All UFC divisions ranked STATISTICALLY!

[Black Paladin]

How so?

I like the fact that you are trying to think about it analytically, but there are SO many factors to consider, that simply using height is just not enough.

 

[RudimarChute]

It doesn't matter how many "5'4 athletic guys" I know. That would be anecdotal evidence and irrelevant.

What’s your argument then?

 

[MadDogMahoney]

What’s your argument then?

I didn't make one, genius.

 

[welcometohavoc]

I used average height of the division and within two inches.

You can’t do average weight because the average American male is fat and/or horribly overweight. Frame is much more important.

But height doesn't relate to frame. Take a guy like JJ Watt who is the same height as Alex Gustafson but almost twice as thick. Or a guy like James Vick who is the same height as Stipe

 

[RudimarChute]

But height doesn't relate to frame. Take a guy like JJ Watt who is the same height as Alex Gustafson but almost twice as thick. Or a guy like James Vick who is the same height as Stipe

Height does’t relate to frame? Height is a component of frame. Again, it’s based on averages like any statistic.

James Vick is a statistical outlier, so is Mark Hunt. Even Gus and Hunt are only two inches out of the average range.

It’s not perfect by any means of course, but the results are pretty similar to what I would have guessed.