UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Middleweights: Oct 8/21

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 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 Middleweights.

 

*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	Rank
1	1	1	Israel Adesanya	737
2	2	5	Derek Brunson	403
3	3	2	Robert Whittaker	330
4	4	6	Marvin Vettori	281
5	5	8	Sean Strickland	268
6	6	13	Brad Tavares	251
7	7	11	Uriah Hall	247
8	8	4	Jared Cannonier	244
9	9	3	Paulo Costa	232.5
10	10	7	Jack Hermansson	225.5
11	22		Gerald Meerschaert	186
12	12		Brendan Allen	177
13	13	14	Chris Weidman	172
14	11	9	Darren Till	164
15	14	12	Edmen Shahbazyan	154.5
16	15	16	Andre Muniz	130
16	NR		Robbie Lawler	130
18	16		Dricus du Plessis	128
19	18		Anthony Hernandez	120
20	19		Trevin Giles	119.5
21	21		Ian Heinisch	109
22	17		Misha Cirkunov	106
23	23	15	Kevin Holland	104
24	20		Makhmud Muradov	101
25	25		Abdul Razak Alhassan	95.5
26	27		Tom Breese	95
27	24		Joaquin Buckley	88
28	28	10	Kelvin Gastelum	86
28	28		Punahele Soriano	86
30	31		Phil Hawes	78
31	34		Marc-Andre Barriault	74
32	30		Alessio Di Chirico	69
33	32		Karl Roberson	68
34	33		Rodolfo Vieira	66
35	NR		Eryk Anders	60.5
36	34		Andrew Sanchez	60
37	36		Julian Marquez	54
38	NR		Andre Petroski	50
38	NR		Bryan Battle	50
40	38		Luke Rockhold	48
40	38		Nassourdine Imavov	48
42	37		Krzysztof Jotko	47
43	41		Jun Yong Park	37
44	42		Jordan Wright	36
45	43		Roman Dolidze	31
46	40		Dalcha Lungiambula	29
46	44		Laureano Staropoli	29
48	46		Jack Marshman	25.5
49	47		Bruno ‘Blindado’ Silva	20
49	47		Jacob Malkoun	20
51	45		Sam Alvey	17.5
52	49		Deron Winn	15
53	50		Andreas Michailidis	10
53	50		Gregory Rodrigues	10
53	50		Maki Pitolo	10
53	NR		Nick Maximov	10
57	53		Abu Azaitar	9
57	53		Kyle Daukaus	9
59	55		Dusko Todorovic	8
60	55		Wellington Turman	5
61	57		Alen Amedovski	0
61	NR		Cody Brundage	0
61	57		Dustin Stoltzfus	0
61	NR		Gilbert Urbina	0
61	57		Hu Yaozong	0
61	57		Jamie Pickett	0
61	NR		Micheal Gillmore	0
61	NR		Nick Diaz	0
61	NR		Roman Kopylov	0

 

Check back Monday for our welterweight rankings

Performance Based Rankings:

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

 

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