UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Bantamweights: Apr 19/19

There is constant debate about the “official” UFC fighter rankings, which are 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 not.  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.  Next up: The Bantamweights.

 

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*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 UFC 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)
• Points based on a fighter’s opponent’s 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

 

(first column performance based ranking, second column is last ranking, last column is official UFC ranking from UFC.com)

Stats	Last	UFC		Total
Rank	Rank	Rank
1	2	1	Marlon Moraes	263
2	3	4	Pedro Munhoz	180.5
3	4	3	Aljamain Sterling	165.5
4	5	8	John Lineker	164.5
5	6	6	Cody Garbrandt	150
6	7	7	Jimmie Rivera	137
7	8	11	Rob Font	126
8	9		Sergio Pettis	113.5
9	10	9	Petr Yan	112.5
10	11	15	Ricky Simon	104.5
11	12	10	Cody Stamann	102
12	13		Cory Sandhagen	99
12	21		Marlon Vera	99
14	25		Nathaniel Wood	97
15	14	2	Raphael Assuncao	94
16	15		Eddie Wineland	89
17	16		Brian Kelleher	84.5
18	17		Rani Yahya	77.5
19	18		Bryan Caraway	76.5
20	19	13	Alejandro Perez	73.5
21	20		Manny Bermudez	72.5
22	NR		Matt Schnell	67
23	23		Luke Sanders	59
23	NR		Ray Borg	59
25	22		Louis Smolka	54.5
25	24		Said Nurmagomedov	54.5
27	11		Alex Perez	52.5
28	26		Kyung Ho Kang	52
29	27		Iuri Alcantara	50.5
30	28		Raoni Barcelos	47.5
30	28		Song Yadong	47.5
32	30		Ricardo Ramos	45.5
33	31	12	John Dodson	42
34	32		Jose Alberto Quinonez	34.5
35	33		Matthew Lopez	33
36	35		Montel Jackson	32
37	36		Renan Barao	29
38	NR		Brandon Davis	28.5
39	38		Andre Ewell	27
40	39		Brett Johns	26.5
41	40		Douglas Silva de Andrade	26
42	34		Frankie Saenz	25.5
43	NR		Khalid Taha	25
44	37		Mark De La Rosa	24.5
45	45		Johnny Eduardo	22.5
46	41		Andre Soukhamthath	22
47	NR		Casey Kenney	20
48	47		Teruto Ishihara	16.5
49	48		Guido Cannetti	16
50	49		Henry Briones	15
51	50		Brad Katona	9.5
51	50		Liu Pingyuan	9.5
53	57		Chris Gutierrez	5
53	57		Jonathan Martinez	5
53	52		Merab Dvalishvili	5
56	53		Aiemann Zahabi	4.5
56	NR		Benito Lopez	4.5
58	55		Davey Grant	4
59	56		Joby Sanchez	3.5
60	NR		Boston Salmon	0
60	57		Jin Soo Son	0
60	NR		Mario Bautista	0
60	57		Martin Day	0
60	NR		Randy Costa	0
60	NR		Ryan MacDonald	0
60	57		Su Mudaerji	0
60	57		Vince Morales	0
60	57		Wuliji Buren	0

 

Check back Monday for our flyweight rankings

Performance Based Rankings:

Heavyweights
Light Heavyweights
Middleweights
Welterweights
Lightweights
Featherweights
Flyweights
Women’s Feather/Bantamweights
Women’s Flyweights
Women’s Strawweights
Pound for Pound

 

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