UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Bantamweights: Oct 21/19

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	3	4	Cory Sandhagen	199.5
4	4	3	Aljamain Sterling	187
5	5	7	Pedro Munhoz	153
6	6	10	Cody Garbrandt	150
7	7		Petr Yan	140
8	11		Marlon Vera	124.5
9	8	12	Rob Font	124
10	9	8	Jimmie Rivera	115.5
11	10	14	Song Yadong	112
12	12	11	Cody Stamann	102
13	13		Nathaniel Wood	97
14	14		Ricky Simon	93.5
15	15		Brian Kelleher	84.5
15	15	15	Urijah Faber	84.5
17	17		Eddie Wineland	84
18	18		Rani Yahya	73.5
19	20		Raoni Barcelos	67.5
20	19	6	Raphael Assuncao	63
21	22		Alejandro Perez	62.5
22	23		Luke Sanders	59
23	24		Said Nurmagomedov	54.5
24	24		Louis Smolka	51
25	26		Casey Kenney	48
25	26		Ray Borg	48
27	39		Khalid Taha	47.5
28	29		Jonathan Martinez	44.5
29	30	13	John Dodson	39
30	32		Jose Alberto Quinonez	35
31	33		Matthew Lopez	33
32	34		Montel Jackson	32
33	31		Kyung Ho Kang	31.5
34	36		Brett Johns	26.5
35	37		Douglas Silva de Andrade	26
36	35		Andre Ewell	25.5
37	40		Frankie Saenz	24.5
37	40		Merab Dvalishvili	24.5
39	42		Andre Soukhamthath	19
40	43		Renan Barao	18
41	45		Teruto Ishihara	16.5
42	46		Guido Cannetti	16
43	47		Chris Gutierrez	14.5
44	NR		Hunter Azure	10
44	NR		Jack Shore	10
44	NR		Miles Johns	10
44	59		Randy Costa	10
48	49		Sean O’Malley	9.5
49	50		Benito Lopez	9
49	59		Boston Salmon	9
49	48		Cole Smith	9
52	51		Pingyuan Liu	8.5
53	51		Brad Katona	7.5
54	53		Felipe Colares	5
54	NR		Heili Alateng	5
54	53		Mario Bautista	5
54	59		Su Mudaerji	5
58	55		Geraldo de Freitas	4.5
58	55		Vince Morales	4.5
60	57		Aiemann Zahabi	4
60	NR		Davey Grant	4
62	58		Joby Sanchez	3.5
63	59		Anderson dos Santos	0
63	NR		Batgerel Danaa	0
63	NR		Bruno Silva	0
63	59		Carlos Huachin	0
63	59		Domingo Pilarte	0
63	59		Gabriel Silva	0
63	59		Grigory Popov	0
63	59		Jin Soo Son	0
63	59		Journey Newson	0
63	59		Martin Day	0
63	44		Mitch Gagnon	0
63	59		Nohelin Hernandez	0
63	59		Ryan MacDonald	0
63	59		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 Flyweights
Women’s Strawweights
Pound for Pound

 

 

 

 

 

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