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UFC’s Rankings: Why They Do, and Don’t Matter

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In February 2013, after pressure from fans and media alike, the Ultimate Fighting Championship teamed up with Fightmetric (now called UFC Stats) to establish a formal rankings system. The idea was that Fightmetric would poll in the neighborhood of 90 mixed martial arts media members worldwide, and the rankings would list the Top 15 fighters in each division as well as a pound-for-pound ranking of the Top 15 in the organization.