UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Light Heavyweights: Aug 12/19

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 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	Jon Jones	376.5
2	2	4	Anthony Smith	176
3	4	11	Glover Teixeira	148
4	NR		Chris Weidman	142
5	3	3	Thiago Santos	138
6	6		Ovince Saint Preux	128
7	13	8	Volkan Oezdemir	123
8	7	9	Corey Anderson	120
8	5		Luke Rockhold	120
10	12	6	Jan Blachowicz	118
11	8	14	Nikita Krylov	113
12	9	13	Johnny Walker	110
13	10	5	Dominick Reyes	107.5
14	13	16	Misha Cirkunov	93
15	11	10	Ilir Latifi	89
16	15	15	Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua	88
17	16	12	Aleksandar Rakic	85
18	17		Antonio Rogerio Nogueira	84
19	18		Jimmy Crute	78
20	21		Ion Cutelaba	59
20	19		Sam Alvey	59
22	20		Paul Craig	56
23	22		Khalil Rountree Jr	49.5
24	23		Gadzhimurad Antigulov	48
24	23		Michal Oleksiejczuk	48
26	NR		Eryk Anders	47
27	25		Tyson Pedro	43
28	28		Alonzo Menifield	42.5
29	26		Ed Herman	38
30	27		Gian Villante	26
31	40		Klidson Abreu	25
32	29		Justin Ledet	24.5
32	29		Ryan Spann	24.5
34	31		Gokhan Saki	22.5
35	33		Devin Clark	22
36	NR		Dalcha Lungiambula	20
36	31		Darko Stosic	20
38	35		Magomed Ankalaev	14
39	36		Patrick Cummins	10.5
40	37		Mike Rodriguez	9
41	NR		John Allan	5
41	40		Kennedy Nzechukwu	5
41	38		Rashad Coulter	5
41	38		Saparbek Safarov	5
45	NR		Dequan Townsend	0
45	40		Marcin Prachnio	0
45	40		Nicolae Negumereanu	0
45	NR		Vinicius Moreira	0

Check back Friday for our middleweight rankings

Performance Based Rankings:

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

 

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