Bellator Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Pound for Pound: Jan 2/19

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	1	Gegard Mousasi	Middleweight	485
2	2	Patricio ‘Pitbull’ Freire	Featherweight	467
3	3	Ryan Bader	Heavyweight	405
3	3	Ryan Bader	Light Heavyweight	405
5	4	Douglas Lima	Welterweight	402
6	7	Michael Chandler	Lightweight	379
7	5	Darrion Caldwell	Bantamweight	327
8	10	Ilima-Lei Macfarlane	Women’s Flyweight	308.5
9	12	Andrey Koreshkov	Welterweight	232.5
10	15	Liam McGeary	Light Heavyweight	229.5
11	8	Rafael Carvalho	Middleweight	225
12	13	Rory MacDonald	Welterweight	224
13	NR	Brent Primus	Lightweight	217.5
14	9	Phil Davis	Light Heavyweight	217
15	14	Eduardo Dantas	Bantamweight	216
16	31	Vadim Nemkov	Light Heavyweight	215
17	16	Michael Page	Welterweight	202.5
18	11	Benson Henderson	Lightweight	195
19	17	Patricky ‘Pitbull’ Freire	Lightweight	186
20	19	Alexander Shlemenko	Middleweight	185
21	20	Rafael Lovato Jr	Middleweight	178.5
22	29	John Salter	Middleweight	171
22	NR	Lyoto Machida	Middleweight	171
24	21	Julia Budd	Women’s Featherweight	165.5
24	21	Linton Vassell	Light Heavyweight	165.5
26	23	Lorenz Larkin	Welterweight	158
27	33	Goiti Yamauchi	Lightweight	155
28	26	Cheick Kongo	Heavyweight	147.5
29	47	Neiman Gracie	Welterweight	145
30	27	Joe Taimanglo	Bantamweight	144
31	45	Javy Ayala	Heavyweight	135.5
32	24	Emmanuel Sanchez	Featherweight	133
33	25	Muhammed ‘King Mo’ Lawal	Light Heavyweight	123.5
34	30	Anatoly Tokov	Middleweight	118.5
35	18	Adam Piccolotti	Lightweight	112.5
36	NR	Shawn Bunch	Bantamweight	106
37	28	Daniel Weichel	Lightweight	103.5
38	37	David Rickels	Welterweight	103
39	34	A.J. McKee	Featherweight	101.5
40	32	Saad Awad	Lightweight	99
41	49	Fedor Emelianenko	Heavyweight	93
42	79	Costello Van Steenis	Middleweight	92.5
43	41	Chael Sonnen	Heavyweight	91
44	44	Paul Daley	Welterweight	89.5
45	43	Matt Mitrione	Heavyweight	89
46	40	Jordan Young	Light Heavyweight	87.5
47	36	Chidi Njokuani	Middleweight	87
48	54	Mike Shipman	Middleweight	85
49	39	Ed Ruth	Welterweight	81.5
50	38	Derek Campos	Featherweight	80
51	35	Joe Warren	Bantamweight	75
52	66	Tywan Claxton	Featherweight	70.5
53	50	Aaron Pico	Featherweight	70
54	51	Veta Arteaga	Women’s Flyweight	69
55	52	Derek Anderson	Lightweight	68.5
55	52	J.J. Okanovich	Lightweight	68.5
57	74	Gaston Bolanos	Featherweight	67.5
58	182	Erick Silva	Welterweight	67
59	57	Tyrell Fortune	Heavyweight	66
60	41	Kevin Ferguson Jr	Lightweight	64.5
60	56	Logan Storley	Welterweight	64.5
62	62	James Gallagher	Bantamweight	61
63	63	Ricky Bandejas	Bantamweight	60
64	58	Brandon Girtz	Lightweight	59.5
65	48	Chris Honeycutt	Middleweight	58.5
66	61	Steve Kozola	Lightweight	57.5
67	95	Henry Corrales	Featherweight	57
68	58	Justin Patterson	Welterweight	56
69	54	Adam Borics	Featherweight	55.5
69	90	Sam Sicilia	Featherweight	55.5
71	64	Dean Hancock	Lightweight	55
72	71	Melvin Manhoef	Middleweight	54
73	118	Mike Kimbel	Bantamweight	52.5
74	74	Romero Cotton	Middleweight	51.5
75	NR	Joe Schilling	Middleweight	51
76	77	Kate Jackson	Women’s Flyweight	50
77	NR	Adam Keresh	Heavyweight	47.5
77	NR	Alen Amedovski	Lightweight	47.5
77	72	Cass Bell	Bantamweight	47.5
77	79	Charlie Ward	Middleweight	47.5
77	79	Juliana Velasquez	Women’s Flyweight	47.5
77	79	Olga Rubin	Women’s Featherweight	47.5
83	84	Arlene Blencowe	Women’s Featherweight	47
83	182	Kemran Lachinov	Welterweight	47
83	93	Kristina Williams	Women’s Flyweight	47
83	84	Roy Nelson	Heavyweight	47
87	73	Alessio Sakara	Light Heavyweight	46
88	79	Justin Tenedora	Bantamweight	45
89	68	Brian Moore	Featherweight	44.5
89	67	Guilherme Vasconcelos	Welterweight	44.5
91	88	Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson	Heavyweight	44
92	76	Joaquin Buckley	Welterweight	43
93	90	Emily Ducote	Women’s Flyweight	42.5
94	93	Andre Fialho	Middleweight	42
95	151	Jeremiah Labiano	Featherweight	41
95	77	Noad Lahat	Featherweight	41
97	182	Corey Browning	Lightweight	40
97	69	Jake Smith	Lightweight	40
97	182	Kastriot Xhema	Welterweight	40
97	96	Marcus Surin	Lightweight	40
97	69	Wanderlei Silva	Heavyweight	40
102	89	Joey Davis	Welterweight	39
103	104	Tim Caron	Middleweight	37.5
104	90	Daniel Carey	Featherweight	35
104	84	Haim Gozali	Welterweight	35
106	NR	Adil Benjilany	Featherweight	34.5
106	106	Valentin Moldavsky	Heavyweight	34.5
108	96	Carrington Banks	Lightweight	34
108	NR	Rudy Schaffroth	Heavyweight	34
110	108	Jarod Trice	Light Heavyweight	33
111	104	Valerie Letourneau	Women’s Flyweight	32.5
112	87	Jordan Howard	Bantamweight	32
113	175	A.J. Matthews	Welterweight	31.5
114	101	Justin Lawrence	Featherweight	31
115	112	Chinzo Machida	Featherweight	30.5
116	114	Abraham Vaesau	Middleweight	30
116	114	Anastasia Yankova	Women’s Flyweight	30
116	114	Vinicius de Jesus	Middleweight	30
119	NR	Pedro Carvalho	Lightweight	29.5
120	182	David Michaud	Welterweight	29
120	103	Frank Mir	Heavyweight	29
122	118	Ryan Couture	Welterweight	28
123	110	Dominic Mazzotta	Bantamweight	27.5
123	182	Ignacio Ortiz	Featherweight	27.5
123	113	Mike Trizano	Featherweight	27.5
123	118	Vince Morales	Bantamweight	27.5
127	NR	Jackie Gosh	Welterweight	27
127	128	Talita Nogueira	Women’s Featherweight	27
129	170	Fernando Gonzalez Trevino	Welterweight	26.5
130	127	Timothy Johnson	Heavyweight	26
131	123	Sinead Kavanagh	Women’s Featherweight	25.5
132	NR	Alen Amedovski	Middleweight	25
132	NR	Chris Avila	Lightweight	25
132	129	Dillon Danis	Middleweight	25
132	NR	Domingos Barros	Heavyweight	25
132	129	Ky Bennett	Women’s Flyweight	25
132	NR	Nainoa Dung	Lightweight	25
132	129	Steve Mowry	Heavyweight	25
132	129	Teagan Dooley	Light Heavyweight	25
140	136	Denise Kielholtz	Women’s Flyweight	24.5
141	123	Alejandra Lara	Women’s Flyweight	24
141	182	Leandro Higo	Featherweight	24
143	129	Aaron Webb	Featherweight	22.5
143	138	Ernest James	Heavyweight	22.5
143	NR	Honor Kelish	Featherweight	22.5
143	138	Teagan Dooley	Middleweight	22.5
147	129	Cris Lencioni	Featherweight	20
147	96	Danasabe Mohammed	Welterweight	20
147	101	Dominic Sumner	Welterweight	20
147	182	Janay Harding	Women’s Featherweight	20
147	144	Josh San Diego	Bantamweight	20
147	NR	Kent Kauppinen	Light Heavyweight	20
153	150	Sergei Kharitonov	Heavyweight	19
154	138	Jacob Rosales	Lightweight	18.5
154	137	Robbie Peralta	Featherweight	18.5
156	138	Juan Archuleta	Featherweight	18
157	154	Sean Powers	Middleweight	17.5
158	111	James Terry	Welterweight	17
159	156	Josh Sampo	Bantamweight	15
160	161	Pat Casey	Welterweight	14.5
161	NR	Bruna Ellen	Women’s Flyweight	13
161	159	Heather Hardy	Women’s Flyweight	13
161	144	John Teixeira	Featherweight	13
164	117	Aaron Chalmers	Welterweight	10
164	125	Jose Campos	Welterweight	10
166	NR	Alex Potts	Bantamweight	9
166	129	Brian Grinnell	Welterweight	9
166	163	Joshua Jones	Lightweight	9
169	144	Andy Murad	Welterweight	8.5
170	164	J.J. Ambrose	Lightweight	8
170	168	Joe Neal	Bantamweight	8
172	170	Eric Ellington	Bantamweight	5
172	170	Johnny Nunez	Lightweight	5
172	164	Khonry Gracie	Welterweight	5
175	144	Amber Leibrock	Women’s Featherweight	4.5
175	157	Devon Brock	Welterweight	4.5
175	159	Giorgio Belsanti	Featherweight	4.5
175	182	Justin Smitley	Featherweight	4.5
175	144	Levi Matan	Welterweight	4.5
175	175	Lisa Blaine	Women’s Flyweight	4.5
175	NR	Will Morris	Middleweight	4.5
182	181	Rebecca Ruth	Women’s Flyweight	4
183	182	Andy Main	Featherweight	0
183	NR	Anthony Ruiz	Light Heavyweight	0
183	175	Cindy Dandois	Women’s Featherweight	0
183	NR	Daniel Crawford	Featherweight	0
183	182	DeMarco Villalona	Middleweight	0
183	170	Gerald Harris	Welterweight	0
183	161	Ion Pascu	Welterweight	0
183	182	Javier Torres	Middleweight	0
183	NR	Jeremy Spoon	Featherweight	0
183	182	Jerome Mickle	Lightweight	0
183	175	Jose Antonio Perez	Featherweight	0
183	175	Josenaldo Silva	Featherweight	0
183	182	Khai Wu	Bantamweight	0
183	NR	Kirill Medvedovsky	Featherweight	0
183	NR	Kirill Sidelnikov	Heavyweight	0
183	182	Kristi Lopez	Women’s Flyweight	0
183	182	Leo Leite	Middleweight	0
183	182	Leonardo Leite	Light Heavyweight	0
183	168	Roger Huerta	Lightweight	0
183	NR	Ron Becker	Welterweight	0
183	175	Teodor Nikolov	Featherweight	0
183	182	Thomas Lopez	Featherweight	0
183	182	Ysidro Gutierrez	Featherweight	0
183	167	Zak Bucia	Welterweight	0

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