UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Light Heavyweights: Dec 11/20

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 not.  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 Light 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

 

(first column performance based ranking, second column is last ranking, last column is official UFC ranking from UFC.com)

Stats	Last	UFC		Total
Rank	Rank	Rank
1	1	1	Jan Blachowicz	277.5
2	2	2	Glover Teixeira	221
3	7	7	Anthony Smith	143
4	4	10	Johnny Walker	134
5	5	4	Dominick Reyes	131
6	7	8	Volkan Oezdemir	120
7	9	14	Jimmy Crute	111
8	3	3	Thiago Santos	110.5
9	10	5	Aleksandar Rakic	100
10	16	15	Paul Craig	96
11	6		Ovince Saint Preux	91
12	11	9	Nikita Krylov	89
13	12	12	Magomed Ankalaev	80.5
14	14		Antonio Rogerio Nogueira	74
15	15	13	Ryan Spann	68
16	13		Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua	66.5
17	17		Ion Cutelaba	62
18	NR	16	Jamahal Hill	54.5
19	18		Ed Herman	47
20	19		Sam Alvey	43.5
21	20		Khalil Rountree Jr	43
22	21	6	Jiri Prochazka	40
23	22		Michal Oleksiejczuk	38
24	24		Alonzo Menifield	33.5
25	25		Da Un Jung	32.5
26	26		Devin Clark	23
27	27		Gokhan Saki	22.5
27	27		Klidson Abreu	22.5
27	27		Modestas Bukauskas	22.5
30	43		Dustin Jacoby	20
31	31		Dalcha Lungiambula	18
32	32		Darko Stosic	17.5
33	38		Roman Dolidze	14.5
34	33		Mike Rodriguez	10.5
35	34		Maxim Grishin	10
35	34		William Knight	10
37	37		Aleksa Camur	9
38	38		Danilo Marques	5
38	38		Kennedy Nzechukwu	5
38	38		Shamil Gamzatov	5
41	38		John Allan	4.5
42	43		Andreas Michailidis	0
42	43		Ike Villanueva	0
42	43		Marcin Prachnio	0
42	43		Nicolae Negumereanu	0
42	43		Vinicius Moreira	0

Check back Monday for our middleweight rankings

Performance Based Rankings:

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

 

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