UFC Performance Based Fighter Ranking: Welterweights: Dec 18/20

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	7	Tyron Woodley	312
3	3	2	Colby Covington	310.5
4	4	4	Leon Edwards	289
5	5		Santiago Ponzinibbio	257
6	7	3	Gilbert Burns	218
7	8	5	Jorge Masvidal	204.5
8	9	6	Stephen Thompson	182
9	10	11	Vicente Luque	180
10	11	13	Anthony Pettis	169
11	12	10	Neil Magny	152
12	13		Anthony Rocco Martin	148.5
13	16		Muslim Salikhov	136.5
14	17		James Krause	126.5
15	18		Claudio Silva	118.5
16	19	12	Geoff Neal	116
16	19	15	Robbie Lawler	116
18	21	8	Demian Maia	113
19	24		Alexey Kunchenko	99
20	25		Jake Matthews	94.5
20	25		Matt Brown	94.5
22	27		Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos	94
22	38		Khaos Williams	94
24	28		Li Jingliang	92
25	14	9	Michael Chiesa	91
25	29		Randy Brown	91
27	22		Abdul Razak Alhassan	90.5
28	23		Warlley Alves	88
29	31	14	Belal Muhammad	86
30	32		Nate Diaz	85.5
31	33		Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone	80
32	48		Miguel Baeza	74.5
33	30		Mike Perry	72.5
34	34		Alan Jouban	63
35	36		Dwight Grant	60.5
36	39		Song Kenan	57
37	40		Mickey Gall	56
38	35		Daniel Rodriguez	55.5
39	36		Alex Morono	55
39	41		Lyman Good	55
39	41		Shavkat Rakhmonov	55
42	43		Dhiego Lima	54.5
43	44		Bryan Barberena	54
43	57		Nicolas Dalby	54
43	44		Ramazan Emeev	54
46	46		Diego Sanchez	52
47	NR	16	Khamzat Chimaev	51.5
47	47		Peter Sobotta	51.5
49	48		Siyar Bahadurzada	49.5
50	50		Tim Means	44
51	52		Sean Brady	43
52	60		Max Griffin	40.5
53	51		Takashi Sato	40
54	54		Alex Oliveira	35
55	55		Michel Pereira	33
56	56		Mounir Lazeez	30
57	NR		Sasha Palatnikov	25
58	58		Laureano Staropoli	23.5
59	59		Christian Aguilera	22.5
60	60		David Zawada	20
61	63		Erik Koch	12
62	64		Jason Witt	10
63	64		Court McGee	9
64	66		Emil Meek	7
64	67		Carlos Condit	5
66	67		Matthew Semelsberger	5
67	69		Sergey Khandozhko	4.5
67	70		Abubakar Nurmagomedov	0
67	70		Anthony Ivy	0
67	70		Cole Williams	0
67	70		Gabriel Green	0
67	NR		Jared Gooden	0
67	NR		Louis Cosce	0
67	70		Niklas Stolze	0
67	NR		Ramiz Brahimaj	0
67	70		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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