41	42		Marc-Andre Barriault	0
41	42		Tim Williams	0
41	NR		Wellington Turman	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

 

 

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