UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Bantamweights: Dec 6/19

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	NR		Jose Aldo	153
5	5	7	Pedro Munhoz	153
7	6	9	Cody Garbrandt	150
8	7	5	Petr Yan	140
9	8	15	Marlon Vera	124.5
10	9	11	Rob Font	124
11	10	8	Jimmie Rivera	115.5
12	11	14	Song Yadong	112
13	12	10	Cody Stamann	102
14	13		Nathaniel Wood	97
15	14		Ricky Simon	93.5
16	15		Brian Kelleher	84.5
17	17		Eddie Wineland	84
18	18		Rani Yahya	73.5
19	15	13	Urijah Faber	72.5
20	19		Raoni Barcelos	67.5
21	NR		Ryan Benoit	65
22	20	6	Raphael Assuncao	63
23	21		Alejandro Perez	62
24	22		Luke Sanders	59
25	23		Said Nurmagomedov	54.5
26	24		Louis Smolka	51
27	25	16	Casey Kenney	48
27	25		Ray Borg	48
29	27		Khalid Taha	47.5
30	28		Jonathan Martinez	44.5
31	29	12	John Dodson	39
32	30		Jose Alberto Quinonez	35
33	31		Matthew Lopez	33
34	32		Montel Jackson	32
35	33		Kyung Ho Kang	31.5
36	34		Brett Johns	26.5
37	36		Andre Ewell	25.5
38	37		Frankie Saenz	24.5
38	37		Merab Dvalishvili	24.5
40	41		Teruto Ishihara	16.5
41	42		Guido Cannetti	16
42	43		Chris Gutierrez	14.5
43	44		Hunter Azure	10
43	44		Jack Shore	10
43	44		Miles Johns	10
43	44		Randy Costa	10
47	NR		Johnny Nunez	9.5
47	48		Sean O’Malley	9.5
49	49		Benito Lopez	9
49	49		Boston Salmon	9
49	49		Cole Smith	9
52	60		Davey Grant	8.5
52	52		Liu Pingyuan	8.5
54	53		Brad Katona	7.5
55	54		Felipe Colares	5
55	54		Heili Alateng	5
55	54		Mario Bautista	5
55	54		Su Mudaerji	5
59	58		Geraldo de Freitas	4.5
59	58		Vince Morales	4.5
61	60		Aiemann Zahabi	4
62	62		Joby Sanchez	3.5
63	63		Anderson dos Santos	0
63	63		Batgerel Danaa	0
63	63		Bruno Silva	0
63	63		Carlos Huachin	0
63	63		Domingo Pilarte	0
63	63		Gabriel Silva	0
63	63		Grigorii Popov	0
63	63		Jin Soo Son	0
63	63		Journey Newson	0
63	63		Martin Day	0
63	63		Mitch Gagnon	0
63	63		Ryan MacDonald	0
63	63		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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