Bellator Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Pound for Pound: Jan 17/18

There is constant debate about fighter rankings, which are normally based on voting from a panel of journalists. Such is the case with something as subjective as voting – it’s totally based on voter’s opinion, and biases are bound to seep through, whether intentional or no. So to try to put a fresh, objective, data-driven spin on rankings, The MMA Manifesto has come up with a performance based ranking system, solely based on how a fighter has performed in the cage, this time for Bellator. We’ll roll out a new weight class every Wednesday. Next up: Pound for Pound.

*stipulations: 1) any fighter currently suspended or 2) inactive for at least 12 months (without an upcoming fight scheduled) are excluded from the rankings

Scoring based on a fighter’s past 10 Bellator performances (we use a seven year time limit, so if they have fought less than 10 times in past seven years, only the fights within that time frame are counted. For fighters who have also fought in the UFC during this time, those performances were counted also)
Points based on a fighter’s opponent’s Bellator & UFC win/loss record (ie strength of schedule – the more successful a vanquished opponent is, the more points awarded), extra points given for finishes, extra points given for title fight wins.
Points are weighed so most recent fights are worth more (ie most recent fight counts the most, 10th most recent fight the least)
No points awarded for a loss

Stats			Total
Rank
1	Douglas Lima	Welterweight	404
2	Patricio ‘Pitbull’ Freire	Featherweight	362
3	Ryan Bader	Light Heavyweight	356.5
4	Michael Chandler	Lightweight	324
5	Gegard Mousasi	Middleweight	318
6	Andrey Koreshkov	Welterweight	302
7	Darrion Caldwell	Bantamweight	300.5
8	Rafael Carvalho	Middleweight	300
9	Liam McGeary	Light Heavyweight	250.5
10	Phil Davis	Light Heavyweight	246
10	Brent Primus	Lightweight	246
12	Alexander Shlemenko	Middleweight	235
13	Daniel Straus	Featherweight	201.5
14	Linton Vassell	Light Heavyweight	194.5
15	Ilima-Lei Macfarlane	Women’s Flyweight	190.5
16	Muhammed ‘King Mo’ Lawal	Heavyweight	177.5
17	Pat Curran	Featherweight	164.5
18	Daniel Weichel	Featherweight	160.5
19	Rory MacDonald	Welterweight	159
20	Benson Henderson	Lightweight	152
20	Patricky ‘Pitbull’ Freire	Lightweight	152
22	John Salter	Middleweight	148
23	Emmanuel Sanchez	Featherweight	144.5
24	Fernando Gonzalez	Welterweight	144
25	Joe Warren	Bantamweight	134
26	Goiti Yamauchi	Lightweight	132.5
27	Marcos Galvao	Featherweight	129.5
28	Matt Mitrione	Heavyweight	128.5
29	Lorenz Larkin	Welterweight	128
30	David Rickels	Lightweight	118
30	Saad Awad	Lightweight	118
32	Cheick Kongo	Heavyweight	116
33	A.J. McKee	Featherweight	112
34	Michael Page	Welterweight	108
35	Derek Campos	Lightweight	106.5
36	Georgi Karakhanyan	Featherweight	105
37	Paul Daley	Welterweight	103
38	Chidi Njokuani	Middleweight	101
39	Julia Budd	Women’s Featherweight	96.5
40	Rafael Lovato Jr	Middleweight	92.5
41	Augusto Sakai	Heavyweight	90.5
42	Joe Taimanglo	Bantamweight	89
43	Javy Ayala	Heavyweight	87.5
44	Ed Ruth	Middleweight	85
45	Adam Piccolotti	Lightweight	82.5
46	Chris Honeycutt	Middleweight	80
47	Jordan Young	Middleweight	77
48	Brandon Girtz	Lightweight	75.5
48	Derek Anderson	Lightweight	75.5
50	Roy Nelson	Heavyweight	70
50	Chael Sonnen	Light Heavyweight	70
50	Mauricio Alonso	Welterweight	70
53	James Gallagher	Featherweight	68.5
53	Ricky Rainey	Welterweight	68.5
55	J.J. Okanovich	Lightweight	66
56	Alex Huddleston	Heavyweight	65
57	Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson	Heavyweight	64
58	Gregory Babene	Middleweight	63
59	Wanderlei Silva	Light Heavyweight	62.5
59	Dean Hancock	Lightweight	62.5
61	Brennan Ward	Welterweight	61.5
62	Michael McDonald	Bantamweight	61
63	Emily Ducote	Women’s Flyweight	60.5
64	Neiman Gracie	Welterweight	56.5
65	Steve Kozola	Lightweight	55.5
66	Melvin Manhoef	Middleweight	54
66	Josh Koscheck	Welterweight	54
68	Steve Garcia	Bantamweight	53.5
68	Ryan Quinn	Lightweight	53.5
70	Kendall Grove	Middleweight	53
71	Sam Sicilia	Featherweight	50.5
72	Joaquin Buckley	Welterweight	49
73	Tyrell Fortune	Heavyweight	47.5
73	Alexander Nikulin	Middleweight	47.5
73	Kevin Ferguson Jr	Welterweight	47.5
73	Olga Rubin	Women’s Featherweight	47.5
77	Daniel Pineda	Featherweight	45.5
78	Gaston Reyno	Featherweight	45
78	Pete Rogers	Featherweight	45
78	Josh Thomson	Lightweight	45
78	Haim Gozali	Welterweight	45
82	Philipe Lins	Light Heavyweight	43.5
83	Carrington Banks	Lightweight	43
84	Johnny Marigo	Bantamweight	42.5
84	Noad Lahat	Featherweight	42.5
86	Justin Lawrence	Featherweight	40.5
87	A.J. Matthews	Middleweight	40
87	Matt Secor	Welterweight	40
89	Jordan Howard	Bantamweight	36
89	Alexis Dufresne	Women’s Featherweight	36
91	Philip De Fries	Heavyweight	34.5
91	Chance Rencountre	Welterweight	34.5
93	Anastasia Yankova	Women’s Flyweight	34
94	Justin Wren	Heavyweight	33.5
95	Hisaki Kato	Middleweight	32.5
96	Ryan Couture	Welterweight	32
97	Chinzo Machida	Featherweight	30.5
97	Alessio Sakara	Middleweight	30.5
99	Leandro Higo	Bantamweight	30
99	Ricardo Vasquez	Bantamweight	30
99	Tywan Claxton	Featherweight	30
99	Mike Wilkins	Lightweight	30
99	Justin Patterson	Welterweight	30
99	Talita Nogueira	Women’s Featherweight	30
99	Kristina Williams	Women’s Flyweight	30
106	Dan Shainis	Featherweight	29.5
106	Jarod Trice	Light Heavyweight	29.5
106	Sean Holden	Lightweight	29.5
106	Lena Ovchynnikova	Women’s Flyweight	29.5
110	Henry Corrales	Featherweight	29
110	Guilherme Vasconcelos	Welterweight	29
112	Sinead Kavanagh	Women’s Featherweight	28.5
113	Logan Storley	Welterweight	27.5
114	Veta Arteaga	Women’s Flyweight	26
115	Dominic Mazzotta	Bantamweight	25
115	Cris Williams	Featherweight	25
115	Gaston Bolanos	Featherweight	25
115	Mike Trizano	Featherweight	25
115	Natanial Parisi	Featherweight	25
115	Scott Clymer	Featherweight	25
115	Vovka Clay	Featherweight	25
115	Ernest James	Heavyweight	25
115	Adam Keresh	Heavyweight	25
115	Teagan Dooley	Light Heavyweight	25
115	Tony Johnson	Light Heavyweight	25
115	Aaron Pico	Lightweight	25
115	Assaf Batan	Lightweight	25
115	Jonathan Pearce	Lightweight	25
115	Mandel Nallo	Lightweight	25
115	Moshe Ben Shimol	Lightweight	25
115	Nick Gehrts	Lightweight	25
115	Oron Kahlon	Lightweight	25
115	Mohammad Yahya	Lightweight	25
115	Charlie Ward	Middleweight	25
115	Costello Van Steenis	Middleweight	25
115	Andrew Parker	Middleweight	25
115	Brian Grinnell	Welterweight	25
115	Denise Kielholtz	Women’s Flyweight	25
115	Juliana Velasquez	Women’s Flyweight	25
115	Katy Collins	Women’s Flyweight	25
141	Joe Schilling	Middleweight	24
142	Blair Tugman	Featherweight	23
143	Almog Shay	Bantamweight	22.5
143	Justin Tenedora	Bantamweight	22.5
143	Brian Moore	Featherweight	22.5
143	Brett Martinez	Lightweight	22.5
143	Mihail Nica	Lightweight	22.5
143	Zach Freeman	Lightweight	22.5
143	Jason Radcliffe	Middleweight	22.5
143	Vinicius de Jesus	Welterweight	22.5
143	Amanda Bell	Women’s Featherweight	22.5
143	Colleen Schneider	Women’s Flyweight	22.5
143	Kate Jackson	Women’s Flyweight	22.5
154	Arlene Blencowe	Women’s Featherweight	20.5
154	Valerie Letourneau	Women’s Flyweight	20.5
156	Matt Lozano	Bantamweight	20
156	Royce Gracie	Light Heavyweight	20
158	Brandon Phillips	Bantamweight	18
159	John Teixeira	Featherweight	15.5
159	Ben Reiter	Middleweight	15.5
161	Joey Davis	Welterweight	14.5
161	Bruna Ellen	Women’s Flyweight	14.5
163	Kevin Casey	Light Heavyweight	14
164	Jaimelene Nievera	Women’s Flyweight	13
165	Jeremiah Labiano	Featherweight	12.5
166	LC Davis	Bantamweight	10.5
167	Alex Potts	Bantamweight	10
167	Luiz Rocha	Bantamweight	10
167	Adam Borics	Featherweight	10
167	Sergei Kharitonov	Heavyweight	10
167	Carlos Miranda	Lightweight	10
167	Kevin Carrier	Lightweight	10
167	Manny Muro	Lightweight	10
167	Gabrielle Holloway	Women’s Featherweight	10
167	Iony Razafiarison	Women’s Featherweight	10
176	Jeremy Petley	Lightweight	9.5
177	Heather Hardy	Women’s Flyweight	9
178	Anthony Taylor	Featherweight	8
178	James Thompson	Heavyweight	8
180	Jessica Middleton	Women’s Flyweight	6.5
181	Peter Ligier	Bantamweight	5
181	Andrew Salas	Featherweight	5
181	Frank Buenafuente	Featherweight	5
181	Kester Mark	Featherweight	5
181	Paul Redmond	Lightweight	5
181	Michael Lombardo	Middleweight	5
181	Levi Matan	Welterweight	5
181	Shimon Gosh	Welterweight	5
181	Corina Herrera	Women’s Flyweight	5
181	Kaytlin Neil	Women’s Flyweight	5
181	Lisa Blaine	Women’s Flyweight	5
181	Stephanie Geltmacher	Women’s Flyweight	5
193	Jonathan Bowman	Featherweight	4.5
193	Emmanuel Rivera	Lightweight	4.5
193	Luis Jauregui	Lightweight	4.5
196	Chris Dempsey	Middleweight	3.5
197	Brandon Polcare	Bantamweight	0
197	Dominic Mazzottta	Featherweight	0
197	Ethan Goss	Featherweight	0
197	Francis Healy	Featherweight	0
197	Mark Wagy	Featherweight	0
197	Matt Denning	Featherweight	0
197	Michael Putnam	Featherweight	0
197	Mike Otwell	Featherweight	0
197	Or Eliov	Featherweight	0
197	Rick Gutierrez	Featherweight	0
197	Thomas Lopez	Featherweight	0
197	Timothy Wheeler	Featherweight	0
197	Bobby Brents	Heavyweight	0
197	Fedor Emelianenko	Heavyweight	0
197	Oli Thompson	Heavyweight	0
197	Ray Jones	Heavyweight	0
197	Roman Kushnir	Heavyweight	0
197	Alec Hooben	Light Heavyweight	0
197	Dave Marfone	Light Heavyweight	0
197	DeMarcus Simmons	Light Heavyweight	0
197	Ken Shamrock	Light Heavyweight	0
197	Leonardo Leite	Light Heavyweight	0
197	Mike Ortega	Light Heavyweight	0
197	Ralek Gracie	Light Heavyweight	0
197	Alec Williams	Lightweight	0
197	Damir Ferhatbegovic	Lightweight	0
197	Frank Sforza	Lightweight	0
197	Fred Freeman	Lightweight	0
197	Ivan Solomatov	Lightweight	0
197	John Beneduce	Lightweight	0
197	Jose Antonio Perez	Lightweight	0
197	Julian Maloku	Lightweight	0
197	Justin Linn	Lightweight	0
197	Ken Beverly	Lightweight	0
197	Luka Jelcic	Lightweight	0
197	Marcus Surin	Lightweight	0
197	Mor Attias	Lightweight	0
197	Sergio de Jesus Santos	Lightweight	0
197	Shakir McKillip	Lightweight	0
197	Lewis Monarch	Lightweight	0
197	Ash Griffiths	Lightweight	0
197	John Redmond	Middleweight	0
197	Rami Abuhave	Middleweight	0
197	Steve Skrzat	Middleweight	0
197	Emmanuel Verdier	Middleweight	0
197	Frank Patterson	Middleweight	0
197	Tony Zanko	Middleweight	0
197	Alex Lopez	Welterweight	0
197	Arsen Faitovich	Welterweight	0
197	Erik Sianov	Welterweight	0
197	Francisco Silva	Welterweight	0
197	Kemmyelle Haley	Welterweight	0
197	Zak Bucia	Welterweight	0
197	Brittney Elkin	Women’s Featherweight	0
197	Joana Filipa	Women’s Featherweight	0
197	Maria Casanova	Women’s Featherweight	0
197	Roberta Paim	Women’s Featherweight	0
197	Alice Yauger	Women’s Flyweight	0
197	Ana Julaton	Women’s Flyweight	0
197	Brooke Mayo	Women’s Flyweight	0
197	Bruna Vargas	Women’s Flyweight	0
197	Elina Kallionidou	Women’s Flyweight	0
197	Helen Harper	Women’s Flyweight	0
197	Ky Bennett	Women’s Flyweight	0
197	Na Liang	Women’s Flyweight	0

Check back next Wednesday for our Heavyweight rankings

Bellator Performance Based Rankings

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Bellator Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Pound for Pound: Jan 17/18

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