UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Heavyweights: Jul 9/21

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 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 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
1	1	1	Francis Ngannou	750.5
2	2	2	Stipe Miocic	654
3	3	3	Derrick Lewis	337
4	4	5	Curtis Blaydes	313.5
5	5	4	Ciryl Gane	302.5
6	7	7	Jairzinho Rozenstruick	275.5
7	6	6	Alexander Volkov	201
8	8	11	Chris Daukaus	184
9	9	8	Shamil Abdurakhimov	177.5
10	10		Tai Tuivasa	177
10	10	13	Tom Aspinall	177
12	12		Alexandr Romanov	143
13	15	9	Marcin Tybura	129
14	16		Ben Rothwell	117
14	18	15	Sergey Spivak	117
16	17		Greg Hardy	106.5
17	24		Tanner Boser	100
18	NR		Ovince Saint Preux	97
19	13		Aleksei Oleinik	96
20	14	12	Walt Harris	88.5
21	19		Ilir Latifi	86
21	19		Marcos Rogerio de Lima	86
23	21		Alexander Gustafsson	84
24	22		Chase Sherman	57.5
25	23		Andrei Arlovski	57
26	26		Juan Espino	49
27	25	10	Augusto Sakai	38.5
28	29		Carlos Felipe	27
29	28		Jarjis Danho	20
30	29		Gian Villante	19
31	31		Rodrigo Nascimento	18
32	32		Justin Tafa	16
33	27		Jake Collier	14
34	33		Don’Tale Mayes	10
34	33		Jared Vanderaa	10
34	36		Josh Parisian	10
34	33		Parker Porter	10
38	36		Alan Baudot	0
38	36		Chris Barnett	0
38	36		Harry Hunsucker	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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