Is 'Fight Matrix' accurate with their rankings?

[Takes Two To Tango]

Fight Matrix

MMA Rankings, Records, Statistics

www.fightmatrix.com

Here some of their rankings.

 

[markys00]

I mean, at the very least, consistently consistent

 

[chinarice]

GSP at number 1? Looks legit to me!

GOAT St Pierre bless

 

[Spam On Rye]

Pereira over Dricus and Aspinall over Jones.

 

[RockyLockridge]

Pereira over Dricus and Aspinall over Jones.

Dricus, Pereira, illa and pantoja over Islam then it's right

 

[JBJ was here]

Fightmatrix is silly with their rankings. They started out as an Elo ranking system, but the results were so ridiculous that they had to start piling on adjustments. Now literally no one but the proprietors know what the adjustments are, yet they retain fake-precise number ratings and the pretense that their rankings are based on some sort of objective automated system when they're really just another set of human opinion rankings. If you read their FAQ the whole thing makes no sense and answers no questions.

 

[Dreyga_King of Sherbums]

I like these Pantoja at #2 after clearing out his ENTIRE division twice finally gives him the respect he deserves

 

[Gabe]

Usman over DC all time is absolutely laughable.

 

[cmw43]

Nothing is gonna make everyone happy, I think they're decent enough.

 

[Hymen Crusher]

The rankings seem to track. Look at the top 10 most people would agree with those in a close order. Of course GSP 1 makes it look like the most accurate rankings system of all time.

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

The rankings seem to track. Look at the top 10 most people would agree with those in a close order. Of course GSP 1 makes it look like the most accurate rankings system of all time.

True dat.

 

[Iroh]

I don't know, but I never trust any of these systems. I coincidentally watched part of a vid recently of someone who made their own ELO ratings for MMA.

Things like stylistic difficulty of match ups, wrong decisions, and basically all circumstances going into a fight won't get taking into the calculations, so I don't think they will every be 100% accurate. But they are still a handy tool, and probably a better system than letting "journalits" do the rankings.

Oh and fouls, don't know if they make any kind of difference. Like I don't consider the eye poke shinobi's win over Gunnar as a legit win.

 

[josh345]

I adore that machida is 21 on the all time absolute list.

could be higher without the rampage Davis robberies.

 

[Papasmurf45619]

I adore that machida is 21 on the all time absolute list.

could be higher without the rampage Davis robberies.

Does your edit also factor in the Shogun robbery?

 

[josh345]

I adore that machida is 21 on the all time absolute list.

Does your edit also factor in the Shogun robbery?

not a robbery It's just like max vs volk 2. 3 toss up rounds (4 imo with the 5th round). Shogun barely eked out round 4. That fight is the most mislabeled robbery. People act like it's sanchez v kampman.

Regardless if you think it's a robbery the Davis and rampage decisions were 20x worse and more than balance out the "robbery" in the shogun fight. (lol. Shogay isn't even in the top 35 on Fight matrix)

 

[Haj01]

No its not accurate because it doesn't take into account fighters who took the red pill.

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

 

[WoozyFailGuy]

More accurate than the UFCs in house rankings, but rankings in general are useless IMO.

 

[pick999]

Jon putting up LeBron numbers except he won all his championships