UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Welterweights: May 22/20

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	470.5
2	2	2	Tyron Woodley	426
3	3	15	Conor McGregor	305
4	4	3	Colby Covington	303.5
5	5	5	Leon Edwards	289.5
6	6	4	Jorge Masvidal	244
7	7	7	Gilbert Burns	200.5
8	8	6	Stephen Thompson	200
9	9	13	Robbie Lawler	194
10	10		Anthony Rocco Martin	177
11	NR	16	Anthony Pettis	169
12	17	14	Vicente Luque	158
13	12	9	Michael Chiesa	146
14	13		Neil Magny	143
15	14		Gunnar Nelson	139
16	11		Niko Price	138
17	15	10	Rafael dos Anjos	137.5
18	16		Claudio Silva	134
19	19	12	Geoff Neal	116
20	18		Matt Brown	114.5
21	20	8	Demian Maia	113
21	20		Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos	113
23	22		James Vick	112
24	23		Randy Brown	106
25	24		Alexey Kunchenko	99
26	25		Warlley Alves	98
27	27		Li Jingliang	92
28	28		Belal Muhammad	90
29	29	11	Nate Diaz	85.5
30	30		Muslim Salikhov	80.5
31	25		Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone	80
32	31		Mike Perry	75.5
33	32		Lyman Good	74
34	33		Rustam Khabilov	72.5
35	34		Alex Oliveira	71.5
36	35		Jake Matthews	70
37	37		Dwight Grant	67.5
37	37		Mickey Gall	67.5
39	39		Diego Sanchez	66.5
40	40		Bryan Barberena	62
41	41		Alex Morono	60.5
42	42		Khaos Williams	60
43	43		Song Kenan	57
44	44		Ramazan Emeev	56.5
45	45		Dhiego Lima	54.5
46	46		Tim Means	50
47	61		Miguel Baeza	49.5
47	47		Siyar Bahadurzada	49.5
49	48		Danny Roberts	42
50	49		Daniel Rodriguez	35
51	50		Nicolas Dalby	33.5
52	51		Michel Pereira	32
53	52		Laureano Staropoli	26.5
54	53		Takashi Sato	22.5
55	54		David Zawada	20
55	54		Max Griffin	20
57	57		Sean Brady	14.5
58	56		Bartosz Fabinski	12.5
59	58		Court McGee	12
59	58		Erik Koch	12
61	60		Emil Meek	7
62	62		Callan Potter	4.5
62	62		Sergey Khandozhko	4.5
64	64		Abubakar Nurmagomedov	0
64	64		Cole Williams	0
64	64		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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