The Rise and Fall of Drew Fickett

by JCS_FM on Feb 4, 2009 2:57 PM EST

Promoted to the front page from the FanPosts by Luke Thomas.

We've seen fighters decline tremendously in recent years, but the bottom has really fallen out of Drew Fickett's FightMatrix rating. Below, you'll find a graph of how Fickett's rating hit an all-time high in early 2008, and has since dropped into journeyman status. On January 30th, Fickett was knocked out by Ferrid Kheder to cap off a 1-3 record in his last four fights.

Drew Fickett's Rating

What makes this drop even worse, is that these values were not time adjusted. With FightMatrix ratings, the value of a point has gotten increasingly lower through time as competition thickens.

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Death by RNC!

by Nick Thomas on Feb 4, 2009 3:05 PM EST reply actions

alcohol is not a good coach

"the spirit of your average dumbass with overblown rhetoric"

by Kid Nate on Feb 4, 2009 3:13 PM EST reply actions 3 recs

I’m reccing this more for the sig line than anything else – anyone that wears scorn like a badge is a friend of mine

by Derek Suboticki on Feb 4, 2009 11:53 PM EST up reply actions

Here's a slightly smaller image..

Should fit better, if you guys can edit.

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/8923/fickettyi3.png

Thanks for the promotion!

by JCS_FM on Feb 4, 2009 3:15 PM EST reply actions

Nevermind

Just realized I could edit it.

by JCS_FM on Feb 4, 2009 3:26 PM EST up reply actions

Great stuff, JCM.

by Michaelthebox on Feb 4, 2009 3:22 PM EST reply actions

JCSFM, rather.

by Michaelthebox on Feb 4, 2009 3:22 PM EST up reply actions

Thx!

by JCS_FM on Feb 4, 2009 3:26 PM EST up reply actions

Do you think you’re ever going to do full historical rankings, like top 50 on January 1 of each year? I don’t know how much work that would be, but it sure would provide a ton of interesting data.

by Michaelthebox on Feb 4, 2009 3:36 PM EST up reply actions

Historical Rankings

We already do something like that…. the format is not the greatest right now – we will improve it in the future. But it should give you a general idea.

http://www.fightmatrix.com/wp-content/themes/simplewp/rankarchive.php

by oleg on Feb 9, 2009 4:47 PM EST up reply actions

The graph looks like the Nasdaq.

by Ubernoober on Feb 4, 2009 5:28 PM EST reply actions

This is a very nerdy post. I like it.

by Sventsh on Feb 4, 2009 5:30 PM EST reply actions

The numbers may be a little on the geeky side but Fickett’s nosedive is very real and kinda depressing.

There were some posts on the UG a few months ago that indicated Fickett’s fiancee and daughter’s mother left him as a result of him going overboard at his bachelor’s party. That, combined with a well-published history of alcohol abuse has probably led to a serious decline in both his mental and physical condition.

Less than a year ago people considered him to be one of the only welterweights outside of the UFC who could pose a threat to Jake Shields. Now he’s losing to nobodies on the Indian Casino circuit.

by George Lucas on Feb 4, 2009 6:11 PM EST up reply actions