UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Bantamweights: Mar 6/20

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	469
2	2	2	Marlon Moraes	228
3	3	5	Cory Sandhagen	199.5
4	4	3	Aljamain Sterling	187
5	5	4	Petr Yan	168.5
6	6	8	Pedro Munhoz	153
7	7	10	Cody Garbrandt	142
8	8	7	Jose Aldo	129
9	9	11	Rob Font	126
10	10	15	Marlon Vera	124.5
11	11	9	Jimmie Rivera	115.5
12	12	14	Song Yadong	112
13	13	12	Cody Stamann	102
14	15		Brian Kelleher	96
15	14		Nathaniel Wood	86.5
16	16		Eddie Wineland	84
17	17		Ricky Simon	82.5
18	29	13	John Dodson	81.5
19	18	16	Raoni Barcelos	80
20	19		Rani Yahya	73.5
21	20		Urijah Faber	64
22	21	6	Raphael Assuncao	63
23	22		Alejandro Perez	62
24	24		Ryan Benoit	56.5
25	25		Louis Smolka	51
26	26		Said Nurmagomedov	49
27	33		Brett Johns	48
28	27		Casey Kenney	43
29	35		Merab Dvalishvili	42
30	28		Jonathan Martinez	40
31	30		Kyung Ho Kang	37.5
32	31		Jose Alberto Quinonez	35
33	52		Mario Bautista	34.5
34	32		Montel Jackson	33.5
35	34		Andre Ewell	32
36	37		Enrique Barzola	24
37	38		Teruto Ishihara	16.5
38	39		Guido Cannetti	16
39	40		Chris Gutierrez	14.5
40	35		Frankie Saenz	12.5
41	41		Hunter Azure	10
41	41		Jack Shore	10
41	58		Journey Newson	10
41	41		Randy Costa	10
45	45		Heili Alateng	9.5
45	45		Sean O’Malley	9.5
47	47		Benito Lopez	9
47	47		Cole Smith	9
47	41		Miles Johns	9
50	49		Davey Grant	8.5
51	50		Liu Pingyuan	7.5
52	NR		Kyler Phillips	5
53	52		Felipe Colares	4.5
53	55		Geraldo de Freitas	4.5
53	55		Vince Morales	4.5
56	57		Aiemann Zahabi	4
57	58		Anderson dos Santos	0
57	58		Danaa Batgerel	0
57	58		Domingo Pilarte	0
57	58		Gabriel Silva	0
57	58		Martin Day	0
57	58		Mitch Gagnon	0
57	58		Ode Osbourne	0
57	NR		Tony Gravely	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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