Is Ronda Rousey the Most Dominant Athlete as SI suggests?

May 14, 2015
Jason

Unless you’ve been living under a stone or in a cave, you probably know that SI recognized Ronda Rousey as the most dominant athlete today.  Let’s keep other sports out of it and focus just on MMA.

“Dominant” is quite subjective, as are most adjectives.  However, we -can- use the “Division Point Dominance” rankings to see where she fits if we mixed the men and women lists.  As they are based on proportional differences, they can be mixed together with the disclaimer that by volume alone, the men’s portion of MMA is much deeper.

 

Top 10 Divisional Point Dominance – Mixed Gender

Rank Name DD Pts Gender
1 Chris Weidman 586 M
2 Jon Jones 510 M
3 Jose Aldo 396 M
4 Ronda Rousey 353 F
5 Rafael dos Anjos 349 M
6 Demetrious Johnson 344 M
7 Frankie Edgar 269 M
8 Robbie Lawler 240 M
9 Luke Rockhold 222 M
10 Rory MacDonald 215 M

If you follow our site, you’ll understand that the points above are as much about the fighter as they are about the division in which they fight. For example: Demetrious Johnson has had a longer tenure at the very top of a division than Rafael dos Anjos, but Lightweight is a much stronger division than Flyweight.

Our “P4P” ratings value the more cumulative aspect and remove the divisional aspect, but can be more influenced by the volume of history.

 

Top 10 Pound for Pound – Mixed Gender

Rank Name P4P Pts Gender
1 Jon Jones 460 M
2 Jose Aldo 294 M
3 Chris Weidman 280 M
4 Demetrious Johnson 244 M
5 Rafael dos Anjos 171 M
6 Fabricio Werdum 137 M
7 Anthony Johnson 135 M
8 Ronda Rousey 130 F
9 Robbie Lawler 125 M
10 Johny Hendricks 125 M

 

Given the two lists above, Rousey is not the most dominant in MMA, but she’s in the conversation once you get past Jones, Aldo and Weidman.

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