UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Welterweights: Apr 8/19

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 Welterweights.

 

*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 seven year time limit, so if they have fought less than 10 times in past seven 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	2	Tyron Woodley	511
2	4	1	Kamaru Usman	370.5
3	2	3	Colby Covington	366
4	3	11	Robbie Lawler	321
5	5	4	Rafael dos Anjos	278.5
6	6	10	Santiago Ponzinibbio	267.5
7	7	12	Leon Edwards	259
8	NR		Kevin Lee	242.5
9	9	5	Jorge Masvidal	232
10	14	9	Anthony Pettis	206
11	13		Anthony Rocco Martin	198.5
12	10	7	Darren Till	176
13	8		Gunnar Nelson	173
14	12	16	Vicente Luque	163.5
15	11	8	Stephen Thompson	157.5
16	15	13	Demian Maia	150
17	25		Niko Price	147
18	24	15	Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos	139
19	16		Michael Chiesa	137.5
20	17		Alex Oliveira	133.5
21	26		Claudio Silva	133
22	19		Sean Strickland	128
23	20		Alexey Kunchenko	125
24	22		Abdul Razak Alhassan	117.5
25	18		Michel Prazeres	112.5
26	23	14	Neil Magny	103.5
27	21		Sergio Moraes	103
28	44		Diego Sanchez	97.5
29	27		James Krause	91
30	28		Jake Matthews	90.5
31	NR		Ismail Naurdiev	85
31	30		Mike Perry	85
33	32		Bryan Barberena	81
34	33		Alan Jouban	80.5
35	34		Alex Garcia	78.5
36	29		Curtis Millender	78
37	51		Alex Morono	76
38	35		Alberto Mina	75.5
39	NR	6	Ben Askren	75
40	31		Mickey Gall	73.5
41	37		Carlos Condit	69
42	38		Siyar Bahadurzada	68.5
43	39		Jordan Mein	67.5
44	40		Warlley Alves	66
45	41		Ramazan Emeev	64
46	42		Keita Nakamura	62
47	43		Randy Brown	61
48	45		Belal Muhammad	60
49	46		Geoff Neal	59
50	49		Li Jingliang	57
51	50		Nordine Taleb	55.5
52	52		Dhiego Lima	52.5
53	54		Lyman Good	50
54	55		Chad Laprise	49
55	48		Danny Roberts	49
56	56		Ben Saunders	48.5
57	53		Zak Ottow	44.5
58	47		Tim Means	44
59	57		Song Kenan	42.5
60	58		Thiago Alves	30.5
61	59		Shinsho Anzai	29
62	60		Max Griffin	28
63	62		Chance Rencountre	25
63	76		Dwight Grant	25
63	62		Muslim Salikhov	25
66	64		Court McGee	23
67	65		Luan Chagas	22.5
68	66		Bartosz Fabinski	16
69	68		Sultan Aliev	9
70	69		Emil Meek	8
71	70		Laureano Staropoli	5
71	70		Mike Jackson	5
73	72		Carlo Pedersoli Jr	4
73	73		Daichi Abe	4
73	73		Frank Camacho	4
76	76		CM Punk	0
76	76		David Zawada	0
76	76		Hector Aldana	0
76	76		Kyle Stewart	0
76	76		Luigi Vendramini	0
76	76		Ricky Rainey	0
76	76		Salim Touahri	0

 

Check back Friday for our lightweight rankings

Performance Based Rankings:

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

 

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