UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Middleweights: Aug 27/21

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 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 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	6	Derek Brunson	377
3	3	2	Robert Whittaker	330
4	5	5	Marvin Vettori	281
5	8	9	Sean Strickland	268
6	7	14	Brad Tavares	257
7	4	11	Uriah Hall	247
8	6	4	Jared Cannonier	244
9	9	3	Paulo Costa	232.5
10	10	7	Jack Hermansson	225.5
11	11	8	Darren Till	210
12	13		Brendan Allen	177
13	12	13	Chris Weidman	172
14	14	12	Edmen Shahbazyan	154.5
15	16	16	Andre Muniz	130
16	17		Dricus du Plessis	128
17	NR		Misha Cirkunov	126
18	18		Anthony Hernandez	120
19	19		Trevin Giles	119.5
20	20		Makhmud Muradov	115
21	15		Ian Heinisch	109
22	22		Gerald Meerschaert	105.5
23	23	15	Kevin Holland	104
24	24		Joaquin Buckley	102
25	25		Abdul Razak Alhassan	100
26	27		Zak Cummings	95.5
27	28		Tom Breese	95
28	21	10	Kelvin Gastelum	86
28	26		Punahele Soriano	86
30	29		Alessio Di Chirico	80.5
31	30		Phil Hawes	78
32	31		Karl Roberson	68
33	32		Rodolfo Vieira	66
34	33		Andrew Sanchez	60
34	33		Marc-Andre Barriault	60
36	35		Julian Marquez	54
37	36		Krzysztof Jotko	49
38	NR		Luke Rockhold	48
38	51		Nassourdine Imavov	48
40	37		Dalcha Lungiambula	42
41	38		Jun Yong Park	37
42	39		Jordan Wright	36
43	40		Roman Dolidze	31
44	41		Laureano Staropoli	29
45	42		Sam Alvey	28.5
46	43		Jack Marshman	25.5
47	44		Bruno ‘Blindado’ Silva	20
47	44		Jacob Malkoun	20
49	46		Deron Winn	15
50	47		Andreas Michailidis	10
50	47		Gregory Rodrigues	10
50	47		Maki Pitolo	10
53	51		Abu Azaitar	9
53	51		Kyle Daukaus	9
55	54		Dusko Todorovic	8
55	54		Wellington Turman	8
57	56		Alen Amedovski	0
57	56		Antonio Arroyo	0
57	56		Antonio Braga Neto	0
57	56		Charlie Ontiveros	0
57	56		Dustin Stoltzfus	0
57	56		Hu Yaozong	0
57	56		Jamie Pickett	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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