UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Bantamweights: Aug 30/19

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	4	4	Cory Sandhagen	199.5
4	3	3	Aljamain Sterling	187
5	5	7	Pedro Munhoz	153
6	6	9	Cody Garbrandt	150
7	7	5	Petr Yan	140
8	8	12	Rob Font	124
9	9	10	Jimmie Rivera	115.5
10	11	14	Song Yadong	112
11	12		Marlon Vera	110
12	13	11	Cody Stamann	102
13	14		Nathaniel Wood	97
14	15		Ricky Simon	93.5
15	16		Brian Kelleher	84.5
15	18	15	Urijah Faber	84.5
17	19		Eddie Wineland	84
18	20		Rani Yahya	77.5
19	16	6	Raphael Assuncao	72
20	22		Raoni Barcelos	67.5
21	21		Manny Bermudez	64.5
22	23		Alejandro Perez	62.5
23	24		Luke Sanders	59
24	25		Louis Smolka	54.5
24	25		Said Nurmagomedov	54.5
26	45		Casey Kenney	48
26	28		Ray Borg	48
28	30		Ricardo Ramos	45
29	31		Jonathan Martinez	44.5
30	32	13	John Dodson	39
31	33		Kyung Ho Kang	37.5
32	34		Jose Alberto Quinonez	34.5
33	35		Matthew Lopez	33
34	36		Montel Jackson	32
35	37		Andre Ewell	29
36	39		Brett Johns	26.5
37	40		Douglas Silva de Andrade	26
38	38		Brandon Davis	25.5
39	42		Khalid Taha	25
40	41		Frankie Saenz	24.5
40	43		Merab Dvalishvili	24.5
42	44		Andre Soukhamthath	22
43	46		Renan Barao	18
44	47		Mitch Gagnon	17.5
45	48		Teruto Ishihara	16.5
46	49		Guido Cannetti	16
47	55		Chris Gutierrez	14.5
48	50		Cole Smith	10
49	51		Sean O’Malley	9.5
50	52		Benito Lopez	9
51	53		Brad Katona	8.5
51	53		Pingyuan Liu	8.5
53	NR		Felipe Colares	5
53	60		Mario Bautista	5
55	NR		Geraldo de Freitas	4.5
55	56		Vince Morales	4.5
57	57		Aiemann Zahabi	4
58	59		Joby Sanchez	3.5
59	60		Anderson dos Santos	0
59	60		Boston Salmon	0
59	60		Carlos Huachin	0
59	NR		Domingo Pilarte	0
59	NR		Gabriel Silva	0
59	60		Grigory Popov	0
59	60		Jin Soo Son	0
59	60		Journey Newson	0
59	60		Martin Day	0
59	60		Nohelin Hernandez	0
59	60		Randy Costa	0
59	60		Ryan MacDonald	0
59	60		Su Mudaerji	0
59	60		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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