UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Middleweights: Sept 21/20

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	294
3	3	8	Derek Brunson	202
4	4	5	Jack Hermansson	176.5
5	5	4	Jared Cannonier	172
5	5	9	Kelvin Gastelum	172
7	7		Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza	163
8	8	3	Paulo Costa	157
9	9	7	Darren Till	153
10	10	15	Marvin Vettori	136
11	11	13	Brad Tavares	116
11	11	10	Chris Weidman	116
11	NR		Sean Strickland	116
14	13	6	Yoel Romero	112
15	15	16	Ian Heinisch	105
16	16	12	Edmen Shahbazyan	99.5
16	14	11	Uriah Hall	99.5
18	17		James Krause	98.5
19	18		Trevin Giles	82.5
20	19		Brendan Allen	82
21	21	14	Omari Akhmedov	76.5
22	23		Zak Cummings	59
23	24		Tom Breese	58
24	25		Kevin Holland	56.5
25	22		Darren Stewart	54.5
26	25		Krzysztof Jotko	53
27	27		Karl Roberson	51.5
27	NR		Khamzat Chimaev	51.5
29	NR		Gerald Meerschaert	51
30	45		Andre Muniz	44.5
31	28		Eryk Anders	44
32	29		Andrew Sanchez	43.5
33	NR		Anderson Silva	40
33	30		Markus Perez	40
35	31		Rodolfo Vieira	37
36	33		Jack Marshman	27.5
37	32		Alessio Di Chirico	24
38	34		Anthony Hernandez	22.5
38	34		Julian Marquez	22.5
40	36		Punahele Soriano	20
41	37		Makhmud Muradov	19.5
42	38		Charles Byrd	17.5
42	38		Oskar Piechota	17.5
44	40		Bartosz Fabinski	11
45	41		Marc-Andre Barriault	10
46	42		John Phillips	9
47	42		Maki Pitolo	8
48	44		Trevor Smith	6
49	NR		Abu Azaitar	5
49	45		Bevon Lewis	5
49	NR		Impa Kasanganay	5
49	45		Jun Yong Park	5
53	48		Saparbek Safarov	4.5
53	48		Wellington Turman	4.5
55	51		Adam Yandiev	0
55	51		Alen Amedovski	0
55	51		Antonio Arroyo	0
55	51		Joaquin Buckley	0
55	51		Kyle Daukaus	0
55	51		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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