Current MMA Rankings Updated (08-09-2015)
No internal changes with this update… but the following is food for thought:
Due to the ongoing problem of controversial decisions, I’ve been tossing around the idea of adding a press score average and factoring it in as a 4th official judge for fights. MMADecisions.com is a great resource for this info and is almost certainly where I’d get the data.
As a quick relevant example on how this’d work: Last night’s Dariush/Johnson would be treated as a draw in the rating system, because the 4th judge would make it 2-2.
What do you think about this possible change?
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In summary, it’d be more work in terms of code changes, data gathering and validation. Furthermore, fighters’ performances in their next couple bouts tend to negate bad decisions. However, I think including a press score average provides a more accurate, immediate picture and the “tilt” factor is pretty minimal.
MMA Open-Weight 32-Man Tournament
For fun, I transformed the ratings of all currently ranked male fighters into the Heavyweight+ counterpart — in other words, what it’d be if they moved up to the division without yet having a fight. Then, I seeded them based on ordering in a tournament style.
Who’s got the best chance for an upset? What’s the lowest seed that makes it to the 3rd round?
Current MMA Rankings Updated (07-05-2015)
Things You Might Otherwise Miss
Our Recently Active page is good for these obscure tidbits, but just to name a few..
- We assessed our semi-annual population adjustment for the Japanese. This explains many of the seemingly unexplained rating drops for fighters that don’t leave Japan. Only men were adjusted as we just don’t have enough data for women.
- We also updated our All-Time MMA Rankings too. This is the 2nd week in a row that I’ve mentioned Miguel Torres, because in this update, he finally lost his #1 Bantamweight position as the current populous is simply catching up.
- Speaking of Japan, a strange fight took place in Pancrase. Our #1 Strawweight Mitsuhisa Sunabe faced off against then-ranked #401 Lightweight Takafumi Ito in an “open weight” bout. What’s even stranger is that the 5’8″ Sunabe, weighed in at 121.7lb, which is only about 2-2.5 pounds above what he normally weighs in at. Ito weighed in at 159.6lb, but the 37.9 pound weight advantage did not help him, as Sunabe tapped him out in the 3rd round.
Current MMA Rankings Updated (06-28-2015)
Things You Might Otherwise Miss
Our Recently Active page is good for these obscure tidbits, but just to name a few..
- Miguel Torres fought and lost to unheralded Kleber Koike Erbst, who was rated comfortably ahead of Torres before the fight. Torres was scheduled to fight Will Chope in a semi-final bout of a Featherweight tournament, but when Chope missed weight, Torres refused to take the fight and instead was moved into the finals. This gives our All-Time
#1#2 Bantamweight his 9th loss and certainly enough motivation to call it quits. How the mighty have fallen…. - Former UFC fighter, 40 year old Kalib Starnes fought and lost on Saturday. Loss #10 for him. On the same card, Rodney Wallace, one of the best fighters ever to go winless in 3 or more UFC fights, won.
- Celine Haga, again becomes the ranked fighter with (arguably) the worst record as she re-enters the Atomweight rankings. Though her career record is 7-13, she is 6-2 in her last eight fights with one of those losses being a split decision.
- Anyone notice Luis Rafael Laurentino and his 30-0-0 record?