UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Heavyweights: May 11/20

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 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	509
3	3	3	Francis Ngannou	330.5
4	4	4	Curtis Blaydes	219.5
5	5	9	Alistair Overeem	184
6	7	13	Aleksei Oleinik	147.5
7	NR		Ovince Saint Preux	145
8	8	8	Alexander Volkov	130
8	8	5	Junior dos Santos	130
10	10	6	Derrick Lewis	117
11	11	10	Walt Harris	114
12	12		Ben Rothwell	111
13	6		Fabricio Werdum	109.5
14	14	11	Shamil Abdurakhimov	97
15	13	7	Jairzinho Rozenstruick	94
16	15		Ilir Latifi	75
17	16		Marcin Tybura	72
17	16		Marcos Rogerio de Lima	72
19	18		Stefan Struve	67
20	19		Tai Tuivasa	64.5
21	20	15	Sergei Pavlovich	59
22	21	16	Ciryl Gane	52.5
23	22	12	Blagoy Ivanov	46
24	23		Andrei Arlovski	38
25	24	14	Augusto Sakai	33
26	25		Dmitriy Sosnovskiy	30
27	32		Greg Hardy	29.5
28	26		Jake Collier	27
28	26		Sergey Spivak	27
30	28		Gian Villante	26
31	29		Juan Espino	25
32	31		Maurice Greene	22.5
32	29		Yorgan De Castro	22.5
34	NR		Chase Sherman	18.5
35	33		Justin Tafa	10
36	34		Raphael Pessoa	5
37	35		Tanner Boser	4.5
38	36		Ben Sosoli	0
38	36		Don’Tale Mayes	0
38	36		Jarjis Danho	0
38	36		Jeff Hughes	0
38	36		Justin Frazier	0
38	36		Michel Batista	0
38	36		Todd Duffee	0

 

Check back Friday 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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