UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Welterweights: Feb 1/21

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 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	Kamaru Usman	497.5
2	2	8	Tyron Woodley	312
3	3	2	Colby Covington	310.5
4	4	4	Leon Edwards	289
5	5		Santiago Ponzinibbio	225
6	6	3	Gilbert Burns	218
7	7	5	Jorge Masvidal	204.5
8	8	6	Stephen Thompson	203
9	9	10	Vicente Luque	180
10	24	13	Li Jingliang	162.5
11	25	7	Michael Chiesa	154
12	13		Muslim Salikhov	136.5
13	14		James Krause	126.5
14	11	10	Neil Magny	126
15	15		Claudio Silva	118.5
16	18	9	Demian Maia	113
17	28		Warlley Alves	107.5
18	16	12	Geoff Neal	102
19	19		Alexey Kunchenko	99
20	20		Jake Matthews	94.5
21	22		Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos	94
22	27		Abdul Razak Alhassan	90.5
22	25		Randy Brown	90.5
24	29	14	Belal Muhammad	86
25	22		Khaos Williams	84
25	16	15	Robbie Lawler	84
27	20		Matt Brown	83
28	31		Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone	80
29	32		Miguel Baeza	74.5
30	33		Mike Perry	72.5
31	34		Alan Jouban	63
32	35		Dwight Grant	60.5
33	36		Song Kenan	57
34	37		Mickey Gall	56
35	38		Daniel Rodriguez	55.5
36	39		Lyman Good	55
36	39		Shavkat Rakhmonov	55
38	42		Dhiego Lima	54.5
39	43		Nicolas Dalby	54
40	46		Diego Sanchez	52
41	47	16	Khamzat Chimaev	51.5
41	47		Peter Sobotta	51.5
43	43		Ramazan Emeev	51
44	55		Michel Pereira	48.5
45	43		Bryan Barberena	46
46	39		Alex Morono	44
46	50		Tim Means	44
48	51		Sean Brady	43
49	52		Max Griffin	40.5
50	53		Takashi Sato	40
51	54		Alex Oliveira	35
52	56		Mounir Lazzez	27
53	57		Sasha Palatnikov	25
54	58		Laureano Staropoli	23.5
55	59		Christian Aguilera	22.5
56	60		David Zawada	18
57	64		Carlos Condit	14.5
58	62		Jason Witt	10
59	63		Court McGee	9
60	64		Emil Meek	7
61	66		Matthew Semelsberger	5
62	67		Anthony Ivy	0
62	67		Cole Williams	0
62	67		Gabriel Green	0
62	67		Jared Gooden	0
62	67		Louis Cosce	0
62	67		Niklas Stolze	0
62	67		Ramiz Brahimaj	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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