UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Bantamweights: Jul 15/19

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 five year time limit, so if they have fought less than 10 times in past five 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	1	1	Henry Cejudo	471
2	2	2	Marlon Moraes	233
3	5	3	Aljamain Sterling	187
4	4	10	Cory Sandhagen	163
5	3	6	Pedro Munhoz	153
6	6	8	Cody Garbrandt	150
7	11	5	Petr Yan	140
8	9	12	Rob Font	124
9	8	9	Jimmie Rivera	115.5
10	10		Sergio Pettis	113.5
11	31	14	Song Yadong	112
12	14		Marlon Vera	110
13	13	11	Cody Stamann	102
14	15		Nathaniel Wood	97
15	12	16	Ricky Simon	93.5
16	16		Brian Kelleher	84.5
16	16	4	Raphael Assuncao	84.5
18	26		Urijah Faber	84.5
19	21		Eddie Wineland	84
20	19		Rani Yahya	77.5
21	20		Manny Bermudez	72.5
22	22		Raoni Barcelos	67.5
23	18		Alejandro Perez	62.5
24	24		Luke Sanders	59
25	27		Louis Smolka	54.5
25	27		Said Nurmagomedov	54.5
27	29		Alex Perez	52.5
28	25		Ray Borg	51.5
29	30		Iuri Alcantara	50.5
30	32		Ricardo Ramos	45
31	57		Jonathan Martinez	44.5
32	33	13	John Dodson	39
33	34		Kyung Ho Kang	37
34	35		Jose Alberto Quinonez	34.5
35	36		Matthew Lopez	33
36	37		Montel Jackson	32
37	39		Andre Ewell	29
38	38		Brandon Davis	28.5
39	40		Brett Johns	26.5
40	41		Douglas Silva de Andrade	26
41	42		Frankie Saenz	25.5
42	43		Khalid Taha	25
43	44		Merab Dvalishvili	24.5
44	46		Andre Soukhamthath	22
45	47		Casey Kenney	20
46	48		Renan Barao	18
47	49		Mitch Gagnon	17.5
48	50		Teruto Ishihara	16.5
49	51		Guido Cannetti	16
50	52		Cole Smith	10
51	53		Sean O’Malley	9.5
52	60		Benito Lopez	9
53	55		Brad Katona	8.5
53	53		Pingyuan Liu	8.5
55	57		Chris Gutierrez	5
56	57		Vince Morales	4.5
57	61		Aiemann Zahabi	4
57	61		Davey Grant	4
59	63		Joby Sanchez	3.5
60	NR		Anderson dos Santos	0
60	64		Boston Salmon	0
60	64		Carlos Huachin	0
60	NR		Grigory Popov	0
60	64		Jin Soo Son	0
60	NR		Journey Newson	0
60	64		Mario Bautista	0
60	64		Martin Day	0
60	NR		Nohelin Hernandez	0
60	64		Randy Costa	0
60	64		Ryan MacDonald	0
60	64		Su Mudaerji	0
60	64		Wuliji Buren	0

 

Check back Friday for our flyweight rankings

Performance Based Rankings:

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

 

 

 

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