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Fight Matrix Program – Bellator 170: Sonnen/Ortiz (01-21-2017)

Posted on January 18, 2017 by Jason

Light Heavyweight (205)
[*] Tito Ortiz (19-12-1, +141) vs. [*] Chael Sonnen (28-14-1, -169)
Tito Ortiz is the All-Time #5 ranked Light Heavyweight and #26 ranked Absolute fighter.
Chael Sonnen is the All-Time #40 ranked Light Heavyweight fighter.

Last 3 Fights: Tito Ortiz (2-1-0)
2015-09-19: L vs. [#10LHW] Liam McGeary (11-1-0) via Submission (Inverted Triangle Choke) in 4:41 of round 1
2014-11-15: W vs. [*] Stephan Bonnar (15-9-0) via SD (30-27, 30-27, 28-29)
2014-05-17: W vs. [#17MW] Alexander Shlemenko (54-9-0) via Technical Submission (Arm Triangle Choke) in 2:27 of round 1

Last 3 Fights: Chael Sonnen (1-2-0)
2013-11-16: L vs. [#16LHW] Rashad Evans (21-5-1) via TKO (Punches) in 4:05 of round 1
2013-08-17: W vs. [#8LHW] Mauricio Rua (24-10-0) via Submission (Guillotine Choke) in 4:47 of round 1
2013-04-27: L vs. [#1LHW/#2DD/#1P4P] Jon Jones (22-1-0) via TKO (Elbows and Punches) in 4:33 of round 1

Days Since Last Pro Fight: Tito Ortiz 490, Chael Sonnen 1162
Previous Match-up Record: No previous match-ups.
Wins Against Common Opposition: Tito Ortiz leads 1-0
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Welterweight (170)
[#58] Brennan Ward (14-4-0) vs. [#73] Paul Daley (38-14-2)
Paul Daley is the All-Time #47 ranked Welterweight fighter.

Last 3 Fights: Brennan Ward (2-1-0)
2016-11-04: W vs. [#108WW] Saad Awad (19-9-0) via KO (Punch) in 1:26 of round 1
2016-04-22: L vs. [#132WW] Evangelista Santos (21-18-0) via Submission (Heel Hook) in 0:30 of round 1
2015-12-31: W vs. [#112WW] Ken Hasegawa (14-1-1) via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) in 1:52 of round 2

Last 3 Fights: Paul Daley (2-1-0)
2016-07-16: L vs. [#12WW] Douglas Lima (28-6-0) via UD (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
2016-01-29: W vs. [#302WW] Andy Uhrich (11-6-0) via in of round 1
2015-07-17: W vs. [#386MW] Dennis Olson (14-11-0) via TKO (Punches) in 1:12 of round 2

Days Since Last Pro Fight: Brennan Ward 78, Paul Daley 189
Previous Match-up Record: No previous match-ups.
Wins Against Common Opposition: Even: Both have 1 win(s) against common opposition.
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Middleweight (185)
[#66] Hisaki Kato (7-2-0) vs. [*] Ralek Gracie (3-0-0)

Last 3 Fights: Hisaki Kato (2-1-0)
2016-10-21: W vs. [#189MW] A.J. Matthews (8-6-0) via in of round 1
2016-04-17: W vs. [#601WW] Yuta Watanabe (19-8-4) via TKO (Punches) in 1:04 of round 1
2015-11-20: L vs. [#44MW] Melvin Manhoef (30-13-1) via KO (Punch) in 3:43 of round 1

Last 3 Fights: Ralek Gracie (3-0-0)
2010-05-29: W vs. [#1059WW] Kazushi Sakuraba (26-17-1) via UD ()
2008-06-15: W vs. [*] Alavutdin Gadjiev (18-13-1) via Submission (Armbar) in 3:02 of round 1
2007-07-16: W vs. [*] Katsuyori Shibata (4-11-1) via Submission (Armbar) in 3:05 of round 1

Days Since Last Pro Fight: Hisaki Kato 92, Ralek Gracie 2429
Previous Match-up Record: No previous match-ups.
Wins Against Common Opposition: No common opposition or both are winless against common opposition.
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Tim Kennedy Ranking History

Posted on January 17, 2017 by Richard Mann

On Tuesday, Tim Kennedy announced his retirement from MMA with a lengthy Facebook post. Kennedy first entered the Fight Matrix rankings in 2003 as the #42 middleweight. The following chart shows his Quarterly Generated Historical Ranking for his career.

Significant dates:
Defeated Michael Bisping on April 16, 2014
Defeated Robbie Lawler on July 30, 2011
Strikeforce debut on June 19, 2009
IFL debut on Feb. 23, 2007

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Posted on January 16, 2017 by Jason

Fight Matrix Program – UFC Fight Night 103: Rodriguez/Penn (01-14-2017)

Posted on January 9, 2017 by Jason

Featherweight (145)
[#35] Yair Rodriguez (9-1-0, -477) vs. [*] B.J. Penn (16-10-2, +357)
B.J. Penn is the All-Time #7 ranked Absolute fighter.

Last 3 Fights: Yair Rodriguez (3-0-0)
2016-08-06: W vs. [#79FW] Alex Caceres (12-9-0) via SD (46-49, 48-47, 48-47)
2016-04-23: W vs. [#29FW] Andre Fili (16-4-0) via KO (Head Kick) in 2:15 of round 2
2015-10-03: W vs. [#105FW] Dan Hooker (13-7-0) via UD (30-27, 30-27, 30-26)

Last 3 Fights: B.J. Penn (0-3-0)
2014-07-06: L vs. [#3FW] Frankie Edgar (21-5-1) via TKO (Punches) in 4:16 of round 3
2012-12-08: L vs. [#11WW] Rory MacDonald (18-4-0) via UD (30-26, 30-27, 30-26)
2011-10-29: L vs. [*] Nick Diaz (26-9-0) via UD (29-28, 29-27, 29-28)

Days Since Last Pro Fight: Yair Rodriguez 162, B.J. Penn 924
Previous Match-up Record: No previous match-ups.
Wins Against Common Opposition: No common opposition or both are winless against common opposition.
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Lightweight (155)
[#23] Marcin Held (22-5-0, +113) vs. [#25] Joe Lauzon (26-12-0, -137)

Last 3 Fights: Marcin Held (1-2-0)
2016-11-05: L vs. [#20LW] Diego Sanchez (27-9-0) via UD (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
2016-05-20: W vs. [#46LW] Dave Jansen (20-4-0) via UD (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
2015-11-06: L vs. [#12LW] Will Brooks (18-2-0) via UD (50-45, 49-46, 49-46)

Last 3 Fights: Joe Lauzon (1-2-0)
2016-08-27: L vs. [#17LW] Jim Miller (28-8-0) via SD (29-28, 29-28, 28-29)
2016-07-09: W vs. [#20LW] Diego Sanchez (27-9-0) via TKO (Punches) in 1:26 of round 1
2015-12-11: L vs. [#15LW] Evan Dunham (18-6-0) via UD (30-26, 30-26, 30-27)

Days Since Last Pro Fight: Marcin Held 71, Joe Lauzon 141
Previous Match-up Record: No previous match-ups.
Wins Against Common Opposition: Joe Lauzon leads 1-0
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Welterweight (170)
[#41] Ben Saunders (20-7-2, -115) vs. [#87] Court McGee (18-5-0, -108)

Last 3 Fights: Ben Saunders (2-1-0)
2016-09-09: W vs. [#123WW] Jacob Volkmann (19-7-0) via Submission (Armbar) in 0:17 of round 1
2016-01-17: L vs. [#24WW] Patrick Cote (23-10-0) via TKO (Punches) in 1:14 of round 2
2015-07-25: W vs. [#53WW] Kenny Robertson (15-5-0) via SD (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

Last 3 Fights: Court McGee (2-1-0)
2016-08-06: W vs. [#132WW] Dominique Steele (14-8-0) via UD (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
2016-04-16: L vs. [#32WW] Santiago Ponzinibbio (23-3-0) via TKO (Punches) in 4:15 of round 1
2015-12-12: W vs. [#123MW] Marcio Alexandre Jr. (14-3-0) via UD (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)

Days Since Last Pro Fight: Ben Saunders 128, Court McGee 162
Previous Match-up Record: No previous match-ups.
Wins Against Common Opposition: No common opposition or both are winless against common opposition.
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Current MMA Rankings Updated (01-08-2017)

Posted on January 8, 2017 by Jason

Notable Info

Logic change to more appropriately handle elite fighters coming back from extended and/or multiple neighboring periods of inactivity.
Community adjustment made for Japanese Men’s population. For more info, see this post.

2016 Awards: Men’s Fighters of the Year

Posted on January 5, 2017 by Jason

As a recap, most “Fighter of the Year” awards on other sites are really “Breakout Fighter of the Year” awards in that fighters who win, were usually not top fighters in the beginning of the year, but became so by the end of the year.

A fighter like this can and has won our FotY awards, but our award is more about maintaining a high standing during the award year by performing well a sufficient number of times and against a sufficient quality of opponents. It is more comparable to a season MVP in major team sports, not a playoffs/surprise MVP.

Winner: Stipe Miocic

Another fairly tight call, Miocic takes it with a 3-0 year, all being decisive victories with a title win and title defense.

Runner-Up: Michael Bisping

You couldn’t have went wrong putting Bisping at #1, who also went 3-0 with a title win and title defense. The difference being that two of his victories were extremely close against two legends of the sport at the very end of their respective careers.

3rd Place: Demetrious Johnson

DJ gets third place for the second straight year. I’m sure many would expect to see Conor here, but DJ is just one of a few fighters who had two decisive title wins in the year without a loss.

2016 Awards: Women’s Fighters of the Year

Posted on January 5, 2017 by Jason

Winner: Amanda Nunes

Nunes broke all kinds of barriers in 2016… the sexual preference, the woman to retire Tate and possibly Rousey, but to win and defend the title in the same year is “fighter of the year” material.

Runner-Up: Joanna Jedrzejczyk

Joanna repeats again at the #2 spot. Like Cyborg, her robotic dominance can sometimes be lost behind the front page, but only fighting twice in a year is a small piece in that unfortunate reality.

3rd Place: Cristiane Justino

A relatively dull year (again), but status quo for her (again). With the 145 division opening up, there’s a chance for her to really start to show her worth, but the recently failed drug test casts a dark cloud over all of that.

2016 Awards: Rookies of the Year

Posted on January 4, 2017 by Jason

Men: Jose Torres

It is very slim pickings on the men’s side of the award, but Jose Torres made the Top 100 and fought for Titan FC.

Honorable Mentions: Adilson Ramos

Women: Gabi Garcia

She’s a fighter without a division, but one that ran up a 4-0 record. The competition was extremely lackluster, but the early career prospect building system just isn’t there for MMA and especially not for the women.

Honorable Mention: Syuri Kondo, Amber Leibrock

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2016 Awards: Most Improved Fighter

Posted on January 3, 2017 by Jason

Most Improved Fighter of the Year: Emil Weber Meek

Meek pulled off a dominant victory over Rousimar Palhares in the upset of the year and followed it up with a victory of Jordan Mein in the UFC. After averaging a rank of approximately #450 in 2015, he is now a borderline Top 10 fighter in the division with a UFC contract.

2016 Awards: Upsets of the Year

Posted on January 3, 2017 by Jason

Note: We have two ways that we derive biggest “upsets” based on points difference between winner and loser.

“Most Noteworthy” (X minus Y)
“Most Lopsided” (X divided by Y)

Most Noteworthy: Stipe Miocic KO(1) Fabricio Werdum

Werdum had a massive point advantage over Miocic prior to the fight, but in this case, it meant nothing.

Most Lopsided: Emil Weber Meek KO(1) Rousimar Palhares

This fight is more truer to the definition of an actual “upset” than the one above, but this is why we slice this award in two different ways.

2016 Awards: Most Noteworthy Match of the Year

Posted on January 2, 2017 by Jason

Most Noteworthy Match of the Year:

Michael Bisping KO(1) Luke Rockhold

The “most noteworthy” match of the year isn’t about box office or the popular scene, instead it is a pretty basic calculation — a sum of quality if you will. Luke Rockhold finds himself in the most noteworthy match for the second straight year, but this time on the losing end. This is also the 4th straight winner in the Middleweight division, which speaks largely of its depth at the elite level.

2016 Awards: Comeback Fighter of the Year

Posted on January 2, 2017 by Jason

As a refresher, our “Comeback” award is about coming back from inactivity or major injury (that we know about) and in doing so, really impressing. You can see more details at the bottom of the post about specific qualifiers.

Comeback Fighter of the Year: Dominick Cruz

Yet another ACL tear cost Cruz over 15 months away from the sport, but he returned to take the championship by defeating Dillashaw in January. Although Cruz lost the title to Garbrandt at the very end of 2016, it’s hard to argue a better candidate for this award.

Honorable Mention: Khabib Nurmagomedov

To qualify, fighters must be in an active status at the end of the award year and did not have a fight in the previous calendar year or are coming off of a known major injury that caused an inactive period of 15+ months.

All-Time MMA Rankings Updated (01-02-2017)

Posted on January 2, 2017 by Jason

Current MMA Rankings Updated (12-31-2016)

Posted on December 31, 2016 by Jason

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Fight Matrix Program – UFC 207: Nunes/Rousey (12-30-2016)

Posted on December 25, 2016 by Jason

Women Bantamweight (135)
[#1/#2DD/#3P4P] Amanda Nunes (13-4-0, +116) vs. [#2/#5DD/#5P4P] Ronda Rousey (12-1-0, -139)
Amanda Nunes is the All-Time #14 ranked Women’s fighter.
Ronda Rousey is the All-Time #1 ranked Women’s fighter.

Last 3 Fights: Amanda Nunes (3-0-0)
2016-07-09: W vs. [*] Miesha Tate (18-7-0) via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) in 3:16 of round 1
2016-03-05: W vs. [#4BW/#7DD/#9P4P] Valentina Shevchenko (13-2-0) via UD (29-27, 29-28, 29-27)
2015-08-08: W vs. [#6BW] Sara McMann (10-3-0) via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) in 2:53 of round 1

Last 3 Fights: Ronda Rousey (2-1-0)
2015-11-14: L vs. [#5BW/#10DD] Holly Holm (10-2-0) via KO (Head Kick and Punches) in 0:59 of round 2
2015-08-01: W vs. [#13BW] Bethe Correia (10-2-0) via KO (Punch) in 0:34 of round 1
2015-02-28: W vs. [#12BW] Cat Zingano (9-2-0) via Submission (Straight Armbar) in 0:14 of round 1

Days Since Last Pro Fight: Amanda Nunes 174, Ronda Rousey 412
Previous Match-up Record: No previous match-ups.
Wins Against Common Opposition: Ronda Rousey leads 8-4
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Bantamweight (135)
[#1/#4P4P] Dominick Cruz (22-1-0, -213) vs. [#9] Cody Garbrandt (10-0-0, +174)
Dominick Cruz is the All-Time #1 ranked Bantamweight fighter.

Last 3 Fights: Dominick Cruz (3-0-0)
2016-06-04: W vs. [*] Urijah Faber (34-10-0) via UD (50-45, 50-45, 49-46)
2016-01-17: W vs. [#2BW/#9P4P] T.J. Dillashaw (13-3-0) via SD (46-49, 48-47, 49-46)
2014-09-27: W vs. [#38BW] Takeya Mizugaki (21-11-2) via KO (Punches) in 1:01 of round 1

Last 3 Fights: Cody Garbrandt (3-0-0)
2016-08-20: W vs. [#38BW] Takeya Mizugaki (21-11-2) via TKO (Punches) in 0:48 of round 1
2016-05-29: W vs. [#24BW] Thomas Almeida (21-1-0) via KO (Punches) in 2:53 of round 1
2016-02-21: W vs. [#261BW] Augusto Mendes (5-1-0) via KO (Punches) in 4:18 of round 1

Days Since Last Pro Fight: Dominick Cruz 209, Cody Garbrandt 132
Previous Match-up Record: No previous match-ups.
Wins Against Common Opposition: Even: Both have 1 win(s) against common opposition.
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Bantamweight (135)
[#2/#9P4P] T.J. Dillashaw (13-3-0, -247) vs. [#5] John Lineker (29-7-0, +199)
T.J. Dillashaw is the All-Time #4 ranked Bantamweight fighter.

Last 3 Fights: T.J. Dillashaw (2-1-0)
2016-07-09: W vs. [#21BW] Raphael Assuncao (23-5-0) via UD (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
2016-01-17: L vs. [#1BW/#4P4P] Dominick Cruz (22-1-0) via SD (46-49, 48-47, 49-46)
2015-07-25: W vs. [#16FW] Renan Barao (34-4-0) via TKO (Punches) in 0:35 of round 4

Last 3 Fights: John Lineker (3-0-0)
2016-10-01: W vs. [#10BW] John Dodson (18-8-0) via SD (48-47, 47-48, 48-47)
2016-07-13: W vs. [#31BW] Michael McDonald (17-4-0) via KO (Punches) in 2:43 of round 1
2016-05-14: W vs. [#30BW] Rob Font (13-2-0) via UD (30-26, 29-28, 30-27)

Days Since Last Pro Fight: T.J. Dillashaw 174, John Lineker 90
Previous Match-up Record: No previous match-ups.
Wins Against Common Opposition: John Lineker leads 1-0
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