USAT/SBN September 2009 MMA Consensus Rankings

by Kid Nate on Sep 30, 2009 9:29 PM EDT in MMA Rankings

The September USA TODAY/Sports Blog Nation MMA Consensus Rankings are now live. Be sure and pick up a hard copy of USA TODAY tomorrow morning to see them in print.

Based on the premise that all MMA rankings are subjective but that it’s still useful and informative to know who the online MMA community as a whole ranks as the best fighters in MMA, we collect and average the rankings of the top MMA websites to produce our consensus rankings. We compile the top MMA rankings from each of our sources and award 25 points for a first place ranking, 16 for a 10th place ranking, 1 for a 25th place ranking. A formula is used to "normalize" the data so all fighters are awarded points from those lists that do not include a full 25 fighters. This formula ensures that each ranking site awards the same number of total points regardless of how many fighters they choose to rank. Each fighter’s total is divided by the number of possible points to determine their standing in the Consensus Rankings.

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It’ll be interesting to see when the individual posts come out. I find it interesting that Barnett is sort of hanging on to his spot, he has a smaller percentage than last month, but I’d expect it to drop a little more since formula based rankings don’t make up a very large part of the rankings.

by Phildo on Sep 30, 2009 9:46 PM EDT reply actions

I am very surprised Barnett is in the top 10. Rampage being the #2 lhw is disappointing considering the potential matchups of Evans and either Machida Shogun or A Silva???

by bigc4277 on Oct 1, 2009 12:05 AM EDT via mobile reply actions