Bellator Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Pound for Pound: May 22/19

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	2	Patricio ‘Pitbull’ Freire	Light/Featherweight	535.5
2	1	Gegard Mousasi	Middleweight	485
3	4	Douglas Lima	Welterweight	452
4	3	Ryan Bader	Heavy/Light Heavy	418
5	7	Ilima-Lei Macfarlane	Women’s Flyweight	359.5
6	6	Darrion Caldwell	Bantamweight	327
7	5	Michael Chandler	Lightweight	321
8	8	Vitaly Minakov	Heavyweight	252.5
9	14	Phil Davis	Light Heavyweight	248.5
10	11	Rafael Carvalho	Middleweight	225
11	12	Rory MacDonald	Welterweight	224
12	18	Benson Henderson	Lightweight	215
12	16	Vadim Nemkov	Light Heavyweight	215
14	13	Brent Primus	Lightweight	214
15	9	Andrey Koreshkov	Welterweight	196.5
16	19	Eduardo Dantas	Bantamweight	191.5
17	17	Daniel Straus	Lightweight	187.5
18	15	Michael Page	Welterweight	185.5
19	20	Alexander Shlemenko	Middleweight	185
20	10	Liam McGeary	Light Heavyweight	180
21	21	Rafael Lovato Jr	Middleweight	178.5
22	22	Cheick Kongo	Heavyweight	175.5
23	23	John Salter	Middleweight	171
23	23	Lyoto Machida	Middleweight	171
25	25	Julia Budd	Women’s Featherweight	165.5
26	27	Patricky ‘Pitbull’ Freire	Lightweight	165
27	28	Lorenz Larkin	Welterweight	158
28	29	Goiti Yamauchi	Lightweight	155
29	30	Neiman Gracie	Welterweight	145
30	31	Joe Taimanglo	Bantamweight	144
31	40	A.J. McKee	Featherweight	143
32	25	Linton Vassell	Heavyweight	137
33	32	Javy Ayala	Heavyweight	135.5
34	35	Anatoly Tokov	Middleweight	126
35	34	Muhammed ‘King Mo’ Lawal	Light Heavyweight	123.5
36	33	Emmanuel Sanchez	Featherweight	120
37	NR	Pat Curran	Featherweight	117
38	37	Shawn Bunch	Bantamweight	104
39	38	Daniel Weichel	Lightweight	103.5
40	41	Henry Corrales	Featherweight	100.5
41	36	Adam Piccolotti	Lightweight	94
42	43	Costello Van Steenis	Middleweight	92.5
42	39	David Rickels	Welterweight	92.5
44	58	Tywan Claxton	Featherweight	92
45	44	Chael Sonnen	Heavyweight	91
46	45	Matt Mitrione	Heavyweight	89
47	46	Jordan Young	Light Heavyweight	87.5
48	47	Chidi Njokuani	Middleweight	87
49	48	Mike Shipman	Middleweight	85
50	49	Fedor Emelianenko	Heavyweight	83
51	42	Saad Awad	Lightweight	82.5
51	50	Tyrell Fortune	Heavyweight	82.5
53	51	Ed Ruth	Welterweight	81.5
53	51	Kemran Lachinov	Welterweight	81.5
55	62	James Gallagher	Featherweight	78.5
56	55	Jon Fitch	Welterweight	78
57	60	Brandon Girtz	Lightweight	76
57	56	Paul Daley	Welterweight	76
59	54	Joe Warren	Bantamweight	75
60	NR	Georgi Karakhanyan	Featherweight	71
61	62	Gaston Bolanos	Lightweight	70
62	83	Cass Bell	Bantamweight	67.5
62	62	Charlie Ward	Middleweight	67.5
62	53	Derek Campos	Lightweight	67.5
65	66	Corey Browning	Lightweight	66
65	NR	Jordan Williams	Middleweight	66
65	73	Pete Rogers	Featherweight	65
68	69	Kevin Ferguson Jr	Lightweight	64.5
69	67	Logan Storley	Welterweight	62
70	65	Aaron Pico	Featherweight	61.5
71	113	Valentin Moldavsky	Heavyweight	61
71	59	Veta Arteaga	Women’s Flyweight	61
73	107	Joey Davis	Welterweight	59.5
74	70	Chris Honeycutt	Middleweight	58.5
75	165	Cris Lencioni	Featherweight	57.5
75	71	Steve Kozola	Lightweight	57.5
77	126	Pedro Carvalho	Lightweight	56.5
78	73	Sam Sicilia	Featherweight	55.5
79	76	Melvin Manhoef	Middleweight	54
79	76	Ricky Bandejas	Bantamweight	54
81	78	Erick Silva	Welterweight	53.5
82	79	Romero Cotton	Middleweight	51.5
82	79	Vinicius de Jesus	Welterweight	51.5
84	81	Joe Schilling	Middleweight	50
84	82	Kate Jackson	Women’s Flyweight	50
86	131	Fabian Edwards	Middleweight	49.5
87	83	Adam Keresh	Heavyweight	47.5
87	83	Alen Amedovski	Lightweight	47.5
87	NR	Aviv Gozali	Lightweight	47.5
87	NR	Hyder Amil	Featherweight	47.5
87	142	Jake Hager	Heavyweight	47.5
87	83	Juliana Velasquez	Women’s Flyweight	47.5
87	NR	Nation Gibirck	Lightweight	47.5
87	83	Steve Mowry	Heavyweight	47.5
87	83	Walter Gahadza	Welterweight	47.5
96	89	Arlene Blencowe	Women’s Featherweight	47
96	89	Kristina Williams	Women’s Flyweight	47
96	89	Mike Kimbel	Bantamweight	47
96	89	Olga Rubin	Women’s Featherweight	47
100	93	Alessio Sakara	Light Heavyweight	46
101	95	Guilherme Vasconcelos	Welterweight	44.5
101	NR	Kyoji Horiguchi	Bantamweight	44.5
103	95	Brian Moore	Bantamweight	44
103	97	Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson	Heavyweight	44
105	99	Emily Ducote	Women’s Flyweight	42.5
106	100	Andre Fialho	Middleweight	42
107	101	Jeremiah Labiano	Featherweight	41
107	101	Noad Lahat	Featherweight	41
109	103	Amanda Bell	Women’s Featherweight	40
109	94	Justin Tenedora	Bantamweight	40
109	103	Wanderlei Silva	Heavyweight	40
112	108	Roy Nelson	Heavyweight	38.5
113	109	Tim Caron	Middleweight	37.5
114	110	Daniel Carey	Featherweight	35
114	110	Haim Gozali	Welterweight	35
114	110	Kastriot Xhema	Welterweight	35
117	NR	Matt Perez	Bantamweight	34.5
118	115	Carrington Banks	Lightweight	34
118	115	Rudy Schaffroth	Heavyweight	34
120	117	Jarod Trice	Light Heavyweight	33
121	118	Alfie Davis	Lightweight	32.5
121	NR	Norbert Novenyi	Middleweight	32.5
121	118	Valerie Letourneau	Women’s Flyweight	32.5
124	NR	Abraham Vaesau	Welterweight	32
125	113	Adil Benjilany	Featherweight	31
126	123	Chinzo Machida	Featherweight	30.5
127	124	Abraham Vaesau	Middleweight	30
127	124	Anastasia Yankova	Women’s Flyweight	30
129	NR	Chuck Campbell	Light Heavyweight	29.5
129	NR	Josh Streaker	Welterweight	29.5
129	126	Kiefer Crosbie	Welterweight	29.5
129	NR	Ricky Furar	Bantamweight	29.5
133	128	David Michaud	Welterweight	29
133	128	Frank Mir	Heavyweight	29
135	130	Ryan Couture	Welterweight	28
136	NR	Ashley Reece	Welterweight	27.5
136	131	Ignacio Ortiz	Featherweight	27.5
136	165	Josh San Diego	Bantamweight	27.5
136	131	Vince Morales	Bantamweight	27.5
140	NR	Brandon Laroco	Featherweight	27
140	NR	Diego Herzog	Middleweight	27
140	136	Jackie Gosh	Welterweight	27
140	136	Talita Nogueira	Women’s Featherweight	27
144	138	Fernando Gonzalez Trevino	Welterweight	26.5
145	139	Juan Archuleta	Bantamweight	26
145	139	Timothy Johnson	Heavyweight	26
147	NR	Johnny Cisneros	Welterweight	25.5
147	141	Sinead Kavanagh	Women’s Featherweight	25.5
149	142	Austin Vanderford	Welterweight	25
149	142	Dillon Danis	Middleweight	25
149	142	Domingos Barros	Heavyweight	25
149	142	Justin Sumter	Middleweight	25
149	142	Nainoa Dung	Lightweight	25
149	NR	Raymond Daniels	Welterweight	25
149	142	Valerie Loureda	Women’s Flyweight	25
149	142	Walter Gahadza	Welterweight	25
149	142	Will Fleury	Middleweight	25
158	155	Denise Kielholtz	Women’s Flyweight	24.5
158	131	Dominic Mazzotta	Bantamweight	24.5
160	156	Alejandra Lara	Women’s Flyweight	24
160	156	Leandro Higo	Featherweight	24
162	121	A.J. Matthews	Welterweight	23
162	165	Janay Harding	Women’s Featherweight	23
162	NR	Thomas Oswald	Welterweight	23
165	158	Aaron Webb	Featherweight	22.5
165	158	Charlie Leary	Lightweight	22.5
165	142	Chris Avila	Lightweight	22.5
165	158	Daniele Scatizzi	Lightweight	22.5
165	158	Ernest James	Heavyweight	22.5
165	NR	Giorgio Pietrini	Welterweight	22.5
165	158	Honor Kelesh	Featherweight	22.5
165	NR	James Bennett	Featherweight	22.5
165	142	Ky Bennett	Women’s Flyweight	22.5
165	96	Mohammad Yahya	Lightweight	22.5
175	NR	Darren Smith	Lightweight	20
175	165	Kent Kauppinen	Light Heavyweight	20
177	172	Sergei Kharitonov	Heavyweight	19
178	173	Jacob Rosales	Lightweight	18.5
178	NR	Keith Berry	Middleweight	18.5
178	173	Robbie Peralta	Featherweight	18.5
181	175	Toby Misech	Bantamweight	18
182	NR	James Bochnovic	Middleweight	17.5
182	176	Sean Powers	Middleweight	17.5
184	177	James Terry	Welterweight	17
185	181	John Teixeira	Featherweight	15.5
186	192	Jim Wallhead	Welterweight	14.5
186	179	Paul Redmond	Lightweight	14.5
186	NR	Robert Morrow	Middleweight	14.5
189	180	Yaroslav Amosov	Welterweight	14
190	181	Bruna Ellen	Women’s Flyweight	13
190	NR	Heather Hardy	Women’s Flyweight	13
190	181	Pat Casey	Lightweight	13
193	NR	Luis Erives	Lightweight	10
194	184	Aaron Chalmers	Lightweight	9
194	184	Alex Potts	Bantamweight	9
194	184	Iony Razafiarison	Women’s Featherweight	9
197	189	Andy Murad	Welterweight	8.5
198	190	Joe Neal	Bantamweight	8
198	184	Joshua Jones	Lightweight	8
200	192	John Mercurio	Welterweight	5
200	192	Johnny Nunez	Lightweight	5
200	197	Khonry Gracie	Welterweight	5
200	142	Lee Chadwick	Light Heavyweight	5
200	206	Richie Smullen	Featherweight	5
205	197	Justin Smitley	Featherweight	4.5
205	206	Levi Matan	Welterweight	4.5
205	197	Lisa Blaine	Women’s Flyweight	4.5
205	197	Will Morris	Middleweight	4.5
209	203	Amber Leibrock	Women’s Featherweight	4
210	203	James Mulheron	Light Heavyweight	3.5
211	197	Andy Main	Featherweight	0
211	206	Anthony Ruiz	Light Heavyweight	0
211	206	Cindy Dandois	Women’s Featherweight	0
211	206	Collin Fletcher	Welterweight	0
211	NR	Craig Fairley	Lightweight	0
211	206	Daniel Crawford	Featherweight	0
211	206	Gerald Harris	Middleweight	0
211	206	Ion Pascu	Welterweight	0
211	206	Javier Torres	Middleweight	0
211	206	Jeremy Spoon	Featherweight	0
211	206	Jerome Mickle	Lightweight	0
211	206	Josenaldo Silva	Featherweight	0
211	NR	Justin Roswell	Welterweight	0
211	206	Kirill Medvedovsky	Featherweight	0
211	206	Kirill Sidelnikov	Heavyweight	0
211	206	Kristi Lopez	Women’s Flyweight	0
211	206	Leo Leite	Middleweight	0
211	206	Leonardo Leite	Light Heavyweight	0
211	206	Martin Hudson	Middleweight	0
211	NR	Nathan Stolen	Lightweight	0
211	NR	P.J. Cajigas	Welterweight	0
211	206	Roger Huerta	Lightweight	0
211	206	Ron Becker	Welterweight	0
211	NR	Ryan Walker	Lightweight	0
211	NR	Sam Slater	Lightweight	0
211	206	Will Lavine	Middleweight	0
211	206	Ysidro Gutierrez	Featherweight	0

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