UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Middleweights: May 17/19

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 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	Robert Whittaker	404
2	4	2	Israel Adesanya	343.5
3	3	5	Kelvin Gastelum	264
4	5	3	Yoel Romero	224
5	6	7	Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza	200
6	2	8	Chris Weidman	198
7	7	10	Derek Brunson	184
8	9	6	Jack Hermansson	180.5
9	8	12	Brad Tavares	153
10	10		Tim Boetsch	135
11	11	9	Paulo Costa	120.5
12	25	11	Jared Cannonier	115.5
13	12	13	Antonio Carlos Junior	109
14	13	14	Uriah Hall	99
15	15		Dan Kelly	96
16	14	16	David Branch	86
17	16	15	Elias Theodorou	73.5
18	19		Tom Breese	71
19	18		Omari Akhmedov	70
20	20		Gerald Meerschaert	68.5
21	21		Cezar Ferreira	66.5
22	21		Krzysztof Jotko	60.5
23	27		Ian Heinisch	50
23	27		Khalild Murtazaliev	50
25	NR		Trevin Giles	47.5
26	29		Darren Stewart	47
26	26		Zak Cummings	47
28	30		Markus Perez	45
29	23		C.B. Dollaway	40.5
30	17		Anderson Silva	40
31	31		Alessio Di Chirico	36
32	33		Jack Marshman	33.5
33	34		Andrew Sanchez	31.5
34	35		Edmen Shahbazyan	29.5
35	36		Kevin Holland	29
36	37		Oskar Piechota	26.5
37	38		Julian Marquez	22.5
38	39		Charles Byrd	20
39	40		Marvin Vettori	16
40	41		Trevor Smith	11
41	42		Abu Azaitar	5
42	43		Adam Yandiev	0
42	NR		Alen Amedovski	0
42	43		Anthony Hernandez	0
42	43		Bevon Lewis	0
42	32		Hector Lombard	0
42	43		John Phillips	0
42	NR		Marc-Andre Barriault	0
42	43		Tim Williams	0

 

 

Check back Monday for our welterweight rankings

 

Performance Based Rankings:

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

 

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