UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Welterweights: Aug 14/20

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	1	1	Kamaru Usman	497.5
2	2	6	Tyron Woodley	369
3	4	3	Colby Covington	299.5
4	3		Conor McGregor	259
5	7	2	Gilbert Burns	218
6	6	5	Jorge Masvidal	204.5
7	8	7	Stephen Thompson	182
8	12	11	Vicente Luque	180
9	10	16	Anthony Pettis	169
10	11	15	Neil Magny	166.5
11	13		Anthony Rocco Martin	148.5
12	14	9	Michael Chiesa	146
13	16		Niko Price	138
13	9	14	Robbie Lawler	138
15	17	10	Rafael dos Anjos	137.5
16	32		Muslim Salikhov	136.5
17	18		Claudio Silva	134
18	15		Gunnar Nelson	130
19	20	12	Geoff Neal	116
20	22	8	Demian Maia	113
21	24		James Vick	112
22	19		Abdul Razak Alhassan	104
23	27		Warlley Alves	103
24	26		Alexey Kunchenko	99
25	21		Matt Brown	94.5
26	22		Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos	94
27	28		Li Jingliang	92
28	25		Randy Brown	91
29	29		Mike Perry	90.5
30	30		Belal Muhammad	86
31	31	13	Nate Diaz	85.5
32	33		Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone	80
33	34		Rustam Khabilov	72.5
34	36		Jake Matthews	70
35	37		Dwight Grant	67.5
36	38		Diego Sanchez	66.5
37	40		Bryan Barberena	62
38	41		Alex Morono	60.5
39	42		Khaos Williams	60
40	44		Song Kenan	57
41	46		Mickey Gall	56
42	39		Lyman Good	55
43	35		Alex Oliveira	54.5
43	47		Dhiego Lima	54.5
45	45		Ramazan Emeev	54
46	43		Peter Sobotta	51.5
47	49		Miguel Baeza	49.5
47	49		Siyar Bahadurzada	49.5
49	48		Tim Means	48.5
50	51		Takashi Sato	45
51	52		Danny Roberts	42
52	53		Daniel Rodriguez	36.5
53	54		Michel Pereira	32
54	NR		Mounir Lazeez	30
55	NR		Khamzat Chimaev	29.5
56	56		Nicolas Dalby	27
57	58		Christian Aguilera	25
58	57		Laureano Staropoli	23.5
59	59		David Zawada	20
59	59		Max Griffin	20
61	68		Jesse Ronson	15
62	61		Sean Brady	14.5
63	63		Court McGee	12
63	63		Erik Koch	12
65	65		Emil Meek	7
66	66		Callan Potter	4.5
66	66		Sergey Khandozhko	4.5
68	68		Abubakar Nurmagomedov	0
68	68		Anthony Ivy	0
68	68		Cole Williams	0
68	68		Gabriel Green	0
68	68		Jason Witt	0
68	NR		Niklas Stolze	0
68	NR		Rhys McKee	0
68	68		Zelim Imadaev	0

 

Check back Monday for our lightweight rankings

Performance Based Rankings:

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

 

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