UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Heavyweights: Dec 7/20

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	1	Stipe Miocic	554
2	2		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	6	4	Jairzinho Rozenstruick	147.5
7	7	5	Derrick Lewis	141
8	8	11	Aleksei Oleinik	124
9	9	7	Alexander Volkov	120
10	10	8	Junior dos Santos	111.5
11	11		Tai Tuivasa	101
12	12		Fabricio Werdum	99
13	13	9	Shamil Abdurakhimov	97
14	14	12	Walt Harris	82
15	16		Ilir Latifi	71
16	17		Ben Rothwell	70
17	30		Greg Hardy	66
18	15		Marcos Rogerio de Lima	61
19	18		Alexander Gustafsson	59
19	18	13	Sergei Pavlovich	59
21	33		Alexander Romanov	57.5
22	20		Marcin Tybura	55.5
22	20		Stefan Struve	55.5
24	22		Chris Daukaus	52.5
24	22	15	Ciryl Gane	52.5
26	26	16	Andrei Arlovski	48.5
27	24		Tom Aspinall	43
28	25	14	Blagoy Ivanov	40.5
29	28	10	Augusto Sakai	30.5
30	29		Dmitriy Sosnovskiy	30
31	31		Sergey Spivak	29
31	27		Tanner Boser	29
33	32		Juan Espino	27.5
34	37		Jake Collier	21
35	34		Maurice Greene	20
35	36		Yorgan De Castro	20
37	35		Gian Villante	16
38	38		Justin Tafa	10
39	39		Rodrigo Nascimento	9
40	40		Carlos Felipe	5
40	42		Don’Tale Mayes	5
40	42		Parker Porter	5
43	42		Alan Badout	0
43	42		Ben Sosoli	0
43	42		Jarjis Danho	0
43	NR		Josh Parisian	0
43	42		Justin Frazier	0
43	42		Michel Batista	0
43	42		Philipe Lins	0
43	42		Roque Martinez	0
43	42		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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