UFC 3-Year "Standings": Heavyweight Division

by Richard on Jun 30, 2008 7:28 PM EDT

Recent discussion of UFC only rankings got me to wondering who has actually had the most success by division in the UFC. As the title suggests, I'm using events from the last three years. I chose three years because that's what Mike Fagan used for his Fightlines project and I felt his results using that time period "made sense."

Before I list the standings I'd like to ask that if anyone notices an error in my numbers, please let me know in the comments and I'll fix it. Thanks.

Rk	Fighter	Class	Win	Loss	Draw	PCT	FB
1	Tim Sylvia	265	6	2	0	.750	0.0
2	Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira	265	2	0	0	1.000	1.0
2	Randy Couture	265	2	0	0	1.000	1.0
4	Jake O'Brien	265	3	1	0	.750	1.0
4	Jeff Monson	265	3	1	0	.750	1.0
6	Cheick Kongo	265	4	2	0	.667	1.0
6	Gabriel Gonzaga	265	4	2	0	.667	1.0
6	Andrei Arlovski	265	4	2	0	.667	1.0
6	Brandon Vera	265	4	2	0	.667	1.0
10	Cain Velasquez	265	1	0	0	1.000	1.5
10	Shane Carwin	265	1	0	0	1.000	1.5
10	Justin McCully	265	1	0	0	1.000	1.5
10	Tom Murphy	265	1	0	0	1.000	1.5
10	Keith Jardine	265	1	0	0	1.000	1.5
10	Rashad Evans	265	1	0	0	1.000	1.5
16	Fabricio Werdum	265	2	1	0	.667	1.5
17	Frank Mir	265	3	2	0	.600	1.5
17	Antoni Hardonk	265	3	2	0	.600	1.5
17	Eddie Sanchez	265	3	2	0	.600	1.5
20	Christian Wellisch	265	2	2	0	.500	2.0
20	Heath Herring	265	2	2	0	.500	2.0
20	Marcio Cruz	265	2	2	0	.500	2.0
20	Paul Buentello	265	1	1	0	.500	2.0
20	Carmelo Marrero	265	1	1	0	.500	2.0
20	Dan Christison	265	1	1	0	.500	2.0
20	Branden Lee Hinkle	265	1	1	0	.500	2.0
27	Mirko Filipovic	265	1	2	0	.333	2.5
28	Brad Morris	265	0	1	0	.000	2.5
28	Brock Lesnar	265	0	1	0	.000	2.5
28	Scott Junk	265	0	1	0	.000	2.5
28	Soa Palelei	265	0	1	0	.000	2.5
28	Josh Shockman	265	0	1	0	.000	2.5
28	Sherman Pendergarst	265	0	1	0	.000	2.5
28	Mario Neto	265	0	1	0	.000	2.5
28	Christophe Midoux	265	0	1	0	.000	2.5
28	Icho Larenas	265	0	1	0	.000	2.5
28	Justin Eilers	265	0	1	0	.000	2.5
28	Kevin Jordan	265	0	1	0	.000	2.5
28	Kerry Schall	265	0	1	0	.000	2.5
28	Keigo Kunihara	265	0	1	0	.000	2.5
28	Sean Gannon	265	0	1	0	.000	2.5
28	Tra Telligman	265	0	1	0	.000	2.5
43	Fabiano Scherner	265	0	2	0	.000	3.0
43	Gilbert Aldana	265	0	2	0	.000	3.0
43	Anthony Perosh	265	0	2	0	.000	3.0
43	Colin Robinson	265	0	2	0	.000	3.0
47	Brad Imes	265	0	3	0	.000	3.5
47	Assuerio Silva	265	0	3	0	.000	3.5

The standings are determined by "Fights Back" rather than by Winning Percentage or Wins because I felt that PCT biased the results too far toward fighters who were relatively inactive and Wins didn't capture the whole picture.

EDIT: “Fights Back” is just “Games Back” like you’d find in the standings of any other sport in the newspaper. The equation is (FighterAWins – FighterBWins + FighterBLosses – FighterALosses) / 2. That’s the determining factor because it in my opinion it doesn’t make sense for 1-0 to trump say 3-1.

As far as commentary goes, I don't have a lot to say other than I was a little surprised to see Tim Sylvia as the only Heavyweight to set himself apart from the pack.

If anyone is interested I have these for the other four classes as well.

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