Posted on January 16, 2012 by jcs

Shannon Ritch has the 2nd most pro fights at 127 and honestly, we’re likely missing a few.  In these 127 pro fights, he has NEVER went to a decision.  This is the record, by far. Not only that, he has only been past the first round 5 times.  

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Posted on December 24, 2011 by jcs

In the FightMatrix world, “fighter of the year” is determined by rank strength, divisional strength, and performances within the calendar year. 3rd Place: Frankie Edgar Edgar, being the only #1 ranked fighter to fight the #2 fighter twice (even though it was the same guy, Maynard), successfully defended his championship on each occasion, with the second [...]

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Posted on December 23, 2011 by jcs

In the FightMatrix world, “fighter of the year” is determined by rank strength, divisional strength, and performances within the calendar year. 3rd Place: Miesha Tate Winning one of the select few women’s titles that matter, Tate only fought one time within 2011 — though that one fight was enough to score her a 3rd place [...]

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Posted on December 23, 2011 by jcs

Only three fighters in history have 20 or more wins and have avenged all of their losses. Gilbert Melendez is the only fighter with 20 wins to avenge both of his losses once (total_loss-avenged_loss = 0). Georges St. Pierre avenged both of his two losses, but later beat Hughes twice (-1).  He is the only [...]

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Posted on December 23, 2011 by jcs

Admittedly, selecting a comeback fighter of the year depends on a few factors, some of which are subjective.  Certainly, the math and data points are available to filter down to a select few possibilities before proceeding with the actual selection of the winner of said award.  Luckily, for 2011, the choice is pretty obvious. The [...]

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Posted on December 22, 2011 by jcs

To the FightMatrix system, the most noteworthy match is based on cumulative rank strength accompanied by divisional strength. In 2011, the most “noteworthy” match was: Frankie Edgar KO(4) Gray Maynard. This saw the #1 versus the #2, for the most important championship in the deepest division (at least by number of competitors).  The only other [...]

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Posted on December 22, 2011 by jcs

The FightMatrix Most Improved Fighter of the Year for 2011 is: Michael Chandler Chandler, who was unranked at the end of 2010, skyrocketed all the way up to #5 in the Lightweight division, with wins over highly ranked fighters such as Patricky Freire and Eddie Alvarez.  After going 4-0 in 2011, his career record stands [...]

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Posted on December 21, 2011 by jcs

With upsets of the year, we use pre-bout point totals and also put some exclusions into play — both fighters cannot be suffering from any inactivity penalty and the losing fighter must have a respectable rank — within the top 20. We also do the math two ways; proportional raw point difference and net point [...]

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Posted on December 19, 2011 by jcs

It’s probably no surprise to most, but our women’s rookie fighter of the year for 2011 is Ronda Rousey. She fulfilled our basic requirements of debuting and fighting three times in the 2011 calendar year.  Furthermore, she has earned the #3 ranking in the 145 division, which may turn into the #2 ranking depending on [...]

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Posted on December 11, 2011 by jcs

Division Recorded Estimated Percentage Heavyweight 718 875 8.28% Light Heavyweight 731 925 8.76% Middleweight 1203 1550 14.68% Welterweight 1675 2150 20.36% Lightweight 1798 2300 21.78% Featherweight 1234 1520 14.39% Bantamweight 782 950 9.00% Flyweight 244 290 2.74% I just wanted to give everyone a glimpse of how dense some divisions are in comparison to others. [...]

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