UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Middleweights: Jan 6/20

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 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 Middleweights.

 

*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, third column is official UFC ranking from UFC.com)

Stats	Last	UFC		Total
Rank	Rank	Rank
1	1	1	Israel Adesanya	457
2	2	2	Robert Whittaker	334
3	3	8	Kelvin Gastelum	218
4	4	6	Darren Till	191
5	5	4	Yoel Romero	173
6	6	9	Derek Brunson	172
6	6	5	Jared Cannonier	172
8	NR		Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza	165
9	8	3	Paulo Costa	157
10	9	7	Jack Hermansson	156
11	11		Tim Boetsch	128
12	12	11	Uriah Hall	116.5
13	10	12	Brad Tavares	116
14	13	10	Edmen Shahbazyan	111.5
15	14	14	Omari Akhmedov	99.5
16	15		Marvin Vettori	97
17	17	15	Antonio Carlos Junior	82
18	16	13	Ian Heinisch	75
19	18		Gerald Meerschaert	74.5
20	19		Tom Breese	71
21	20		Zak Cummings	68
22	21		Cezar Ferreira	56.5
22	21		Eryk Anders	56.5
24	23		Krzysztof Jotko	54
25	24		Darren Stewart	50.5
26	26		Karl Roberson	45.5
27	27	16	Anderson Silva	40
27	27		Brendan Allen	40
27	27		Markus Perez	40
30	30		Trevin Giles	37.5
31	31		Eric Spicely	32
31	31		Kevin Holland	32
33	33		Rodolfo Vieira	30
34	34		Alessio Di Chirico	28
35	35		Andrew Sanchez	27.5
35	35		Jack Marshman	27.5
37	37		Anthony Hernandez	25
38	38		Oskar Piechota	20.5
39	40		Charles Byrd	20
39	NR		Punahele Soriano	20
41	43		Makhmud Muradov	19.5
42	41		John Phillips	10
43	42		Trevor Smith	8
44	NR		Abu Azaitar	5
44	43		Andre Muniz	5
44	47		Jun Yong Park	5
44	43		Wellington Turman	5
48	46		Deron Winn	4.5
49	47		Adam Yandiev	0
49	47		Alen Amedovski	0
49	47		Antonio Arroyo	0
49	47		Bevon Lewis	0
49	NR		Dequan Townsend	0
49	47		Marc-Andre Barriault	0
49	47		Roman Kopylov	0

 

Check back Friday for our welterweight rankings

Performance Based Rankings:

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

 

 

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