UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Welterweights: Jun 1/18

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 rank, last column is official UFC ranking from UFC.com)

Stats	Last	UFC		Total
Rank	Rank	Rank
1	1	1	Tyron Woodley	553.5
2	2	6	Robbie Lawler	390
3	3	2	Rafael dos Anjos	343
4	4	5	Colby Covington	277
5	14	7	Kamaru Usman	233.5
6	9	3	Darren Till	226
7	6	10	Jorge Masvidal	202
8	5	4	Stephen Thompson	192
9	8	11	Santiago Ponzinibbio	184
10	7	8	Demian Maia	154.5
11	10	15	Alex Oliveira	150.5
12	11	12	Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone	149
13	12	13	Gunnar Nelson	147
14	13		Matt Brown	146
15	25		Vicente Luque	135
16	15	9	Neil Magny	128
17	16	14	Leon Edwards	113
17	16		Yancy Medeiros	113
19	19		Jake Ellenberger	109
20	18		Alex Garcia	95.5
21	20	16	Dong Hyun Kim	94.5
22	21		Jake Matthews	93.5
23	NR		Michel Prazeres	93
24	NR		Claudio Silva	92.5
25	22		Bryan Barberena	91
26	28		Ryan LaFlare	89.5
27	23	13	Carlos Condit	89
28	56		Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos	87.5
29	24		Sergio Moraes	87
30	38		Warlley Alves	82.5
31	29		Alan Jouban	80.5
32	30		Curtis Millender	80
33	45		Siyar Bahadurzada	78.5
34	31		Niko Price	77
35	27		Alberto Mina	75.5
36	34		Mickey Gall	73.5
37	35		Belal Muhammad	72.5
37	35		Peter Sobotta	72.5
39	37		Mike Perry	72
39	25		Sean Strickland	72
41	39		Randy Brown	69.5
42	40		Diego Sanchez	68.5
43	31		Keita Nakamura	67
44	33		Nordine Taleb	66
44	NR		Ramazan Emeev	66
46	42		Abdul Razak Alhassan	65
47	44		Tim Means	62.5
48	46		Danny Roberts	60.5
49	47		Li Jingliang	59.5
49	47		Zak Ottow	59.5
51	49		Jordan Mein	58.5
52	42		Chad Laprise	57
53	41		Zak Cummings	56
54	50		Yushin Okami	53.5
55	51		Drew Dober	53
55	51		Erick Silva	53
57	54		Ben Saunders	50
58	53		Tony Martin	49.5
59	55		Thiago Alves	46
60	56		Alex Morono	43
60	56		Alexander Yakovlev	43
62	59		Jack Marshman	39.5
63	60		Max Griffin	36
64	61		Mike Pyle	35
65	62		Hyun Gyu Lim	34
66	63		Shinsho Anzai	32.5
67	64		Joe Proctor	32
68	65		Tarec Saffiedine	31
69	66		George Sullivan	30.5
70	67		Geoff Neal	25
71	67		Muslim Salikhov	25
71	67		Song Kenan	25
73	72		Bojan Velickovic	23
74	73		Antonio Braga Neto	22.5
74	67		Luan Chagas	22.5
76	NR		Brad Scott	20
77	74		Lyman Good	18
78	75		Dominique Steele	17.5
79	76		Court McGee	16.5
80	77		Luke Jumeau	14
81	79		Emil Meek	9
81	78		Sultan Aliev	9
83	80		Nico Musoke	7
84	NR		Carlo Pedersoli Jr	5
84	81		Sheldon Westcott	5
86	82		Daichi Abe	4.5
86	82		Frank Camacho	4.5
86	82		Jessin Ayari	4.5
86	82		Nathan Coy	4.5
90	86		Dhiego Lima	3
91	87		Josh Burkman	2.5
92	88		Brian Camozzi	0
92	NR		Craig White	0
92	88		Oliver Enkamp	0
92	88		Ricky Rainey	0
92	88		Sabah Homasi	0
92	88		Salim Touahri	0

Check back Monday for our lightweight rankings

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Bantamweights
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Women’s Strawweights
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