Rankings Criteria

WAMMA Ranking Criteria, Weight Class Recognition and Voting Rules
Ranking Criteria:

1. Overall Win/Loss record and win percentage
What is a fighter's win total in relation to fighter's total of losses? What percentage of his total fights has he won?

2. Quality of wins
What caliber of opponent has fighter's wins come against? Greater credit should go to a fighter who has a win over a fighter widely viewed as top ten. A certain degree should be considered for an opponent viewed as top 15 and adjusted accordingly for top 20, top 25, etc.

What fashion is a fighter recording his wins? Is he dominant against his opponents? Is he able to finish his opponents? A fighter that can finish fights in a dominant fashion on a consistent basis should be viewed as one that is separating himself from others.

3. Activity Levels
The frequency in which a fighter competes needs to be taken into an account. A fighter that fights and wins every three months should receive consideration over a fighter that only competes once every 9-10 months, or even less frequently.

Tie-breakers:
Pollsters are encouraged not to vote multiple fighters in the same ranking designation. If a pollster finds themselves in a position where he views two fighters as equally ranked, he is asked to take the following into consideration:
 
Head-to-head performance
If fighter A and fighter B are tied yet have fought one another in the past, their head-to-head record against each other should be taken into account when determining which fighter should be ranked over the other.
 
Overall skill
A fighter's pure fighting ability is another attribute to look at in the event of a tie or a close call. If a fighter possesses exceptional technique in an individual or multiple combat sport(s) that falls under the mixed martial arts umbrella, that should also be used when trying to decipher one ranked fighter over another.

Weight Class Recognition:
126-135 lbs.: Bantamweight (added Nov. 17, 2008)
136-145 lbs.: Featherweight
146-160 lbs.: Lightweight
161-170 lbs.: Welterweight
171-185 lbs.: Middleweight
186-205 lbs.: Light Heavyweight
206-265 lbs.: Heavyweight

Voting Rules:
  1. No fighter under suspension by a major athletic commission is eligible to receive votes.
     
  2. A fighter gets ranked in most recent weight class only, unless he holds a title, in which case he is ranked in both his championship class, as well as the one he is competing in.
     
  3. If a fighter goes 12 months without fighting regardless of reason, he is ineligible to receive votes and appear in WAMMA's fighter poll.
     
  4. Per a November, 2008 vote, WAMMA pollsters formally denied the ability for ballots of absentee owners to be rolled over from a previous month. A pollster must submit a ballot for the current month's poll by the mandated deadline in order to have votes recognized.