UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Welterweights: Sept 25/20

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 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		Conor McGregor	259
5	5	3	Gilbert Burns	218
6	6	5	Jorge Masvidal	204.5
7	7	6	Stephen Thompson	182
8	8	11	Vicente Luque	180
9	9	15	Anthony Pettis	169
10	10	11	Neil Magny	152
11	11		Anthony Rocco Martin	148.5
12	12	9	Michael Chiesa	146
13	13		Niko Price	138
14	16		Muslim Salikhov	136.5
15	17		Claudio Silva	134
16	19	13	Geoff Neal	116
16	13	16	Robbie Lawler	116
18	20	7	Demian Maia	113
19	21		James Vick	112
20	22		Abdul Razak Alhassan	104
21	23		Warlley Alves	103
22	24		Alexey Kunchenko	99
23	25		Matt Brown	94.5
24	26		Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos	94
25	27		Li Jingliang	92
26	28		Randy Brown	91
27	29		Mike Perry	90.5
28	30		Belal Muhammad	86
29	31	14	Nate Diaz	85.5
30	32		Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone	80
31	33		Rustam Khabilov	72.5
32	34		Jake Matthews	70
33	NR		Alan Jouban	67.5
34	36		Diego Sanchez	66.5
35	52		Daniel Rodriguez	62.5
36	38		Alex Morono	60.5
36	35		Dwight Grant	60.5
38	39		Khaos Williams	60
39	40		Song Kenan	57
40	41		Mickey Gall	56
41	42		Lyman Good	55
42	43		Alex Oliveira	54.5
42	43		Dhiego Lima	54.5
44	37		Bryan Barberena	54
44	45		Ramazan Emeev	54
46	46		Peter Sobotta	51.5
47	47		Miguel Baeza	49.5
47	47		Siyar Bahadurzada	49.5
49	49		Tim Means	48.5
50	50		Takashi Sato	45
51	62		Sean Brady	43
52	51		Danny Roberts	42
53	53		Michel Pereira	33
54	54		Mounir Lazeez	30
55	56		Nicolas Dalby	27
56	58		Laureano Staropoli	23.5
57	57		Christian Aguilera	22.5
58	59		David Zawada	20
58	59		Max Griffin	20
60	61		Jesse Ronson	15
61	63		Court McGee	12
61	63		Erik Koch	12
63	65		Emil Meek	7
64	NR		Matthew Semelsberger	5
65	66		Sergey Khandozhko	4.5
66	68		Abubakar Nurmagomedov	0
66	68		Anthony Ivy	0
66	NR		Carlos Condit	0
66	NR		Carlton Minus	0
66	68		Cole Williams	0
66	68		Gabriel Green	0
66	68		Jason Witt	0
66	68		Niklas Stolze	0
66	68		Rhys McKee	0
66	68		Zelim Imadaev	0

 

Check back Monday 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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