UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Welterweights: Aug 30/21

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 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 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	Kamaru Usman	967
2	2	2	Colby Covington	445
3	3	4	Leon Edwards	440
4	6	5	Vicente Luque	364
5	5	15	Muslim Salikhov	344
6	4	13	Santiago Ponzinibbio	337
7	7	12	Li Jingliang	298.5
8	8	3	Gilbert Burns	297.5
9	10		Shavkat Rakhmonov	269
10	11	6	Stephen Thompson	238
11	13	7	Jorge Masvidal	227
12	14		James Krause	224.5
13	9		Kevin Lee	223
14	15	9	Neil Magny	222
15	16	10	Belal Muhammad	218
16	17	14	Sean Brady	215
17	11	8	Michael Chiesa	209
18	18		Randy Brown	193
19	19		Alex Morono	170
19	19		Niko Price	170
21	21		Francisco Trinaldo	156
22	22		Max Griffin	155.5
23	23		Claudio Silva	154
24	33		Daniel Rodriguez	153.5
25	24		Michel Prazeres	147.5
26	25		Khaos Williams	144
27	26		Warlley Alves	143.5
28	27		Miguel Baeza	131
29	28	11	Geoff Neal	129
30	30		Jake Matthews	117.5
31	31		Matt Brown	117
32	32	16	Robbie Lawler	112
33	34		Dwight Grant	107
34	35		Michel Pereira	104
35	36		Khamzat Chimaev	103
36	38		Court McGee	88
37	39		Nicolas Dalby	84
38	40		Mike Perry	82.5
39	41		Jeremiah Wells	80
40	42		Song Kenan	76.5
41	43		Takashi Sato	70
42	44		Impa Kasanganay	68
42	44		Ramazan Emeev	68
44	49		Mickey Gall	67.5
45	46		Tim Means	65
46	47		Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone	62
47	48		Dhiego Lima	61
48	50		Danny Roberts	55
49	51		Mounir Lazzez	54
50	65		Philip Rowe	50
51	54		Matthew Semelsberger	44
52	55		Carlston Harris	40
52	65		Ramiz Brahimaj	40
52	52		Sasha Palatnikov	40
55	56		Alan Patrick	38
56	52		Bryan Barberena	37
57	57		David Zawada	36
58	58		Alex Oliveira	27
59	59		Carlos Condit	26
59	60		Jason Witt	26
61	65		Jared Gooden	20
62	61		Abubakar Nurmagomedov	10
62	61		Gabriel Green	10
64	63		Sergey Khandozhko	9
65	64		Nate Diaz	8
66	65		Jordan Williams	0
66	65		Louis Cosce	0
66	65		Mason Jones	0
66	65		Mike Jackson	0
66	65		Nick Diaz	0
66	65		Niklas Stolze	0
66	NR		Orion Cosce	0
66	65		Preston Parsons	0

Check back Friday 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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UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Welterweights: Aug 30/21

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