UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Welterweights: Jan 10/20

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	2	1	Kamaru Usman	470.5
2	1	2	Tyron Woodley	451
3	3	3	Colby Covington	303.5
4	NR		Conor McGregor	298.5
5	4	5	Leon Edwards	289.5
6	6	4	Jorge Masvidal	244
7	8	6	Rafael dos Anjos	228.5
8	9	8	Stephen Thompson	200
9	7	11	Robbie Lawler	194
10	10		Anthony Rocco Martin	177
11	12		Niko Price	163
12	13		Michael Chiesa	148
13	14	7	Demian Maia	145
14	15		Gunnar Nelson	139
15	16		Claudio Silva	134
16	17	13	Vicente Luque	132
17	20		Matt Brown	131
18	18		James Krause	130.5
19	19		Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos	121
20	26		Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone	116
20	29	12	Geoff Neal	116
22	22	14	Gilbert Burns	112.5
22	22		Michel Prazeres	112.5
24	24		Alexey Kunchenko	112
24	24		James Vick	112
26	26	16	Li Jingliang	107.5
27	27		Randy Brown	106
28	28	15	Neil Magny	103.5
29	30		Warlley Alves	98
30	32		Belal Muhammad	90
31	33		Alex Oliveira	88.5
32	34	9	Nate Diaz	85.5
33	35		Ismail Naurdiev	83
34	36		Muslim Salikhov	80.5
35	37		Jake Matthews	80
36	38		Diego Sanchez	75.5
36	31		Mike Perry	75.5
38	40		Lyman Good	74
39	41		Rustam Khabilov	72.5
40	42		Alex Morono	71
41	43		Alan Jouban	69.5
42	44		Dwight Grant	67.5
42	44		Mickey Gall	67.5
44	46		Bryan Barberena	62
45	54		Tim Means	61.5
46	47		Ramazan Emeev	56.5
47	48		Dhiego Lima	54.5
48	49		Siyar Bahadurzada	49.5
49	55		Song Kenan	42.5
50	56		Danny Roberts	42
51	57		Nordine Taleb	41
52	50		Ben Saunders	37
53	58		Michel Pereira	36
54	59		Nicolas Dalby	33.5
55	60		Laureano Staropoli	26.5
56	61		Chance Rencountre	24.5
56	61		Max Griffin	24.5
58	63		Takashi Sato	22.5
59	64		David Zawada	20
60	66		Bartosz Fabinski	16
61	65		Thiago Alves	14.5
62	67		Luke Jumeau	12.5
63	68		Court McGee	12
63	68		Erik Koch	12
65	70		Tristan Connelly	10
66	71		Emil Meek	8
67	72		Callan Potter	5
67	72		Miguel Baeza	5
67	72		Sean Brady	5
70	75		Sergey Khandozhko	4.5
71	77		Abubakar Nurmagomedov	0
71	77		Cole Williams	0
71	77		Hector Aldana	0
71	77		Maki Pitolo	0
71	77		Salim Touahri	0
71	77		Zelim Imadaev	0

 

Check back Monday for our lightweight rankings

Performance Based Rankings:

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

 

 

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