UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Welterweights: July 3/20

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	470.5
2	2	6	Tyron Woodley	369
3	3		Conor McGregor	305
4	4	3	Colby Covington	299.5
5	5	5	Leon Edwards	289.5
6	6	4	Jorge Masvidal	244
7	7	2	Gilbert Burns	218
8	8	7	Stephen Thompson	200
9	9	14	Robbie Lawler	194
10	11	15	Anthony Pettis	169
11	14	15	Neil Magny	166.5
12	12	13	Vicente Luque	158
13	10		Anthony Rocco Martin	148.5
14	13	9	Michael Chiesa	146
15	15		Gunnar Nelson	139
16	16		Niko Price	138
17	17	10	Rafael dos Anjos	137.5
18	18		Claudio Silva	134
19	NR		Abdul Razak Alhassan	117.5
20	19	11	Geoff Neal	116
21	20		Matt Brown	114.5
22	21	8	Demian Maia	113
22	21		Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos	113
24	23		James Vick	112
25	24		Randy Brown	106
26	25		Alexey Kunchenko	99
27	26		Warlley Alves	98
28	27		Li Jingliang	92
29	32		Mike Perry	90.5
30	28		Belal Muhammad	86
31	29	12	Nate Diaz	85.5
32	30		Muslim Salikhov	80.5
33	31		Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone	80
34	34		Rustam Khabilov	72.5
35	35		Alex Oliveira	71.5
36	36		Jake Matthews	70
37	37		Dwight Grant	67.5
38	39		Diego Sanchez	66.5
39	33		Lyman Good	65
40	40		Bryan Barberena	62
41	41		Alex Morono	60.5
42	42		Khaos Williams	60
43	NR		Peter Sobotta	58
44	43		Song Kenan	57
45	44		Ramazan Emeev	56.5
46	37		Mickey Gall	56
47	45		Dhiego Lima	54.5
48	46		Tim Means	50
49	47		Miguel Baeza	49.5
49	47		Siyar Bahadurzada	49.5
51	54		Takashi Sato	45
52	49		Danny Roberts	42
53	50		Daniel Rodriguez	36.5
54	NR		Kevin Holland	32
54	52		Michel Pereira	32
56	51		Nicolas Dalby	30
57	53		Laureano Staropoli	26.5
58	NR		Christian Aguilera	25
59	55		David Zawada	20
59	55		Max Griffin	20
61	57		Sean Brady	14.5
62	58		Bartosz Fabinski	12.5
63	59		Court McGee	12
63	59		Erik Koch	12
65	61		Emil Meek	7
66	62		Callan Potter	4.5
66	62		Sergey Khandozhko	4.5
68	64		Abubakar Nurmagomedov	0
68	NR		Anthony Ivy	0
68	64		Cole Williams	0
68	NR		Gabriel Green	0
68	NR		Jason Witt	0
68	NR		Jesse Ronson	0
68	64		Zelim Imadaev	0

 

Check back Monday for our lightweight rankings

Performance Based Rankings:

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

 

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