UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Heavyweights: Jan 22/21

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 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 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

 

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(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
1	1	1	Stipe Miocic	518
2	2		Jon Jones	396
3	3	2	Francis Ngannou	330.5
4	4	3	Curtis Blaydes	228.5
5	5	6	Alistair Overeem	197.5
6	6	4	Jairzinho Rozenstruick	147.5
7	7	5	Derrick Lewis	141
8	8	11	Aleksei Oleinik	124
9	9	7	Alexander Volkov	120
10	24	8	Ciryl Gane	101.5
11	11		Tai Tuivasa	101
12	10	12	Junior dos Santos	93
13	14	12	Walt Harris	82
14	22	15	Marcin Tybura	79.5
15	16		Ben Rothwell	70
16	15		Ilir Latifi	65
17	18		Marcos Rogerio de Lima	61
18	19		Alexander Gustafsson	59
19	17		Greg Hardy	58.5
20	21		Alexander Romanov	57.5
21	22		Stefan Struve	55.5
22	24		Chris Daukaus	52.5
23	26		Andrei Arlovski	48.5
24	27		Tom Aspinall	43
25	28	14	Blagoy Ivanov	40.5
26	29	10	Augusto Sakai	30.5
27	31		Sergey Spivak	29
27	31		Tanner Boser	29
29	33		Juan Espino	27.5
30	34		Jake Collier	21
31	35		Maurice Greene	20
31	35		Yorgan De Castro	20
33	37		Gian Villante	16
34	40		Carlos Felipe	9.5
35	38		Justin Tafa	9
35	39		Rodrigo Nascimento	9
37	40		Don’Tale Mayes	5
37	40		Parker Porter	5
39	43		Alan Baudot	0
39	43		Ben Sosoli	0
39	43		Jarjis Danho	0
39	43		Josh Parisian	0
39	43		Philipe Lins	0
39	43		Roque Martinez	0

Check back Monday for our light heavyweight rankings

Performance Based Rankings:

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

 

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