UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Heavyweights: Apr 16/21

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 a 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 the 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
1	2	1	Francis Ngannou	750.5
2	1	2	Stipe Miocic	693
3	4	3	Derrick Lewis	337
4	3	4	Curtis Blaydes	313.5
5	6	5	Ciryl Gane	240
6	5	6	Alexander Volkov	235.5
7	7	7	Jairzinho Rozenstruick	211
8	11	11	Chris Daukaus	184
9	10	8	Shamil Abdurakhimov	177.5
10	8		Tai Tuivasa	177
10	12	14	Tom Aspinall	177
12	9	16	Aleksei Oleinik	140.5
13	13	9	Walt Harris	134.5
14	14	12	Marcin Tybura	134
15	18		Alexander Romanov	115
16	17		Greg Hardy	106.5
17	20		Ben Rothwell	92
18	15		Marcos Rogerio de Lima	89.5
19	19		Sergey Spivak	89
20	NR		Ilir Latifi	86
21	16		Alexander Gustafsson	84
22	21	13	Blagoy Ivanov	67
23	21		Chase Sherman	66.5
24	23		Andrei Arlovski	63
25	25		Tanner Boser	56
26	24	10	Augusto Sakai	55
26	26		Juan Espino	55
28	27		Jake Collier	34
29	28		Maurice Greene	25.5
30	28		Yorgan De Castro	25
31	36		Jarjis Danho	20
32	31		Carlos Felipe	19
32	30		Gian Villante	19
34	32		Justin Tafa	18
34	32		Rodrigo Nascimento	18
36	34		Don’Tale Mayes	10
36	34		Parker Porter	10
38	36		Alan Baudot	0
38	NR		Harry Hunsucker	0
38	36		Jared Vanderaa	0
38	36		Josh Parisian	0
38	36		Philipe Lins	0
38	36		Roque Martinez	0

 

Check back Monday 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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