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 | 2 | Daniel Cormier | 584 |
2 | 2 | 1 | Stipe Miocic | 521 |
3 | 3 | 3 | Francis Ngannou | 319 |
4 | 4 | 7 | Alistair Overeem | 229.5 |
5 | 5 | 4 | Curtis Blaydes | 168 |
6 | 6 | 5 | Junior dos Santos | 160.5 |
7 | 8 | 7 | Alexander Volkov | 130 |
8 | 7 | 6 | Derrick Lewis | 121.5 |
9 | 9 | 12 | Aleksei Oleinik | 118.5 |
10 | 10 | 9 | Walt Harris | 114 |
11 | 11 | 10 | Shamil Abdurakhimov | 97 |
12 | 12 | Ben Rothwell | 90 | |
13 | 14 | Marcin Tybura | 82 | |
14 | 15 | Stefan Struve | 78 | |
15 | 13 | Tai Tuivasa | 64.5 | |
16 | 32 | 14 | Sergei Pavlovich | 59 |
17 | 17 | Marcos Rogerio de Lima | 57 | |
18 | 24 | 15 | Jairzinho Rozenstruick | 51 |
19 | 25 | Ciryl Gane | 47.5 | |
20 | 18 | 11 | Blagoy Ivanov | 46 |
21 | 19 | Andrei Arlovski | 38 | |
22 | 20 | 13 | Augusto Sakai | 33 |
23 | 21 | Adam Wieczorek | 31 | |
24 | 22 | Dmitriy Sosnovskiy | 30 | |
24 | 35 | Sergey Spivak | 30 | |
26 | 23 | 16 | Maurice Greene | 26 |
27 | 25 | Juan Espino | 25 | |
27 | NR | Yorgan De Castro | 25 | |
29 | 28 | Chris De La Rocha | 22.5 | |
30 | 27 | Greg Hardy | 22 | |
31 | 28 | Daniel Spitz | 20 | |
32 | 30 | Junior Albini | 18 | |
32 | 30 | Todd Duffee | 18 | |
34 | 33 | Juan Adams | 8 | |
35 | 35 | Raphael Pessoa | 5 | |
35 | NR | Tanner Boser | 5 | |
37 | 34 | Allen Crowder | 4.5 | |
38 | NR | Ben Sosoli | 0 | |
38 | NR | Don’Tale Mayes | 0 | |
38 | 35 | Jeff Hughes | 0 | |
38 | 35 | Justin Frazier | 0 | |
38 | NR | Justin Tafa | 0 | |
38 | 35 | Michel Batista | 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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