I'm not even basing my opinions solely on MMAth.
Firstly MVP should already be ranked higher just off those wins, Ward would be another step back unlike Larkin or Daley.
Secondly remind me what happened when Cyborg got Ward down? Ward was leg locked in seconds, meanwhile MVP almost tapped Cyborg with a leg lock before ending his career. Ward isn't even better than MVP on the ground. The Gonzales fight was pretty boring but Gonzales lost because he did less than MVP who did barely anything. MVP still took rd 1 & 2 easily with his output.
I've no idea why people overrate Ward so highly, is it because he's white, kindof irish and used to post here under an alt account before he got KO'd by McCrory? His biggest win is bloated lightweight Saad Awad. Ricky Rainey and Nah Shon Burrell are better fighters, David Rickels would probably beat him too. I've little doubt that if they ever fought MVP would finish him just as easily as Tamden McCrory did.