UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Light Heavyweights: Aug 7/20

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 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 Light 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 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, last column is official UFC ranking from UFC.com)

Stats	Last	UFC		Total
Rank	Rank	Rank
1	1	1	Jon Jones	396
2	2	4	Jan Blachowicz	183
3	3	6	Glover Teixeira	163
4	4	2	Dominick Reyes	152.5
5	5	7	Anthony Smith	148
6	7	3	Thiago Santos	138
7	8	5	Corey Anderson	134.5
8	6	9	Volkan Oezdemir	120
9	NR		Ovince Saint Preux	118
10	10	12	Misha Cirkunov	116.5
11	11	11	Nikita Krylov	101
12	12		Jimmy Crute	92
13	14	13	Johnny Walker	86
14	13	16	Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua	77
15	16	14	Ryan Spann	76.5
16	17	10	Aleksandar Rakic	75
17	15		Antonio Rogerio Nogueira	74
18	18		Ion Cutelaba	72
19	19	15	Magomed Ankalaev	68
20	NR		Gerald Meerschaert	65.5
21	20		Paul Craig	62.5
22	22		Sam Alvey	43.5
23	23		Ed Herman	43
23	23		Khalil Rountree Jr	43
25	21		Gadzhimurad Antigulov	41.5
26	NR	8	Jiri Prochazka	40
27	25		Alonzo Menifield	38
27	25		Michal Oleksiejczuk	38
29	27		Da Un Jung	32.5
30	28		Devin Clark	27.5
31	NR		Modestas Bukauskas	25
32	29		Gokhan Saki	22.5
33	30		Justin Ledet	21
34	31		Klidson Abreu	20
35	32		Dalcha Lungiambula	18
36	33		Darko Stosic	17.5
37	34		Jamahal Hill	14.5
38	35		Aleksa Camur	10
39	36		Mike Rodriguez	8
40	37		Kennedy Nzechukwu	5
40	NR		Roman Dolidze	5
40	37		Shamil Gamzatov	5
43	NR		Andreas Michailidis	0
43	39		Dequan Townsend	0
43	39		Khadis Ibragimov	0
43	NR		Marcin Prachnio	0
43	39		Nicolae Negumereanu	0
43	39		Vinicius Moreira	0

Check back Monday for our middleweight rankings

Performance Based Rankings:

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

 

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