UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Heavyweights: Oct 1/21

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 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	3	Stipe Miocic	614
3	3	2	Ciryl Gane	479.5
4	4	5	Curtis Blaydes	305
5	5	4	Derrick Lewis	283
6	9	8	Chris Daukaus	234
7	11	12	Tom Aspinall	230
8	7		Tai Tuivasa	213
9	6	7	Jairzinho Rozenstruick	203
10	8	6	Alexander Volkov	201
11	12		Alexandr Romanov	143
12	10	9	Shamil Abdurakhimov	130
13	13	10	Marcin Tybura	129
14	14	15	Sergei Pavlovich	118
15	15		Ben Rothwell	117
16	17		Tanner Boser	100
17	18		Ovince Saint Preux	97
18	19		Aleksei Oleinik	96
18	15	16	Sergey Spivak	96
20	20	13	Walt Harris	88.5
21	21		Greg Hardy	86
21	21		Ilir Latifi	86
21	21		Marcos Rogerio de Lima	86
24	25		Andrei Arlovski	57
25	24		Chase Sherman	49.5
26	26		Juan Espino	49
27	27	11	Augusto Sakai	38.5
28	29		Carlos Felipe	27
29	30		Jarjis Danho	20
30	31		Gian Villante	19
30	34		Parker Porter	19
32	32		Justin Tafa	16
33	33		Jake Collier	14
34	34		Don’Tale Mayes	10
34	34		Jared Vanderaa	10
34	34		Josh Parisian	10
37	38		Alan Baudot	0
37	38		Harry Hunsucker	0
37	38		Philipe Lins	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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