UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Welterweights: Nov 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 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	8	Tyron Woodley	312
3	3	2	Colby Covington	310.5
4	NR	4	Leon Edwards	289
5	NR		Santiago Ponzinibbio	261
6	4		Conor McGregor	259
7	5	3	Gilbert Burns	218
8	6	5	Jorge Masvidal	204.5
9	7	6	Stephen Thompson	182
10	8	11	Vicente Luque	180
11	9	15	Anthony Pettis	169
12	10	10	Neil Magny	152
13	11		Anthony Rocco Martin	148.5
14	12	9	Michael Chiesa	146
15	13		Niko Price	138
16	14		Muslim Salikhov	136.5
17	NR		James Krause	126.5
18	15		Claudio Silva	118.5
19	16	12	Geoff Neal	116
19	16	16	Robbie Lawler	116
21	18	7	Demian Maia	113
22	20		Abdul Razak Alhassan	104
23	21		Warlley Alves	103
24	22		Alexey Kunchenko	99
25	32		Jake Matthews	94.5
25	23		Matt Brown	94.5
27	24		Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos	94
28	25		Li Jingliang	92
29	26		Randy Brown	91
30	27		Mike Perry	90.5
31	28		Belal Muhammad	86
32	29	14	Nate Diaz	85.5
33	30		Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone	80
34	33		Alan Jouban	67.5
35	35		Daniel Rodriguez	62.5
36	36		Alex Morono	60.5
36	36		Dwight Grant	60.5
38	38		Khaos Williams	60
39	39		Song Kenan	57
40	40		Mickey Gall	56
41	41		Lyman Good	55
41	NR		Shavkat Rakhmonov	55
43	42		Dhiego Lima	54.5
44	44		Bryan Barberena	54
44	44		Ramazan Emeev	54
46	34		Diego Sanchez	52
47	46		Peter Sobotta	51.5
48	47		Miguel Baeza	49.5
48	47		Siyar Bahadurzada	49.5
50	49		Tim Means	48.5
51	50		Takashi Sato	45
52	51		Sean Brady	43
53	52		Danny Roberts	42
54	42		Alex Oliveira	35
55	53		Michel Pereira	33
56	54		Mounir Lazeez	30
57	55		Nicolas Dalby	27
58	56		Laureano Staropoli	23.5
59	57		Christian Aguilera	22.5
60	58		David Zawada	20
60	58		Max Griffin	20
62	60		Jesse Ronson	15
63	61		Erik Koch	12
64	61		Court McGee	10
64	66		Jason Witt	10
66	63		Emil Meek	7
67	66		Carlos Condit	5
67	64		Matthew Semelsberger	5
69	65		Sergey Khandozhko	4.5
70	66		Abubakar Nurmagomedov	0
70	66		Anthony Ivy	0
70	66		Carlton Minus	0
70	66		Cole Williams	0
70	66		Gabriel Green	0
70	66		Niklas Stolze	0
70	66		Rhys McKee	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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