UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Heavyweights: Sept 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 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	2	1	Stipe Miocic	554
2	NR		Jon Jones	396
3	3	2	Francis Ngannou	330.5
4	4	3	Curtis Blaydes	228.5
5	5	6	Alistair Overeem	197.5
6	14	4	Jairzinho Rozenstruick	147.5
7	9	5	Derrick Lewis	141
8	6	12	Aleksei Oleinik	124
9	10	7	Alexander Volkov	112.5
10	7	8	Junior dos Santos	111.5
11	11		Fabricio Werdum	99
12	12	9	Walt Harris	98
13	13	10	Shamil Abdurakhimov	97
14	15		Ben Rothwell	81.5
15	16		Marcos Rogerio de Lima	72
16	17		Ilir Latifi	71
17	18		Stefan Struve	66
18	20		Marcin Tybura	61.5
19	21		Alexander Gustafsson	59
19	21	13	Sergei Pavlovich	59
21	23	14	Ciryl Gane	52.5
22	24	14	Blagoy Ivanov	40.5
22	24		Chase Sherman	40.5
24	26		Andrei Arlovski	36
25	28	16	Tanner Boser	32.5
26	27	10	Augusto Sakai	30.5
27	29		Dmitriy Sosnovskiy	30
28	30		Greg Hardy	29.5
29	31		Sergey Spivak	29
30	NR		Alexander Romanov	25
30	NR		Chris Daukaus	25
30	32		Juan Espino	25
33	33		Maurice Greene	24
34	34		Yorgan De Castro	22.5
35	35		Gian Villante	21
36	36		Tom Aspinall	20
37	37		Jake Collier	18.5
38	38		Justin Tafa	10
38	38		Rodrigo Nascimento	10
40	40		Raphael Pessoa	4.5
41	41		Ben Sosoli	0
41	41		Carlos Felipe	0
41	41		Don’Tale Mayes	0
41	41		Jarjis Danho	0
41	41		Jeff Hughes	0
41	41		Justin Frazier	0
41	41		Maxim Grishin	0
41	41		Michel Batista	0
41	NR		Parker Porter	0
41	41		Philipe Lins	0
41	NR		Roque Martinez	0
41	41		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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