UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Welterweights: Mar 15/21

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	571.5
2	2	8	Tyron Woodley	312
3	3	2	Colby Covington	310.5
4	4	4	Leon Edwards	289
5	5		Santiago Ponzinibbio	225
6	7	5	Jorge Masvidal	204.5
7	6	3	Gilbert Burns	187
8	9	11	Vicente Luque	180
9	8	6	Stephen Thompson	170
10	10	13	Li Jingliang	162.5
11	11	7	Michael Chiesa	154
12	12		Muslim Salikhov	136.5
13	14	10	Neil Magny	126
14	13		James Krause	124.5
15	15		Claudio Silva	118.5
16	48	15	Sean Brady	108.5
17	17		Warlley Alves	107.5
18	18	12	Geoff Neal	102
19	21		Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos	94
20	22		Abdul Razak Alhassan	90.5
20	22		Randy Brown	90.5
22	25		Khaos Williams	84
22	25	16	Robbie Lawler	84
24	27		Matt Brown	83
25	28		Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone	80
26	24	14	Belal Muhammad	76
26	20		Jake Matthews	76
28	29		Miguel Baeza	74.5
29	30		Mike Perry	72.5
30	31		Alan Jouban	63
31	32		Dwight Grant	60.5
32	33		Song Kenan	57
33	35		Daniel Rodriguez	55.5
34	36		Lyman Good	55
34	36		Shavkat Rakhmonov	55
36	39		Nicolas Dalby	54
37	41	16	Khamzat Chimaev	51.5
37	41		Peter Sobotta	51.5
39	43		Ramazan Emeev	51
40	44		Michel Pereira	48.5
40	34		Mickey Gall	48.5
42	38		Dhiego Lima	48
43	45		Bryan Barberena	46
44	46		Alex Morono	44
44	40		Diego Sanchez	44
44	46		Tim Means	44
47	49		Max Griffin	40.5
48	50		Takashi Sato	40
49	51		Alex Oliveira	35
50	52		Mounir Lazzez	27
51	53		Sasha Palatnikov	25
52	61		Matthew Semelsberger	24.5
53	54		Laureano Staropoli	23.5
54	55		Christian Aguilera	22.5
55	56		David Zawada	18
56	57		Carlos Condit	14.5
57	59		Court McGee	9
57	58		Jason Witt	9
59	62		Gabriel Green	5
59	NR		Mike Jackson	5
61	NR		Impa Kasanganay	4.5
62	62		Jared Gooden	0
62	62		Louis Cosce	0
62	62		Niklas Stolze	0
62	NR		Philip Rowe	0
62	62		Ramiz Brahimaj	0

 

Check back Friday for our lightweight rankings

Performance Based Rankings:

Heavyweights
Light Heavyweights
Middleweights
Lightweight
Featherweights
Bantamweights
Flyweights
Women’s Feather/Bantamweights
Women’s Flyweights
Women’s Strawweights
Pound for Pound

 

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