UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Heavyweights: Nov 12/21

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 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	1	1	Francis Ngannou	750.5
2	2	3	Stipe Miocic	614
3	3	2	Ciryl Gane	479.5
4	4	5	Curtis Blaydes	305
5	5	4	Derrick Lewis	283
6	6	8	Chris Daukaus	234
7	7	11	Tom Aspinall	230
8	10	6	Alexander Volkov	215.5
9	8		Tai Tuivasa	213
10	9	7	Jairzinho Rozenstruick	203
11	11		Alexandr Romanov	157
12	12	9	Shamil Abdurakhimov	128
13	14	15	Sergei Pavlovich	118
14	15		Ben Rothwell	117
15	13	10	Marcin Tybura	106.5
16	16		Tanner Boser	100
17	17		Ovince Saint Preux	97
18	18		Aleksei Oleinik	96
18	18	16	Sergey Spivak	96
20	20	14	Walt Harris	88.5
21	21		Greg Hardy	86
21	21		Ilir Latifi	86
21	21		Marcos Rogerio de Lima	86
24	24		Andrei Arlovski	77
25	25		Chase Sherman	49.5
26	26		Juan Espino	49
27	27	11	Augusto Sakai	38.5
28	28		Carlos Felipe	22
29	29		Jarjis Danho	20
30	30		Parker Porter	19
31	32		Justin Tafa	16
32	33		Jake Collier	14
33	NR		Chris Barnett	10
33	34		Don’Tale Mayes	10
33	34		Josh Parisian	10
36	34		Jared Vanderaa	9
37	37		Alan Baudot	0
37	37		Harry Hunsucker	0
37	37		Philipe Lins	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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