UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Middleweights: Nov 19/21

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	3	Marvin Vettori	295
5	5	8	Sean Strickland	268
6	6	12	Brad Tavares	251
7	8	4	Jared Cannonier	244
8	10	7	Jack Hermansson	225.5
9	7	10	Uriah Hall	223
10	11		Gerald Meerschaert	186
11	12		Brendan Allen	177
12	13	15	Chris Weidman	172
13	14	9	Darren Till	164
14	16		Andre Muniz	130
14	16		Robbie Lawler	130
16	18		Dricus du Plessis	128
17	40	13	Nassourdine Imavov	121
18	19		Anthony Hernandez	120
19	20		Trevin Giles	119.5
20	21		Ian Heinisch	109
21	22		Misha Cirkunov	106
22	23	13	Kevin Holland	104
23	24		Makhmud Muradov	101
24	15	16	Edmen Shahbazyan	100.5
25	NR		Chris Curtis	100
26	26		Tom Breese	95
27	25		Abdul Razak Alhassan	90.5
28	53		Gregory Rodrigues	89
29	27		Joaquin Buckley	88
30	28	11	Kelvin Gastelum	86
30	28		Punahele Soriano	86
32	31		Marc-Andre Barriault	74
33	32		Alessio Di Chirico	69
34	49		Bruno ‘Blindado’ Silva	68
34	33		Karl Roberson	68
36	34		Rodolfo Vieira	66
37	35		Eryk Anders	60.5
38	30		Phil Hawes	59
39	38		Andre Petroski	55
40	37		Julian Marquez	54
41	38		Bryan Battle	50
42	NR		Alex Pereira	40
43	44		Jordan Wright	36
44	42		Krzysztof Jotko	35
45	43		Jun Yong Park	31
45	45		Roman Dolidze	31
47	46		Dalcha Lungiambula	29
48	49		Jacob Malkoun	20
49	51		Sam Alvey	17.5
50	52		Deron Winn	15
51	NR		Albert Duraev	10
51	61		Jamie Pickett	10
51	53		Maki Pitolo	10
51	53		Nick Maximov	10
55	57		Abu Azaitar	9
55	53		Andreas Michailidis	9
55	57		Kyle Daukaus	9
58	59		Dusko Todorovic	8
59	60		Wellington Turman	5
60	61		Alen Amedovski	0
60	61		Cody Brundage	0
60	61		Dustin Stoltzfus	0
60	61		Gilbert Urbina	0
60	61		Hu Yaozong	0
60	61		Micheal Gillmore	0
60	61		Nick Diaz	0
60	61		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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