UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Light Heavyweights: Sept 18/20

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	2	3	Jan Blachowicz	183
2	3	4	Glover Teixeira	163
3	4	1	Dominick Reyes	152.5
4	6	2	Thiago Santos	138
5	9		Ovince Saint Preux	121
6	5	8	Anthony Smith	120
6	8	7	Volkan Oezdemir	120
8	16	5	Aleksandar Rakic	100
9	12		Jimmy Crute	92
10	11	9	Nikita Krylov	89
11	13	11	Johnny Walker	86
12	14	14	Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua	77
13	15	12	Ryan Spann	76.5
14	17		Antonio Rogerio Nogueira	74
15	18		Ion Cutelaba	72
16	19	13	Magomed Ankalaev	68
17	21	15	Paul Craig	62.5
18	23		Ed Herman	47
19	22		Sam Alvey	43.5
20	23		Khalil Rountree Jr	43
21	25		Gadzhimurad Antigulov	41.5
22	26	6	Jiri Prochazka	40
23	27		Michal Oleksiejczuk	38
24	27		Alonzo Menifield	33.5
25	29		Da Un Jung	32.5
26	30		Devin Clark	27.5
27	31		Modestas Bukauskas	25
28	32		Gokhan Saki	22.5
28	34		Klidson Abreu	22.5
30	33		Justin Ledet	21
31	35		Dalcha Lungiambula	18
32	36		Darko Stosic	17.5
33	39		Mike Rodriguez	10.5
34	38		Aleksa Camur	10
34	NR		Jordan Wright	10
36	NR		John Allan	5
36	40		Kennedy Nzechukwu	5
36	40		Roman Dolidze	5
36	40		Shamil Gamzatov	5
40	43		Andreas Michailidis	0
40	43		Dequan Townsend	0
40	NR		Dustin Jacoby	0
40	NR		Ike Villanueva	0
40	43		Khadis Ibragimov	0
40	43		Marcin Prachnio	0
40	NR		Maxim Grishin	0
40	43		Nicolae Negumereanu	0
40	43		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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