UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Light Heavyweights: Oct 4/21

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 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	Jan Blachowicz	700
2	2	2	Glover Teixeira	396
3	3	5	Anthony Smith	339.5
4	4	4	Aleksandar Rakic	230
5	5	13	Paul Craig	218
6	7	3	Jiri Prochazka	192
6	7	9	Volkan Oezdemir	192
8	6	11	Johnny Walker	180
9	10	8	Magomed Ankalaev	163
10	11	15	Jimmy Crute	160
11	9	12	Ryan Spann	138
12	12	7	Dominick Reyes	135.5
13	13		Kennedy Nzechukwu	133
14	15		Alonzo Menifield	113.5
14	16	6	Thiago Santos	113.5
16	17	16	Jamahal Hill	98
17	19		Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua	81
18	18		Ion Cutelaba	80
19	20		Da Un Jung	78
20	21	10	Nikita Krylov	76
21	27		Dustin Jacoby	71
22	23		Eryk Anders	60.5
23	24		Michal Oleksiejczuk	56
24	25		Ed Herman	54
25	26		Khalil Rountree Jr	51.5
26	30		William Knight	36
27	31		Marcin Prachnio	29
28	29		Devin Clark	28
29	28		Modestas Bukauskas	25
30	32		Maxim Grishin	18
30	38		Tafon Nchukwi	18
32	33		Danilo Marques	17
33	34		Aleksa Camur	16
34	36		Nicolae Negumereanu	10
34	36		Shamil Gamzatov	10
36	38		Ike Villanueva	9
36	38		John Allan	9
38	41		Carlos Ulberg	0
38	41		Fabio Cherant	0

Check back Friday 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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