UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Middleweights: May 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 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	485
2	2	2	Robert Whittaker	313
3	3	8	Kelvin Gastelum	218
4	4	6	Darren Till	184
5	5	9	Derek Brunson	172
5	5	4	Jared Cannonier	172
7	7		Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza	163
8	8	3	Paulo Costa	157
9	9	7	Jack Hermansson	156
10	10	5	Yoel Romero	142
11	11		Chris Weidman	120
12	12	11	Uriah Hall	116.5
13	13	12	Brad Tavares	116
14	14		James Krause	114.5
15	15	10	Edmen Shahbazyan	111.5
16	16	13	Omari Akhmedov	99.5
17	17		Marvin Vettori	97
18	18		Brendan Allen	86
19	19		Trevin Giles	82.5
20	20	15	Antonio Carlos Junior	82
21	21		Gerald Meerschaert	81
22	22	14	Ian Heinisch	75
23	23		Zak Cummings	68
24	24		Tom Breese	63
25	28		Karl Roberson	59.5
26	26		Krzysztof Jotko	53
27	27		Darren Stewart	50.5
28	25		Eryk Anders	44
29	29		Markus Perez	40
30	31		Rodolfo Vieira	37
31	32		Eric Spicely	32
31	32		Kevin Holland	32
33	34		Alessio Di Chirico	28
34	35		Andrew Sanchez	27.5
34	35		Jack Marshman	27.5
36	37		Anthony Hernandez	22.5
37	38		Oskar Piechota	20.5
38	39		Charles Byrd	20
38	39		Punahele Soriano	20
40	41		Makhmud Muradov	19.5
41	42		John Phillips	10
42	43		Trevor Smith	8
43	44		Abu Azaitar	5
43	44		Andre Muniz	5
43	44		Bevon Lewis	5
43	44		Jun Yong Park	5
43	44		Wellington Turman	5
48	49		Saparbek Safarov	4.5
49	50		Deron Winn	4
50	51		Adam Yandiev	0
50	51		Alen Amedovski	0
50	51		Antonio Arroyo	0
50	NR		Maki Pitolo	0
50	51		Marc-Andre Barriault	0
50	51		Roman Kopylov	0

Check back Friday for our welterweight rankings

 

Performance Based Rankings:

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

 

 

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