UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Middleweights: Oct 7/19

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	2	2	Israel Adesanya	457
2	1	1	Robert Whittaker	346
3	3	5	Kelvin Gastelum	264
4	NR		Darren Till	176
5	4	4	Yoel Romero	173
6	6	10	Derek Brunson	172
6	10	6	Jared Cannonier	172
8	9	3	Paulo Costa	157
9	7	7	Jack Hermansson	156
10	NR	13	Brad Tavares	153
11	8		Tim Boetsch	128
12	11	12	Uriah Hall	116.5
13	18	16	Omari Akhmedov	105
14	14		Gerald Meerschaert	88
15	12	11	Ian Heinisch	85
16	12	14	Antonio Carlos Junior	82
17	17		Tom Breese	71
18	16		Zak Cummings	68
19	19		Marvin Vettori	64
20	20		Cezar Ferreira	56.5
21	21		Krzysztof Jotko	54
22	22		Khalild Murtazaliev	50
23	NR		Eryk Anders	47
24	23		Darren Stewart	46.5
24	23	15	Edmen Shahbazyan	46.5
26	25		Markus Perez	45
27	26		Anderson Silva	40
28	27		Trevin Giles	37.5
29	28		Kevin Holland	36
30	29		Eric Spicely	32
31	31		Andrew Sanchez	31.5
32	32		Rodolfo Vieira	30
33	29		Alessio Di Chirico	28
34	33		Jack Marshman	27.5
35	41		Anthony Hernandez	25
36	34		Karl Roberson	24
37	35		Oskar Piechota	23.5
38	36		Julian Marquez	22.5
39	38		Charles Byrd	20
40	41		John Phillips	10
41	40		Deron Winn	5
41	NR		Makhmud Muradov	5
43	41		Adam Yandiev	0
43	NR		Alen Amedovski	0
43	41		Bevon Lewis	0
43	41		Hector Lombard	0
43	NR		Jun Yong Park	0
43	41		Marc-Andre Barriault	0
43	41		Tim Williams	0
43	41		Wellington Turman	0

 

Check back Friday 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
Pound for Pound

 

 

 

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