UFC Heavyweights Rankings Analysis
09/20/2015
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Rankings are based on opinion. Even for a site like FightMatrix that bases their rankings off of statistical algorithms, it is easy to point out that some of their chosen statistical categories create biases for better or worse. The UFC has recently rolled out their media rankings that create all sorts of controversy.
Featured below, you will find 5 of the most consistent and popular ranking sites. From there, I collected the data and calculated the mean ranking for each fighter.
| RK | Fighter | Ranking MMA | UFC | Sher dog | MMA junkie | Fight Matrix | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fabricio Werdum | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 2 | Cain Velasquez | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 3 | Junior dos Santos | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3.0 |
| 4 | Stipe Miocic | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4.2 |
| 5 | Andrei Arlovski | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4.8 |
| 6 | Travis Browne | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6.2 |
| 7 | Ben Rothwell | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7.0 |
| 8 | Mark Hunt | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8.2 |
| 9 | Alistair Overeem | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8.6 |
| 10 | Frank Mir | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10.2 |
| 11 | Antonio Silva | 11 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 12.2 |
| 12 | Roy Nelson | 12 | 11 | NR | 12 | 13 | 12.8 |
| 13 | Matt Mitrione | 15 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 13.6 |
| 14 | Stefan Struve | 13 | 14 | NR | 10 | NR | 13.8 |
| 15 | Alexey Oliynyk | NR | 15 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 14.2 |
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