Conor McGregor: Just how overrated is he?
I realize the UFC has to hype fights, but from a Fight Matrix rankings perspective, Conor McGregor may be one of the most overhyped fighters in MMA history.
He is basically even money with Jose Aldo for their fight.
From an All-Time perspective, McGregor ranks as the #49 Featherweight in history, sandwiched between Josh Grispi and Robbie Peralta. If you think this is harsh, please consider that approximately half of McGregor’s fights have taken place at Lightweight.
Despite having beaten the currently ranked #5 Featherweight, McGregor finds himself at #6 — you can argue that we should be performing adjustments based on events since two fighters matched up, but we don’t. Even if we did, he would probably find himself no higher than #5.
Recently, he got his poster hung from the ceiling at the TUF gym. While some may consider this a mecca of sorts for the UFC, it is certainly one or both of two things; foreshadowing, absurd.
Your thoughts?
Is Ronda Rousey the Most Dominant Athlete as SI suggests?
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.
Ranking Expansions in Next Update
- Men’s Bantamweight expanded from 300 to 350.
- Men’s Flyweight expanded from 150 to 200.
- Women’s Bantamweight expanded from 25 to 30.
- Women’s Strawweight expanded from 30 to 35.