Bellator Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Pound for Pound: Oct 24/18

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	Last			Total
Rank	Rank
1	2	Gegard Mousasi	Middleweight	485
2	1	Patricio ‘Pitbull’ Freire	Featherweight	417
3	3	Ryan Bader	Light Heavyweight	405
4	4	Douglas Lima	Welterweight	402
5	5	Darrion Caldwell	Bantamweight	327
5	5	Darrion Caldwell	Featherweight	327
7	6	Michael Chandler	Lightweight	316
8	9	Rafael Carvalho	Middleweight	262.5
9	10	Phil Davis	Light Heavyweight	260.5
10	11	Ilima-Lei Macfarlane	Women’s Flyweight	248.5
11	NR	Brent Primus	Lightweight	246
12	7	Andrey Koreshkov	Welterweight	232.5
13	9	Rory MacDonald	Welterweight	224
14	13	Eduardo Dantas	Bantamweight	216
15	14	Liam McGeary	Light Heavyweight	204.5
16	15	Michael Page	Welterweight	202.5
17	19	Benson Henderson	Lightweight	195
18	20	Patricky ‘Pitbull’ Freire	Lightweight	186
19	12	Alexander Shlemenko	Middleweight	185
20	30	Rafael Lovato Jr	Middleweight	178.5
21	20	Julia Budd	Women’s Featherweight	165.5
21	20	Linton Vassell	Light Heavyweight	165.5
23	18	Lorenz Larkin	Welterweight	158
24	24	Emmanuel Sanchez	Featherweight	151.5
25	24	Muhammed ‘King Mo’ Lawal	Light Heavyweight	150.5
26	28	Cheick Kongo	Heavyweight	147.5
27	27	Joe Taimanglo	Bantamweight	144
28	23	Daniel Weichel	Featherweight	132
29	26	John Salter	Middleweight	129.5
30	87	Anatoly Tokov	Middleweight	118.5
31	32	Vadim Nemkov	Light Heavyweight	117
32	30	Adam Piccolotti	Lightweight	112.5
33	33	Goiti Yamauchi	Lightweight	112.5
34	37	A.J. McKee	Featherweight	111.5
35	37	Joe Warren	Bantamweight	104
36	38	Chidi Njokuani	Middleweight	101
37	39	David Rickels	Welterweight	99.5
38	35	Saad Awad	Lightweight	99
39	44	Ed Ruth	Welterweight	94.5
40	42	Jordan Young	Light Heavyweight	93.5
41	41	Derek Campos	Lightweight	93
41	51	Fedor Emelianenko	Heavyweight	93
43	34	Chael Sonnen	Heavyweight	91
44	43	Paul Daley	Welterweight	89.5
45	36	Matt Mitrione	Heavyweight	89
46	46	Jon Fitch	Welterweight	78
47	48	Neiman Gracie	Welterweight	74.5
48	49	Chris Honeycutt	Middleweight	72
49	50	Javy Ayala	Heavyweight	71.5
50	74	Aaron Pico	Featherweight	70
51	110	Veta Arteaga	Women’s Flyweight	69
52	53	Derek Anderson	Lightweight	68.5
52	53	J.J. Okanovich	Lightweight	68.5
54	124	Gaston Bolanos	Featherweight	67.5
54	57	Mike Shipman	Middleweight	67.5
56	NR	Erick Silva	Welterweight	67
57	59	Tyrell Fortune	Heavyweight	66
58	49	Kevin Ferguson Jr	Lightweight	64.5
58	87	Logan Storley	Welterweight	64.5
60	61	Gregory Babene	Middleweight	63
61	129	Mandel Nallo	Lightweight	62.5
62	53	James Gallagher	Bantamweight	61
63	NR	Ricky Bandejas	Bantamweight	60
64	64	Brandon Girtz	Lightweight	59.5
65	NR	Steve Kozola	Lightweight	57.5
66	90	Henry Corrales	Featherweight	57
67	66	Justin Patterson	Welterweight	56
68	102	Adam Borics	Featherweight	55.5
69	67	Dean Hancock	Lightweight	55
69	62	Wanderlei Silva	Heavyweight	55
71	NR	Melvin Manhoef	Middleweight	54
72	128	Mike Kimbel	Bantamweight	52.5
73	72	Alessio Sakara	Light Heavyweight	52
74	117	Romero Cotton	Middleweight	51.5
74	57	Tywan Claxton	Featherweight	51.5
76	73	Guilherme Vasconcelos	Welterweight	50.5
77	71	Brian Moore	Featherweight	50
77	75	Kate Jackson	Women’s Flyweight	50
79	123	Cass Bell	Bantamweight	47.5
79	79	Charlie Ward	Middleweight	47.5
79	79	Costello Van Steenis	Middleweight	47.5
79	79	Juliana Velasquez	Women’s Flyweight	47.5
79	79	Olga Rubin	Women’s Featherweight	47.5
84	150	Arlene Blencowe	Women’s Featherweight	47
84	NR	Kemran Lachinov	Welterweight	47
84	65	Roy Nelson	Heavyweight	47
87	85	Justin Tenedora	Bantamweight	45
88	78	Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson	Heavyweight	44
89	88	Joaquin Buckley	Welterweight	43
90	89	Emily Ducote	Women’s Flyweight	42.5
90	85	Noad Lahat	Featherweight	42.5
90	90	Sam Sicilia	Featherweight	42.5
93	89	Andre Fialho	Middleweight	42
93	94	Kristina Williams	Women’s Flyweight	42
95	180	Jeremiah Labiano	Featherweight	41
96	NR	Corey Browning	Lightweight	40
96	94	Haim Gozali	Welterweight	40
96	94	Jake Smith	Lightweight	40
96	NR	Kastriot Xhema	Welterweight	40
96	94	Marcus Surin	Lightweight	40
101	NR	Daniel Carey	Featherweight	39
101	100	Joey Davis	Welterweight	39
103	102	Frank Mir	Heavyweight	38
104	NR	Tim Caron	Middleweight	37.5
104	103	Valerie Letourneau	Women’s Flyweight	37.5
106	NR	Valentin Moldavsky	Heavyweight	34.5
107	99	Carrington Banks	Lightweight	34
108	113	Jarod Trice	Light Heavyweight	33
109	111	Hisaki Kato	Middleweight	32.5
110	112	Jordan Howard	Bantamweight	32
111	94	A.J. Matthews	Welterweight	31.5
112	105	Justin Lawrence	Featherweight	31
113	111	Chinzo Machida	Featherweight	30.5
114	NR	Abraham Vaesau	Middleweight	30
114	116	Anastasia Yankova	Women’s Flyweight	30
114	138	Vinicius de Jesus	Middleweight	30
117	NR	David Michaud	Welterweight	29
118	120	Dominic Mazzotta	Bantamweight	27.5
118	NR	Ignacio Ortiz	Featherweight	27.5
118	129	Mike Trizano	Featherweight	27.5
118	108	Ryan Couture	Lightweight	27.5
118	NR	Vince Morales	Bantamweight	27.5
123	123	Alejandra Lara	Women’s Flyweight	27
123	123	Talita Nogueira	Women’s Featherweight	27
125	NR	Fernando Gonzalez Trevino	Welterweight	26.5
125	126	Lena Ovchynnikova	Women’s Flyweight	26.5
127	NR	Timothy Johnson	Heavyweight	26
128	119	Sinead Kavanagh	Women’s Featherweight	25.5
129	128	Dillon Danis	Middleweight	25
129	128	Ky Bennett	Women’s Flyweight	25
129	129	Mohammad Yahya	Welterweight	25
129	129	Natanial Parisi	Featherweight	25
129	129	Scott Clymer	Featherweight	25
129	NR	Steve Mowry	Heavyweight	25
129	128	Teagan Dooley	Light Heavyweight	25
136	120	Denise Kielholtz	Women’s Flyweight	24.5
137	121	Leandro Higo	Featherweight	24
138	116	Aaron Webb	Featherweight	22.5
138	141	Almog Shay	Bantamweight	22.5
138	141	Ernest James	Heavyweight	22.5
138	138	Mihail Nica	Lightweight	22.5
138	141	Teagan Dooley	Middleweight	22.5
138	138	Zach Freeman	Lightweight	22.5
144	NR	Cris Lencioni	Featherweight	20
144	148	Danasabe Mohammed	Welterweight	20
144	148	Dominic Sumner	Welterweight	20
144	187	Janay Harding	Women’s Featherweight	20
144	158	Josh San Diego	Bantamweight	20
144	151	Matt Lozano	Bantamweight	20
150	165	Sergei Kharitonov	Heavyweight	19
151	NR	Jacob Rosales	Lightweight	18.5
151	NR	Robbie Peralta	Featherweight	18.5
153	157	Brandon Phillips	Bantamweight	18
154	NR	Sean Powers	Middleweight	17.5
155	151	James Terry	Welterweight	17
156	160	Josh Sampo	Bantamweight	15
157	166	Juan Archuleta	Featherweight	14.5
157	NR	Pat Casey	Welterweight	14.5
159	163	Heather Hardy	Women’s Flyweight	13
159	154	John Teixeira	Featherweight	13
161	159	Aaron Chalmers	Welterweight	10
161	159	Jose Campos	Welterweight	10
163	162	Jeremy Petley	Lightweight	9.5
164	NR	Alex Potts	Bantamweight	9
164	163	Brian Grinnell	Welterweight	9
164	NR	Joshua Jones	Lightweight	9
167	NR	Andy Murad	Welterweight	8.5
168	164	J.J. Ambrose	Lightweight	8
168	NR	Joe Neal	Bantamweight	8
170	174	Eric Ellington	Bantamweight	5
170	NR	Johnny Nunez	Lightweight	5
170	166	Kester Mark	Featherweight	5
170	166	Levi Matan	Welterweight	5
170	166	Shimon Gosh	Welterweight	5
175	174	Amber Leibrock	Women’s Featherweight	4.5
175	174	Devon Brock	Welterweight	4.5
175	174	Giorgio Belsanti	Featherweight	4.5
175	174	Jonathan Bowman	Featherweight	4.5
175	NR	Justin Smitley	Featherweight	4.5
175	NR	Lisa Blaine	Women’s Flyweight	4.5
181	186	Rebecca Ruth	Women’s Flyweight	4
182	NR	Andy Main	Featherweight	0
182	NR	Cindy Dandois	Women’s Featherweight	0
182	NR	DeMarco Villalona	Middleweight	0
182	NR	Gerald Harris	Welterweight	0
182	187	Ion Pascu	Welterweight	0
182	NR	Javier Torres	Middleweight	0
182	NR	Jerome Mickle	Lightweight	0
182	180	Jose Antonio Perez	Featherweight	0
182	NR	Josenaldo Silva	Featherweight	0
182	NR	Khai Wu	Bantamweight	0
182	180	Khonry Gracie	Welterweight	0
182	NR	Kristi Lopez	Women’s Flyweight	0
182	187	Leo Leite	Middleweight	0
182	187	Leonardo Leite	Light Heavyweight	0
182	187	Maria Casanova	Women’s Featherweight	0
182	180	Roger Huerta	Lightweight	0
182	180	Teodor Nikolov	Featherweight	0
182	180	Thomas Lopez	Featherweight	0
182	NR	Ysidro Gutierrez	Featherweight	0
182	180	Zak Bucia	Welterweight	0

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