Is “strength of competition” something you’ve added personal bias to as well? If an American HW gets in a cage that says UFC on the canvass 3 times in 3 years, is his strength of competition automatically better than a Russian HW who gets in a cage 9 times in 3 years, because the canvass says some other name on it? Isn’t every MMA match taking a chance that some random strike doesn’t catch you? Can 2 wins in 3 tries over the course of 3 years really be miles above 9 wins in 9 tries? What constitutes unbiased “strength of competition”? In these rankings, it doesn’t seem to be factual success rates. There is no way that an unbiased analytics evaluation is producing something that looks so close to the UFC rankings without a lot of biased modifiers applied. I like some of your guidelines, actually… last 3 years and last 5 fights are fair, but there is some obvious UFC bias at play here and some obvious personal bias. How does one avoid ranking bias by including criteria such as “performance” and “estimated ability”? What unbiased source is estimating everyone’s ability? – Estimated ability against future competition Here is the rankings criteria that encompasses a fighter ranking: The reason we do this is to avoid ranking bias. “We are the only source that uses computerized analytics rankings system & actual fight footage to determine rankings similar. I was wondering about the following statement… MMA World Women’s Pound-4-Pound Rankings (Pound-4-Pound) – Current #1 Fighter: Julianna Pena MMA World Women’s Strawweight Rankings (115) – Current #1 Fighter: Carla Esparza MMA World Women’s Flyweight Rankings (125) – Current #1 Fighter: Valentine Shevchenko MMA World Women’s Bantamweight Rankings (135) – Current #1 Fighter: Julianna Pena MMA World Women’s Featherweight Rankings (145) – Current #1 Fighter: Amanda Nunes
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