SHW HW LHW MW WW LW FW BW FLY FEM
267 & OVER 207-266 193-206 177-192 163-176 150-162 140-149 130-139 129 & UNDER OPEN
        3-YEAR PROFILES IN THIS DIVISION May 6, 2008
Light Heavyweights VERSUS "STATS 200" FIGHTERS VERSUS "STATS 400" FIGHTERS VERSUS LOWER FIGHTERS COMMENTS
1
MAURICIO RUA 2-1 3-0 2-0  
2
FORREST GRIFFIN 3-0 0-1 3-1 unranked loss is only a split decision to Tito Ortiz.  Upcoming: July 5 vs. Quinton Jackson
3
THIAGO SILVA 2-0 1-0 10-0 upcoming: May 24 vs. Antonio Mendes
4
QUINTON JACKSON 2-1 0-0 4-0 upcoming: July 5 vs. Forrest Griffin
5
MATT HAMILL 2-0* 0-0 3-0 Panel credits him with the win in the Bisping fight.
6
ANDRE GUSMAO 2-0 0-0 3-0  
7
VLADIMIR MATYUSHENKO 1-0 2-0 5-0  
8
RYOTO MACHIDA 1-0 4-0 0-0 upcoming: May 24 vs. Tito Ortiz
9
RASHAD EVANS 4-0 0-1* 0-0-1 Panel charges him with the loss in the Hoger fight.  Upcoming: June 7 vs. James Irvin
10
STEPHAN BONNAR 1-3 3-0 1-0  
11
RENATO SOBRAL 1-2 1-0 3-0  
12
PAUL CAHOON 0-1 1-0 4-0 upcoming: May 10 vs. Ian Freeman
13
KEITH JARDINE 1-1-1* 1-1 0-0 panel is equally divided on who won the Liddell fight.  Upcoming: May 24 vs. Wanderlei Silva
14
CHUCK LIDDELL 0-1 1-0-1* 5-0 panel is equally divided on who won the Jardine fight
15
JAMAL PATTERSON 0-2 3-0 1-0  
16
ALAN BELCHER 1-1 0-0 4-0  
17
TIM BOETSCH 1-2 0-0 6-0  
18
MICHAEL BISPING 0-2* 1-0 7-0 Panel charges him with the loss in the Hamill fight.  Future fights are expected to be at middleweight.
19
BRIAN STANN 0-0 0-0 6-0  
20
ANTONIO MENDES 0-0 0-0 10-0 upcoming: May 24 vs. Thiago Silva
                   
HOW THE RANKS WORK:                
SUMMARY:  This is NOT a ranking of fame, or perceived talent, or who might beat who, or who is closest to title contention in their organization.  This is an evaluation of which fighters have the best collection of success against a chain of other successful fighters in the past 3 years.  Only matches fought in this division will affect a fighter's rank in this division.  You move up the list by beating opponents who have a collection of recent successes in this division.
STEP 1:  Every fighter is given a value for his wins, losses and draws in the last 3 years, where he weighed within the range of this division.  The value for each result is based on the success rate of the opponent, their opponents, their opponents, and so on down the line.  Fighters remain connected until their fight goes beyond the 3 year examination period.  As a fighter becomes further-defined by fights, so too, do all of his recent opponents.    Step 1 establishes a list of active fighters with a collection of quality results.  Depending on the depth of the division, it usually takes at least 3 solid fight results to make what is known as the "stats 400" list, an openweight list of fighters ranked under this system.  The complete list can be found at
http://www.mmaranks.com/stats              
STEP 2:  Every fighter is calculated in a similar manner as step 1, but this time, any wins against fighters who are not on the "stats 400" list are worth zero.  Step 2 puts the focus on quality wins, while still factoring in losses.  All "stats 400" fighters will be ranked before fighters not in the top 400.
STEP 3: Panel members vote to modify the values attached to any fights that they feel need intangible factors added to them.  Examples include indecisive or poor  judging, erroneus referee decisions, no contests, disaqualifications, and other situations where the result doesn't tell the whole story.  If you are interested in these discussions, and becoming a panel member, you can sign in at
http://mmaranks.proboards105.com/            
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