UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Heavyweights: Nov 15/19

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 Heavyweights.

 

*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

 

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(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
1	1	2	Daniel Cormier	584
2	2	1	Stipe Miocic	521
3	3	3	Francis Ngannou	319
4	4	7	Alistair Overeem	229.5
5	5	4	Curtis Blaydes	168
6	6	5	Junior dos Santos	160.5
7	8	7	Alexander Volkov	130
8	7	6	Derrick Lewis	121.5
9	9	12	Aleksei Oleinik	118.5
10	10	9	Walt Harris	114
11	11	10	Shamil Abdurakhimov	97
12	12		Ben Rothwell	90
13	14		Marcin Tybura	82
14	15		Stefan Struve	78
15	13		Tai Tuivasa	64.5
16	32	14	Sergei Pavlovich	59
17	17		Marcos Rogerio de Lima	57
18	24	15	Jairzinho Rozenstruick	51
19	25		Ciryl Gane	47.5
20	18	11	Blagoy Ivanov	46
21	19		Andrei Arlovski	38
22	20	13	Augusto Sakai	33
23	21		Adam Wieczorek	31
24	22		Dmitriy Sosnovskiy	30
24	35		Sergey Spivak	30
26	23	16	Maurice Greene	26
27	25		Juan Espino	25
27	NR		Yorgan De Castro	25
29	28		Chris De La Rocha	22.5
30	27		Greg Hardy	22
31	28		Daniel Spitz	20
32	30		Junior Albini	18
32	30		Todd Duffee	18
34	33		Juan Adams	8
35	35		Raphael Pessoa	5
35	NR		Tanner Boser	5
37	34		Allen Crowder	4.5
38	NR		Ben Sosoli	0
38	NR		Don’Tale Mayes	0
38	35		Jeff Hughes	0
38	35		Justin Frazier	0
38	NR		Justin Tafa	0
38	35		Michel Batista	0

 

Check back Monday for our light heavyweight rankings

 

Performance Based Rankings:

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

 

 

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