UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Welterweights: Aug 19/19

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	3	3	Colby Covington	352.5
4	7	5	Leon Edwards	289.5
5	6	10	Santiago Ponzinibbio	267.5
6	4	13	Robbie Lawler	236
7	5	6	Rafael dos Anjos	228.5
8	8	4	Jorge Masvidal	227
9	10		Kevin Lee	204
10	9	8	Anthony Pettis	177
11	12		Anthony Rocco Martin	172.5
12	15	11	Demian Maia	163
13	13		Gunnar Nelson	162
14	14	15	Vicente Luque	159
15	16	8	Stephen Thompson	148.5
16	19		Michael Chiesa	148
17	18	14	Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos	139
18	20		Claudio Silva	137.5
19	17		Niko Price	127.5
20	22		Warlley Alves	123.5
21	23		Sean Strickland	120
22	24		Abdul Razak Alhassan	117.5
23	26		Michel Prazeres	112.5
24	21		Alexey Kunchenko	112
25	27		Alex Oliveira	110.5
26	NR		Gilbert Burns	110
27	29	16	Neil Magny	103.5
28	48		Geoff Neal	102.5
29	28		Nate Diaz	98
30	25		Mike Perry	94.5
31	30		Jake Matthews	90.5
32	32		James Krause	86
33	34		Randy Brown	82.5
34	35		Sergio Moraes	80.5
35	33		Ismail Naurdiev	76.5
36	36		Alex Morono	76
37	37		Alberto Mina	75.5
37	31		Diego Sanchez	75.5
39	39		Alex Garcia	74
40	41		Belal Muhammad	71
41	42		Alan Jouban	69.5
42	38	12	Ben Askren	67.5
42	43		Curtis Millender	67.5
42	43		Dwight Grant	67.5
42	40		Mickey Gall	67.5
46	45		Bryan Barberena	65
47	46		Ramazan Emeev	64
48	49		Li Jingliang	57
49	50		Siyar Bahadurzada	56.5
50	51		Dhiego Lima	52
51	52		Keita Nakamura	51.5
52	53		Nordine Taleb	51
53	54		Lyman Good	50
54	55		Ben Saunders	48.5
54	55		Chad Laprise	48.5
56	57		Carlos Condit	45
57	58		Zak Ottow	44.5
58	59		Tim Means	44
59	60		Song Kenan	42.5
60	61		Danny Roberts	40.5
61	62		Michel Pereira	40
62	63		Laureano Staropoli	29.5
63	64		Max Griffin	29
64	65		Chance Rencountre	27.5
65	65		Muslim Salikhov	25
65	65		Takashi Sato	25
67	68		Thiago Alves	19.5
68	69		Bartosz Fabinski	16
69	70		Court McGee	14
70	71		Erik Koch	12
71	71		Emil Meek	8
72	73		Sergey Khandozhko	5
73	74		Daichi Abe	4
73	NR		Nicolas Dalby	4
75	NR		Cole Williams	0
75	76		David Zawada	0
75	76		Derrick Krantz	0
75	76		Hector Aldana	0
75	76		Kyle Prepolec	0
75	76		Kyle Stewart	0
75	76		Luigi Vendramini	0
75	76		Ricky Rainey	0
75	76		Rostem Akman	0
75	76		Salim Touahri	0
75	76		Zelim Imadaev	0

Check back Friday for our lightweight rankings

Performance Based Rankings:

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

 

 

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