UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Light Heavyweights: May 15/20

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	396
2	2	4	Jan Blachowicz	183
3	10	9	Glover Teixeira	163
4	5	2	Dominick Reyes	152.5
5	3	5	Anthony Smith	148
6	7	7	Volkan Oezdemir	143.5
7	8	3	Thiago Santos	138
8	9	6	Corey Anderson	134.5
9	4		Luke Rockhold	120
10	11	13	Misha Cirkunov	116.5
11	12	11	Nikita Krylov	101
12	13		Jimmy Crute	92
13	14	16	Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua	88
14	15	12	Johnny Walker	86
15	21	15	Ryan Spann	76.5
16	17	10	Aleksandar Rakic	75
17	18		Ion Cutelaba	72
18	19	14	Magomed Ankalaev	68
19	21		Paul Craig	52
20	23		Gadzhimurad Antigulov	48
21	20		Sam Alvey	43.5
22	24		Ed Herman	43
22	24		Khalil Rountree Jr	43
24	26		Alonzo Menifield	42.5
25	27		Michal Oleksiejczuk	38
26	28		Da Un Jung	32.5
27	29		Gokhan Saki	22.5
27	29		Klidson Abreu	22.5
29	31		Devin Clark	21
29	31		Justin Ledet	21
31	33		Dalcha Lungiambula	18
32	34		Darko Stosic	17.5
33	35		Aleksa Camur	10
34	36		Mike Rodriguez	8
35	37		Jamahal Hill	5
35	37		Kennedy Nzechukwu	5
35	37		Shamil Gamzatov	5
38	40		Dequan Townsend	0
38	40		Khadis Ibragimov	0
38	40		Nicolae Negumereanu	0
38	40		Vinicius Moreira	0

Check back Monday for our middleweight rankings

 

Performance Based Rankings:

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

 

 

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