UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Light Heavyweights: Nov 18/19

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 not.  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 Light 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

 

(first column performance based ranking, second column is last ranking, last column is official UFC ranking from UFC.com)

Stats	Last	UFC		Total
Rank	Rank	Rank
1	1	1	Jon Jones	376.5
2	3	4	Anthony Smith	176
3	14	5	Dominick Reyes	174
4	2		Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza	165
5	9	6	Corey Anderson	154.5
6	4		Ovince Saint Preux	145
7	6	3	Thiago Santos	138
8	7	10	Glover Teixeira	133
9	11	7	Jan Blachowicz	132
10	8	9	Volkan Oezdemir	123
11	5		Chris Weidman	120
11	9		Luke Rockhold	120
13	12	14	Misha Cirkunov	116.5
14	13	12	Johnny Walker	98
15	15	13	Ilir Latifi	89
16	16	15	Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua	88
17	17	11	Aleksandar Rakic	85
18	18		Antonio Rogerio Nogueira	84
19	19		Ion Cutelaba	82
20	20	16	Nikita Krylov	81
21	21		Jimmy Crute	70
22	22		Sam Alvey	59
23	23		Paul Craig	52
24	34		Ryan Spann	52
25	24		Gadzhimurad Antigulov	48
26	30		Ed Herman	43
26	26		Khalil Rountree Jr	43
26	26		Michal Oleksiejczuk	43
26	26		Tyson Pedro	43
30	29		Alonzo Menifield	42.5
30	40		Magomed Ankalaev	42.5
32	31		Gian Villante	26
33	32		Da Un Jung	25
34	34		Justin Ledet	24.5
35	36		Gokhan Saki	22.5
35	32		Klidson Abreu	22.5
37	38		Darko Stosic	20
38	37		Devin Clark	19
39	38		Dalcha Lungiambula	18
40	41		Patrick Cummins	10.5
41	42		Trevor Smith	9.5
42	43		Mike Rodriguez	9
43	44		Kennedy Nzechukwu	5
43	44		Rashad Coulter	5
43	44		Saparbek Safarov	5
43	NR		Shamil Gamzatov	5
47	48		Khadis Ibragimov	0
47	48		Marcin Prachnio	0
47	48		Nicolae Negumereanu	0
47	48		Vinicius Moreira	0

 

Check back Friday for our middleweight rankings

Performance Based Rankings:

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

 

 

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