MMA Rankings, Records, Statistics

Posted on July 27, 2017 by Fairfax

This Saturday, Jon Jones will make his return to the Octagon at UFC 214. In the past week, there have been rumors of Jones moving up a weight class to take a superfight against Brock Lesnar, should Jon be victorious against the current light-heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier. Not sure how likely this fight is too […]

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Posted on July 22, 2017 by Fairfax

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Posted on July 17, 2017 by Fairfax

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Posted on May 28, 2014 by jcs

Let’s take a look at the current ranking of Chan Sung Jung at various outlets: Source Rank MMA Weekly #6 Tapology #6 Sherdog #8 MMA Junkie #8 ESPN #9 MMA Madman #9 Fight Magazine #12 Fight Matrix #24 Now, I’m of the opinion that a top fighter must fight (and win) often enough to sustain […]

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Posted on April 29, 2013 by jcs

Now visible in the fighter ranking “hover overs”, is our initial iteration of a statistic we call combat age. For years, fans have subjectively argued about which fighters were battle-worn and have attempted to link this to the foreshadowing of the end of a fighter’s prime.  With combat age, we are looking to add our […]

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Posted on December 25, 2012 by jcs

We feature two upsets per year, the most “noteworthy” and the most “lopsided”. The most “noteworthy” upset is based on a net difference of pre-fight rating points, normalized by division. This was not a big year for notable upsets, but the most noteworthy based on our standards was: Josh Sampo UD(3) Antonio Banuelos.  For this […]

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Posted on December 24, 2012 by jcs

It should come as no surprise that Ronda Rousey, now holder of the only Women’s MMA championship that really matters, is our Women’s 2012 Fighter of the Year.  With two first round finishes against the best competition available, you could not have given the award to anyone else. The first runner-up is Ayaka Hamasaki who went […]

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Posted on December 19, 2012 by jcs

Amassing a 5-0 record in 2012, finishing all opponents in the first round, 74th ranked Heavyweight, Smealinho Rama is our Men’s Rookie of the Year

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Posted on December 17, 2012 by jcs

Amassing a record of 4-0 in the 2012 calendar year, (#9 W115) Joanne Calderwood is our 2012 Female Rookie of the Year

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