FightMetric's stats show Khabib Nurmagomedov is the #1 P4P, followed by DJ and GSP

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The UFC's p4p fighter rankings seem pretty arbitrary and more of a popularity contest rather than on actual merit.

UFC's P4P Fighter Rankings​
  1. Demetrious Johnson
  2. Conor McGregor
  3. Daniel Cormier
  4. Stipe Miocic
  5. Max Holloway
  6. Georges St-Pierre
  7. TJ Dillashaw
  8. Tyron Woodley
  9. Tony Ferguson
  10. Robert Whittaker
  11. Cody Garbrandt
  12. Khabib Nurmagomedov
(Conor, who hasn't fought in nearly 2 years, is higher ranked than GSP, who moved up in weight and beaten a bigger fighter?)
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Based on FightMetric and Sherdog's statistics on fighters' skills in striking, standup grappling, and ground grappling, this is what the P4P rankings would look like:

P4P Fighter Rankings based on FightMetric Stats:

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  1. Khabib Nurmagomedov
  2. Demetrious Johnson
  3. GSP
  4. Tyron Woodley
  5. TJ Dillashaw
  6. Tony Ferguson
  7. Daniel Cormier
  8. Max Holloway
  9. Stipe Miocic
  10. Robert Whittaker
  11. Conor McGregor
  12. Cody Garbrandt
Striking

Offensive: (Significant strikes per minute, striking % accuracy)
  1. Max Holloway (6.2, 43%)
  2. Conor McGregor (5.82, 47%)
  3. TJ Dillashaw (5.26, 40%)
  4. Tony Ferguson (5.09, 42%)
  5. Robert Whittaker (4.77, 41%)
  6. Stipe Miocic (4.75, 51%)
  7. Khabib Nurmagomedov (4.11, 50%)
  8. Daniel Cormier (3.84, 49%)
  9. Georges St-Pierre (3.78, 53%)
  10. Cody Garbrandt (3.45, 37%)
  11. Demetrious Johnson (3.44, 54%)
  12. Tyron Woodley (2.48, 47%)
Defensive: (Significant strikes absorbed per minute, % of strikes avoided, loss by (T)KO)
  1. Khabib Nurmagomedov (1.52, 70%, 0)
  2. Demetrious Johnson (1.64, 67%, 0)
  3. Tony Ferguson (3.48, 64%, 0)
  4. Max Holloway (3.9, 65%, 0)
  5. Conor McGregor (4.55, 57%, 0)
  6. Georges St-Pierre (1.4, 72%, 1)
  7. Tyron Woodley (2.35, 61%, 1)
  8. Daniel Cormier (2.47, 58%, 1)
  9. Stipe Miocic (2.88, 63%, 1)
  10. TJ Dillashaw (2.91, 66%, 1)
  11. Cody Garbrandt (2.99, 69%, 1)
  12. Robert Whittaker (3.50, 62%, 1)


Stand-up grappling

Offensive: (takedown per 15 minutes, takedown accuracy %)
  1. Khabib Nurmagomedov (5.85, 45%)
  2. Georges St-Pierre (4.16, 74%)
  3. Demetrious Johnson (3.54, 56%)
  4. Stipe Miocic (2.35, 37%)
  5. Daniel Cormier (1.89, 42%)
  6. TJ Dillashaw (1.73, 37%)
  7. Tyron Woodley (1.40, 45%)
  8. Cody Garbrandt (1.06, 38%)
  9. Conor McGregor (0.92, 65%)
  10. Tony Ferguson (0.64, 42%)
  11. Robert Whittaker (0.44, 66%)
  12. Max Holloway (0.28, 80%)
Defensive: (takedown defense %)
  1. Cody Garbrandt (100%)
  2. Tyron Woodley (94%)
  3. Robert Whittaker (86%)
  4. TJ Dillashaw (85%)
  5. Georges St-Pierre (83%)
  6. Khabib Nurmagomedov (83%)
  7. Max Holloway (83%)
  8. Daniel Cormier (80%)
  9. Tony Ferguson (76%)
  10. Stipe Miocic (75%)
  11. Conor McGregor (73%)
  12. Demetrious Johnson (65%)


Ground grappling

Offensive: (submission attempts per 15 minutes, win by submission)
  1. Demetrious Johnson (0.6, 11)
  2. Tony Ferguson (1.6, 8)
  3. Khabib Nurmagomedov (0.5, 8)
  4. Georges St-Pierre (1.1, 6)
  5. Tyron Woodley (0.5, 5)
  6. Robert Whittaker (0, 5)
  7. Daniel Cormier (0.5, 4)
  8. TJ Dillashaw (1, 3)
  9. Max Holloway (0.5, 2)
  10. Conor McGregor (0, 1)
  11. Stipe Miocic (0, 0)
  12. Cody Garbrandt (0, 0)
Defensive: (loss by submission / number of fights)
  1. Demetrious Johnson (0 / 30)
  2. Khabib Nurmagomedov (0 / 25)
  3. Tyron Woodley (0 / 22)
  4. Daniel Cormier (0 / 22)
  5. Stipe Miocic (0 / 20)
  6. TJ Dillashaw (0 / 19)
  7. Cody Garbrandt (0 / 12)
  8. Georges St-Pierre (1 / 28)
  9. Tony Ferguson (1 / 27)
  10. Robert Whittaker (1 / 24)
  11. Max Holloway (1 / 22)
  12. Conor McGregor (3 / 24)
 
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Not a big fan of P4P rankings... Just an opinion and way to hype a fighter...
 
I've always found it simpler to rank each fighter 1-10 in a bunch of categories and then compare the totals. It's subjective as hell, but so is the idea of P4P itself.

Example:
1. Jones
Offensive grappling- 10
Defensive grappling- 10
Offensive striking- 9
Defense striking- 8
Power- 6
Cardio- 8
TOTAL: 51/60 (85%)
 
MMAfanJabroniJew said:
DC only 7 for offensive grappling ? what the fuck ? .
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You might be looking at the wrong bracket. DC is at 5th for offensive grappling: (takedown per 15 min, takedown %)
  1. Khabib Nurmagomedov (5.85, 45%)
  2. Georges St-Pierre (4.16, 74%)
  3. Demetrious Johnson (3.54, 56%)
  4. Stipe Miocic (2.35, 37%)
  5. Daniel Cormier (1.89, 42%)
  6. TJ Dillashaw (1.73, 37%)
  7. Tyron Woodley (1.40, 45%)
  8. Cody Garbrandt (1.06, 38%)
  9. Conor McGregor (0.92, 65%)
  10. Tony Ferguson (0.64, 42%)
  11. Robert Whittaker (0.44, 66%)
  12. Max Holloway (0.28, 80%)
 
MMAart said:
You might be looking at the wrong bracket. DC is at 5th for offensive grappling: (takedown per 15 min, takedown %)
  1. Khabib Nurmagomedov (5.85, 45%)
  2. Georges St-Pierre (4.16, 74%)
  3. Demetrious Johnson (3.54, 56%)
  4. Stipe Miocic (2.35, 37%)
  5. Daniel Cormier (1.89, 42%)
  6. TJ Dillashaw (1.73, 37%)
  7. Tyron Woodley (1.40, 45%)
  8. Cody Garbrandt (1.06, 38%)
  9. Conor McGregor (0.92, 65%)
  10. Tony Ferguson (0.64, 42%)
  11. Robert Whittaker (0.44, 66%)
  12. Max Holloway (0.28, 80%)
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Yeah you're right , my bad number 4 for defensive grappling ground grappling , however pound for pound ground offence ( submission seeking ) shouldn't number 1 go to someone like Maia ? ... i'd of thought so , also Cormier should at least be the top 3 in offensive stand up grappling.
 
Yeah P4P does nothing for me, but it's good to see some statistics.
 
P4P is simply an imaginary place where there are no manlets and everyone is the same size. It also doesn’t account for power, chin and eating shots from much more powerful men.
 
20falarVerdades said:
three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics
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This time, statistics actually is pretty accurate. Khabib has the most points when all areas of fighting are combined (P4P ranking on the right):

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MMAart said:
This time, statistics actually is pretty accurate. Khabib has the most points when all areas of fighting are combined (P4P ranking on the right):

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Could be wrong, but he's either making fun of the other dude, or implying that statistics rarely tell the whole story.
 
MMAfanJabroniJew said:
Yeah you're right , my bad number 4 for defensive grappling ground grappling , however pound for pound ground offence ( submission seeking ) shouldn't number 1 go to someone like Maia ? ... i'd of thought so , also Cormier should at least be the top 3 in offensive stand up grappling.
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You're right! In a true p4p list, Maia would be #1 for offensive ground grappling.

For this list, I'm just taking the fighters on the UFC's p4p ranking to see what happens when we use stats to rank them.
 
Stats are fine, but Khabib hasn't faced the # of top 5 guys that some other guys have (that's just one example). WHO you are fighting is gonna go a long way in determining some of those stats right? Don't get me wrong, I think Barb is a legit top level guy and Khabib just ruined him over 15 minutes. But there's so many variables at play that stats are telling one small part of a much larger story.
 
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