UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Middleweights: Jul 16/21

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 a 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 the 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	737
2	2	6	Derek Brunson	377
3	4	2	Robert Whittaker	330
4	5	9	Uriah Hall	299
5	3	5	Marvin Vettori	282
6	6	4	Jared Cannonier	279
7	12	13	Brad Tavares	257
8	7	12	Sean Strickland	243
9	8	3	Paulo Costa	232.5
10	9	7	Jack Hermansson	225.5
11	10	8	Darren Till	210
12	13	14	Chris Weidman	172
13	14		Brendan Allen	170
14	16	11	Edmen Shahbazyan	154.5
15	17		Ian Heinisch	137
16	18		Andre Muniz	130
17	45		Dricus du Plessis	128
18	20		Anthony Hernandez	120
19	15		Trevin Giles	119.5
20	21		Makhmud Muradov	115
21	19	10	Kelvin Gastelum	112
22	22		Gerald Meerschaert	105.5
23	23	15	Kevin Holland	104
24	24		Joaquin Buckley	102
25	25		Abdul Razak Alhassan	100
26	26		Punahele Soriano	96
27	27		Zak Cummings	95.5
28	28		Tom Breese	95
29	29		Alessio Di Chirico	82
30	30		Phil Hawes	78
31	31		Karl Roberson	68
32	32		Rodolfo Vieira	66
33	33		Andrew Sanchez	60
33	34		Marc-Andre Barriault	60
35	36		Julian Marquez	54
36	35		Krzysztof Jotko	49
37	38		Dalcha Lungiambula	42
38	39		Jun Yong Park	37
39	40		Jordan Wright	36
40	42		Roman Dolidze	31
41	37		Laureano Staropoli	29
42	41		Sam Alvey	28.5
43	43		Jack Marshman	25.5
44	NR		Bruno ‘Blindado’ Silva	20
44	45		Jacob Malkoun	20
46	47		Deron Winn	15
47	48		Andreas Michailidis	10
47	NR		Gregory Rodrigues	10
47	48		Maki Pitolo	10
47	48		Shamil Gamzatov	10
51	51		Abu Azaitar	9
51	51		Kyle Daukaus	9
51	51		Nassourdine Imavov	9
54	51		Dusko Todorovic	8
54	51		Wellington Turman	8
56	57		Alen Amedovski	0
56	57		Antonio Arroyo	0
56	57		Antonio Braga Neto	0
56	57		Charlie Ontiveros	0
56	57		Dustin Stoltzfus	0
56	57		Hu Yaozong	0
56	57		Jamie Pickett	0

Check back Monday 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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