Here are the top 5 fighters for the past 5 years according to a point system created by Sherdogger "TheComebackKid." The system is designed to give more points for beating better fighters (which explains the curious list of names in 2007's list) while losing less points for being beaten by better fighters. The actual formula is at the bottom. This is really interesting stuff.
2003:
Wanderlei Silva - 525 pts
Randy Couture - 500 pts
Fedor Emelianenko - 480 pts
Antonio Rodrigo Nog - 425 pts
Quinton Jackson - 410 pts
2004:
BJ Penn - 590 pts
Takanori Gomi - 515 pts
Mirko Filipovic - 385 pts
Fedor Emelianenko - 355 pts
Dan Henderson - 305 pts
2005:
Mauricio Rua - 825 pts
Georges St. Pierre - 515 pts
Andrei Arlovski - 460 pts
Chuck Liddell - 415 pts
Wanderlei Silva - 400 pts
2006:
Tim Sylvia - 650 pts
Mirko Filipovic - 580 pts
Chuck Liddell - 570 pts
Josh Barnett - 550pts
Shinya Aoki - 500 pts
2007, so far:
R. T. Sokoudjou - 500 pts
Quinton Jackson - 335 pts
Matt Serra - 300 pts
Dan Henderson - 300 pts
Randy Couture - 250 pts
G. Gonzaga - 250 pts
The point formula for this system goes as follows:
Wins:
vs Top 5 - 200pts, 50 bonus pts for KO or Sub
vs Top 10 - 150 pts, 40 bonus pts for KO or Sub
vs Top 20 - 100 pts, 25 bonus pts for KO or Sub
vs Unranked - 20 pts, 35 pts for KO or Sub
Losses:
vs Top 5 - (-25) pts, (-15) more for KO or Sub
vs Top 10 - (-50) pts, (-25) more for KO or Sub
vs Top 20 - (-75) pts, (-40) more for KO or Sub
vs Unranked - (100) pts, (-50) more for KO or Sub
Bonus Pts:
50 bonus pts for winning Pride or UFC Belt or Tournament
Let's hear those comments! Is this just what MMA needs? Or is it pointless and oversimplified?
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Top 5 Fighters Of The Last 5 Years
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2 Comments:
The flaw that I see in your system is that it does not account for talent discrepencies within weight classes and perhaps orgs because how Tim Sylvia ever made it is beyond me. How are you ranking the fighters? This doesn't look right towards the bottom. Do you get more points if you are a current champ who defends his belt than a regular non belt winning win?
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Another question I had for the author...remember, it's not me...is how someone would be considered a "top 10" or "top 20" fighter. Whose list is he basing this off of? Despite these inaccuracies, it's a cool system which could probably be developed a little more.
My optimism for the system comes from the fact that 2007 numbers look dead on.
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