UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Middleweights: Apr 6/20

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 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	1	1	Israel Adesanya	485
2	2	2	Robert Whittaker	334
3	3	8	Kelvin Gastelum	218
4	4	6	Darren Till	191
5	6	9	Derek Brunson	172
5	6	4	Jared Cannonier	172
7	8		Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza	165
8	9	3	Paulo Costa	157
9	10	7	Jack Hermansson	156
10	5	5	Yoel Romero	142
11	NR		Chris Weidman	120
12	12	11	Uriah Hall	116.5
13	13	12	Brad Tavares	116
14	14		James Krause	114.5
15	15	10	Edmen Shahbazyan	111.5
16	16	13	Omari Akhmedov	99.5
17	17		Marvin Vettori	97
18	29		Brendan Allen	86
19	18		Trevin Giles	82.5
20	19	15	Antonio Carlos Junior	82
21	21		Gerald Meerschaert	81
22	20	14	Ian Heinisch	75
23	23		Zak Cummings	68
24	22		Tom Breese	63
25	24		Eryk Anders	56.5
26	26		Krzysztof Jotko	54
27	27		Darren Stewart	50.5
28	28		Karl Roberson	45.5
29	29	16	Anderson Silva	40
29	29		Markus Perez	40
31	34		Rodolfo Vieira	37
32	32		Eric Spicely	32
32	32		Kevin Holland	32
34	35		Alessio Di Chirico	28
35	36		Andrew Sanchez	27.5
35	36		Jack Marshman	27.5
37	38		Anthony Hernandez	25
38	39		Oskar Piechota	20.5
39	40		Charles Byrd	20
39	40		Punahele Soriano	20
41	42		Makhmud Muradov	19.5
42	43		John Phillips	10
43	44		Trevor Smith	8
44	45		Abu Azaitar	5
44	45		Andre Muniz	5
44	45		Bevon Lewis	5
44	45		Jun Yong Park	5
44	45		Wellington Turman	5
49	45		Saparbek Safarov	4.5
50	51		Deron Winn	4
51	52		Adam Yandiev	0
51	52		Alen Amedovski	0
51	52		Antonio Arroyo	0
51	52		Marc-Andre Barriault	0
51	52		Roman Kopylov	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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