Bellator Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Pound for Pound: Mar 4/20

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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 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. 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	1	Patricio ‘Pitbull’ Freire	Feather/Lightweight	529
2	2	Douglas Lima	Middle/Welterweight	419
3	3	Ryan Bader	Heavy/Light Heavyweight	411
4	4	Gegard Mousasi	Middleweight	410
5	5	Ilima-Lei Macfarlane	Women’s Flyweight	331.5
6	6	Michael Chandler	Lightweight	298
7	7	Rafael Lovato Jr	Middleweight	292.5
8	16	Cris ‘Cyborg’ Justino	Women’s Featherweight	291
9	10	Darrion Caldwell	Featherweight	272
10	9	Vadim Nemkov	Light Heavyweight	252
11	11	Phil Davis	Light Heavyweight	226.5
12	8	Julia Budd	Women’s Featherweight	225
13	13	Benson Henderson	Lightweight	191
14	17	Brent Primus	Lightweight	184.5
15	14	John Salter	Middleweight	183.5
16	18	Rafael Carvalho	Light Heavyweight	175
17	15	Michael Page	Welterweight	174.5
18	19	Emmanuel Sanchez	Featherweight	171.5
19	20	Cheick Kongo	Heavyweight	171
20	12	Lorenz Larkin	Welterweight	168.5
21	24	Patricky ‘Pitbull’ Freire	Lightweight	165
22	21	Kyoji Horiguchi	Bantamweight	164.5
23	23	Goiti Yamauchi	Lightweight	163
24	38	Yaroslav Amosov	Welterweight	162
25	26	Andrey Koreshkov	Welterweight	148
26	25	Linton Vassell	Heavyweight	145
27	27	Eduardo Dantas	Featherweight	140
28	29	Anatoly Tokov	Middleweight	136.5
29	30	A.J. McKee	Featherweight	130.5
30	22	Liam McGeary	Light Heavyweight	130
31	49	Fedor Emelianenko	Heavyweight	128
32	32	Costello Van Steenis	Middleweight	126.5
33	33	Lyoto Machida	Middleweight	126
34	34	Daniel Straus	Featherweight	125
35	28	Adam Borics	Featherweight	123.5
36	31	Neiman Gracie	Welterweight	120
37	219	Timothy Johnson	Heavyweight	116
38	39	Sergio Pettis	Bantamweight	108.5
39	59	Charlie Ward	Middleweight	105
40	37	Logan Storley	Welterweight	104
41	40	Adam Piccolotti	Lightweight	100.5
42	NR	Javy Ayala	Heavyweight	99.5
43	72	Ricky Bandejas	Bantamweight	98.5
44	42	Juan Archuleta	Featherweight	91
45	36	Tyrell Fortune	Heavyweight	90.5
46	45	Jordan Young	Light Heavyweight	87
47	46	Aviv Gozali	Lightweight	85
48	79	Denise Kielholtz	Women’s Flyweight	84
48	47	Paul Daley	Welterweight	84
50	50	Juliana Velasquez	Women’s Flyweight	82.5
51	43	Daniel Carey	Featherweight	81
52	52	Cass Bell	Bantamweight	80
53	53	Derek Campos	Featherweight	79
54	44	Henry Corrales	Featherweight	77.5
55	54	Arlene Blencowe	Women’s Featherweight	76
55	54	Leandro Higo	Featherweight	76
55	54	Toby Misech	Bantamweight	76
58	41	Ed Ruth	Welterweight	75.5
59	93	Aaron Pico	Featherweight	74.5
60	60	Tywan Claxton	Featherweight	74
61	61	Fabian Edwards	Middleweight	73
61	61	Joey Davis	Welterweight	73
63	63	Haim Gozali	Welterweight	72.5
63	63	James Gallagher	Bantamweight	72.5
65	65	Romero Cotton	Middleweight	71
65	NR	Curtis Millender	Welterweight	70.5
67	47	Daniel Weichel	Featherweight	70
67	67	Jon Fitch	Welterweight	70
69	68	Sinead Kavanagh	Women’s Featherweight	69.5
70	69	Adam Keresh	Heavyweight	67.5
70	69	Robson Gracie Jr	Welterweight	67.5
70	69	Steve Mowry	Heavyweight	67.5
73	54	Shawn Bunch	Bantamweight	66.5
74	124	Oliver Enkamp	Welterweight	66
75	74	Alessio Sakara	Light Heavyweight	65
75	74	Mike Shipman	Middleweight	65
77	76	Kevin Ferguson Jr	Lightweight	64.5
77	81	Valentin Moldavsky	Heavyweight	64.5
79	77	Mauricio Alonso	Middleweight	63
80	78	Hyder Amil	Featherweight	62.5
81	81	Amanda Bell	Women’s Featherweight	61
81	87	Cris Lencioni	Featherweight	61
83	83	Pedro Carvalho	Featherweight	60.5
84	84	Julius Anglickas	Light Heavyweight	60
84	84	Sergei Kharitonov	Heavyweight	60
86	65	Brandon Girtz	Lightweight	59.5
87	86	Corey Browning	Lightweight	59
88	92	Georgi Karakhanyan	Lightweight	57
88	89	Kate Jackson	Women’s Flyweight	57
90	90	Mandel Nallo	Lightweight	56
91	91	Alejandra Lara	Women’s Flyweight	55
92	79	Gaston Bolanos	Featherweight	53
92	93	Veta Arteaga	Women’s Flyweight	53
94	95	Melvin Manhoef	Light Heavyweight	52.5
94	95	Nicolo Solli	Lightweight	52.5
94	95	Tony Johnson	Middleweight	52.5
97	95	Jay-Jay Wilson	Featherweight	51.5
97	99	Matt Mitrione	Heavyweight	51.5
99	142	Jon Tuck	Lightweight	50
100	102	Zarrukh Adashev	Bantamweight	49.5
101	103	Austin Vanderford	Middleweight	47.5
101	103	Christian Edwards	Light Heavyweight	47.5
101	103	Dalton Rosta	Light Heavyweight	47.5
101	87	Derek Anderson	Welterweight	47.5
101	103	Dillon Danis	Middleweight	47.5
101	103	Jake Hager	Heavyweight	47.5
101	103	Kastriot Xhema	Welterweight	47.5
101	103	Leah McCourt	Women’s Featherweight	47.5
101	182	Raymond Daniels	Welterweight	47.5
101	103	Weber Almeida	Featherweight	47.5
111	113	Keri Taylor Melendez	Women’s Flyweight	47
112	168	AJ Agazarm	Featherweight	44.5
113	115	Brian Moore	Bantamweight	44
114	116	Connor Dixon	Welterweight	43
114	116	Patrick Mix	Bantamweight	43
116	131	Tim Caron	Middleweight	42.5
117	119	Kent Kauppinen	Middleweight	41
117	119	Marcus Surin	Lightweight	41
119	123	Mike Kimbel	Bantamweight	40.5
120	124	Justin Tenedora	Bantamweight	40
120	124	Killys Mota	Lightweight	40
122	127	Erick Silva	Welterweight	39
122	127	Norbert Novenyi	Middleweight	39
124	129	Guilherme Vasconcelos	Welterweight	38.5
124	148	Joshua Jones	Lightweight	38.5
126	130	Devin Powell	Lightweight	38
127	131	Walter Gahadza	Welterweight	37.5
128	119	Chris Bungard	Lightweight	36.5
128	133	Jeremiah Labiano	Featherweight	36.5
130	134	Erik Perez	Bantamweight	36
130	134	John Douma	Bantamweight	36
130	134	Nick Newell	Lightweight	36
133	138	John Teixeira	Featherweight	35.5
134	139	Alfie Davis	Lightweight	35
134	119	Kristina Williams	Women’s Flyweight	35
134	139	Olga Rubin	Women’s Featherweight	35
134	139	Sam Sicilia	Featherweight	35
138	142	Matt Perez	Bantamweight	34.5
139	144	Akonne Wanliss	Lightweight	34
139	144	Simon Smotritsky	Welterweight	34
141	NR	Chris Duncan	Lightweight	32.5
141	146	Johnny Cisneros	Welterweight	32.5
143	NR	Ciaran Clarke	Featherweight	32
144	149	Pat Curran	Featherweight	31.5
144	195	Will Fleury	Middleweight	31.5
146	151	Leslie Smith	Women’s Featherweight	30.5
146	151	Rudy Schaffroth	Heavyweight	30.5
148	153	Gavin Hughes	Lightweight	30
148	153	Jornel Lugo	Bantamweight	30
148	165	Kiefer Crosbie	Welterweight	30
148	153	Roy Nelson	Heavyweight	30
148	153	Ryan Hardy Evans	Welterweight	30
153	158	Jordan Newman	Middleweight	29.5
153	158	Khonry Gracie	Welterweight	29.5
153	158	Raz Bring	Bantamweight	29.5
153	158	Ricky Furar	Bantamweight	29.5
157	146	Dylan Logan	Featherweight	29
158	165	Abraham Vaesau	Welterweight	28.5
158	165	Joe Schilling	Middleweight	28.5
158	218	Myles Jury	Lightweight	28.5
161	150	Adil Benjilany	Featherweight	27.5
161	NR	Ilias Bulaid	Featherweight	27.5
161	168	James Barnes	Bantamweight	27.5
161	168	Jon Manley	Welterweight	27.5
161	168	Josh San Diego	Bantamweight	27.5
161	168	Justin Burlinson	Welterweight	27.5
161	168	Raphael Uchegbu	Welterweight	27.5
161	168	Valerie Loureda	Women’s Flyweight	27.5
169	NR	Aaron McKenzie	Lightweight	27
169	175	Brandon Laroco	Featherweight	27
169	175	Diego Herzog	Middleweight	27
169	153	Lewis Long	Welterweight	27
169	NR	Moses Murrietta	Welterweight	27
169	175	Taylor Turner	Women’s Flyweight	27
175	180	Charlie Leary	Lightweight	26.5
175	180	Chuck Campbell	Light Heavyweight	26.5
175	158	Richie Smullen	Featherweight	26.5
178	182	Aiden Lee	Featherweight	25
178	182	Antonio McKee	Welterweight	25
178	NR	Blaine O’Driscoll	Bantamweight	25
178	182	Brandon Polcare	Bantamweight	25
178	164	Frank Mir	Heavyweight	25
178	182	Ian Butler	Welterweight	25
178	182	Jason Jackson	Welterweight	25
178	182	Kirill Medvedovsky	Lightweight	25
178	182	Lance Gibson Jr	Lightweight	25
178	182	Sabah Homasi	Welterweight	25
188	195	Ashley Reece	Welterweight	24.5
188	195	Dominic Mazzotta	Bantamweight	24.5
188	195	Ignacio Ortiz	Featherweight	24.5
188	195	Johnny Eblen	Middleweight	24.5
188	NR	Jordan Mein	Welterweight	24.5
188	195	Nainoa Dung	Lightweight	24.5
188	195	Tyree Fortune	Light Heavyweight	24.5
195	202	Talita Nogueira	Women’s Featherweight	24
196	203	Thomas Oswald	Welterweight	23
197	204	Andrea Fusi	Welterweight	22.5
197	182	Ava Knight	Women’s Flyweight	22.5
197	204	Dan Cassell	Lightweight	22.5
197	NR	David Pacheco	Welterweight	22.5
197	204	Domingos Barros	Heavyweight	22.5
197	204	Dominique Wooding	Bantamweight	22.5
197	NR	Gabriel Varga	Featherweight	22.5
197	204	George Courtney	Featherweight	22.5
197	204	Giorgio Pietrini	Welterweight	22.5
197	204	James Bennett	Featherweight	22.5
197	204	Ky Bennett	Women’s Flyweight	22.5
197	204	Sunni Imhotep	Lightweight	22.5
197	204	Yannick Bahati	Light Heavyweight	22.5
210	220	Janay Harding	Women’s Featherweight	20.5
211	204	Adel Altamimi	Featherweight	20
211	NR	Arunas Andriuskevicus	Light Heavyweight	20
211	204	Chris Avila	Lightweight	20
211	221	Darren Smith	Lightweight	20
211	NR	Keith Lee	Bantamweight	20
211	204	Richard Kiely	Welterweight	20
211	221	Vitaly Minakov	Heavyweight	20
218	223	A.J. Matthews	Welterweight	19
218	223	Manny Muro	Lightweight	19
220	252	Christopher Gonzalez	Lightweight	18.5
221	226	E.J. Brooks	Welterweight	18
221	226	Terry Brazier	Lightweight	18
223	229	James Bochnovic	Middleweight	17.5
224	223	Frans Mlambo	Featherweight	17
224	NR	Kyle Kurtz	Middleweight	17
224	230	Liz Carmouche	Women’s Flyweight	17
227	226	Aaron Chalmers	Welterweight	16
227	231	Nathan Rose	Featherweight	16
229	232	Bruna Ellen	Women’s Flyweight	14.5
229	232	Dustin Barca	Lightweight	14.5
229	258	Grant Neal	Light Heavyweight	14.5
229	232	James Terry	Welterweight	14.5
229	232	Jim Wallhead	Welterweight	14.5
229	258	Kyle Crutchmer	Welterweight	14.5
229	232	Lucas Brennan	Featherweight	14.5
229	232	Robert Morrow	Middleweight	14.5
237	240	Jeremy Petley	Lightweight	13.5
238	241	Galore Bofando	Welterweight	13
238	232	Paul Redmond	Lightweight	13
240	232	Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson	Heavyweight	12.5
241	NR	Anthony Taylor	Lightweight	12
241	243	Robert Whiteford	Featherweight	12
241	243	Shane Campbell	Welterweight	12
244	245	Heather Hardy	Women’s Flyweight	11.5
245	NR	Davion Franklin	Heavyweight	10
245	246	Joseph Holmes	Welterweight	10
245	NR	Kevin Croom	Featherweight	10
245	246	Kirill Sidelnikov	Heavyweight	10
245	246	Luis Erives	Lightweight	10
245	246	Peter Queally	Lightweight	10
245	246	Tim Wilde	Lightweight	10
245	246	Walter Pugliesi	Welterweight	10
253	NR	Danni Neilan	Women’s Flyweight	9.5
253	252	Joseph Creer	Middleweight	9.5
253	252	Kai Kamaka III	Featherweight	9.5
253	252	Kevin Fryer	Middleweight	9.5
253	252	Vladimir Tokov	Lightweight	9.5
258	NR	Salim Mukhidinov	Featherweight	9
259	269	Bec Rawlings	Women’s Flyweight	8.5
260	NR	Shinsho Anzai	Welterweight	8
261	258	Constantin Gnusariov	Welterweight	5
261	258	Jessy Miele	Women’s Featherweight	5
261	258	John Beneduce	Featherweight	5
261	258	John Mercurio	Welterweight	5
261	NR	Josh Hill	Bantamweight	5
261	NR	Karl Moore	Light Heavyweight	5
261	258	Peter Ishiguro	Featherweight	5
261	NR	Philip Mulpeter	Lightweight	5
261	258	Raufeon Stots	Bantamweight	5
261	NR	Ryan Roddy	Lightweight	5
261	258	Soren Bak	Lightweight	5
272	269	Andy Murad	Welterweight	4.5
272	269	Demetrius Plaza	Welterweight	4.5
272	258	Ilara Joanne	Women’s Flyweight	4.5
272	269	Kane Mousah	Lightweight	4.5
272	269	Lee Chadwick	Light Heavyweight	4.5
272	269	Saul Rogers	Featherweight	4.5
272	269	Sean Clements	Lightweight	4.5
272	258	Sidney Outlaw	Lightweight	4.5
280	276	Carlo Pedersoli Jr	Welterweight	4
280	276	David Duran	Bantamweight	4
282	278	Amber Leibrock	Women’s Featherweight	3.5
282	278	James Mulheron	Light Heavyweight	3.5
284	280	Adam Gustab	Featherweight	0
284	280	Albert Gonzales	Middleweight	0
284	280	Alessandro Botti	Lightweight	0
284	NR	Asael Adjoudj	Lightweight	0
284	280	Azunna Anyanwu	Heavyweight	0
284	NR	Brandon Bender	Lightweight	0
284	280	Brandon Medina	Bantamweight	0
284	280	Brandon Pieper	Lightweight	0
284	280	Bryson Bolohao	Middleweight	0
284	280	Chris Cisneros	Welterweight	0
284	NR	Claude Wilcox	Light Heavyweight	0
284	280	Craig Fairley	Lightweight	0
284	280	Damian Frankiewicz	Featherweight	0
284	280	Daniel Crawford	Featherweight	0
284	NR	Daniel Crawford	Lightweight	0
284	280	Dominic Clark	Lightweight	0
284	280	Elias Anderson	Featherweight	0
284	280	Elina Kallionidou	Women’s Flyweight	0
284	280	Fred Freeman	Lightweight	0
284	280	George Tokkos	Middleweight	0
284	280	Gokhan Saricam	Heavyweight	0
284	280	Grachik Bozinyan	Middleweight	0
284	280	Gustavo Wurlitzer	Lightweight	0
284	280	Hesdy Gerges	Heavyweight	0
284	280	Hracho Darpinyan	Middleweight	0
284	280	Ion Pascu	Welterweight	0
284	NR	J.W. Kiser	Heavyweight	0
284	280	Jacob Landin	Featherweight	0
284	NR	Jamese Taylor	Featherweight	0
284	280	Jonathan Santa Maria	Bantamweight	0
284	NR	Justin Moore	Middleweight	0
284	280	Justin Roswell	Welterweight	0
284	280	Karl Albrektsson	Light Heavyweight	0
284	280	Keith Berry	Middleweight	0
284	280	Keith McCabe	Welterweight	0
284	280	Kiichi Kunimoto	Welterweight	0
284	280	Kona Oliveira	Welterweight	0
284	280	Lucas Borges	Middleweight	0
284	280	Luis Vargas	Lightweight	0
284	280	Mario Navarro	Featherweight	0
284	NR	Mateusz Piskorz	Lightweight	0
284	280	Mike Jasper	Middleweight	0
284	280	Nathan Stolen	Lightweight	0
284	NR	Ranjeet Baria	Featherweight	0
284	280	Roger Huerta	Lightweight	0
284	280	Roman Salazar	Bantamweight	0
284	280	Ronny Markes	Heavyweight	0
284	280	Ryan Scope	Lightweight	0
284	280	Ryan Walker	Lightweight	0
284	101	Saad Awad	Lightweight	0
284	280	Sabriye Sengul	Women’s Flyweight	0
284	280	Sam Slater	Lightweight	0
284	NR	Scott Futrell	Welterweight	0
284	280	Spencer Higa	Featherweight	0
284	280	Tevin Dyce	Bantamweight	0
284	280	Thomas Lopez	Featherweight	0
284	280	Ty Gwerder	Middleweight	0
284	NR	Vinicius Zani	Bantamweight	0
284	280	Will Lavine	Middleweight	0

Check back next Wednesday for our Heavyweight rankings

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