UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Bantamweights: July 13/20

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		Henry Cejudo	501
2	5	3	Petr Yan	242.5
3	4	2	Aljamain Sterling	229.5
4	2	1	Marlon Moraes	228
5	8	4	Cody Garbrandt	175.5
5	3	5	Cory Sandhagen	175.5
7	6	12	Dominick Cruz	157
8	7	7	Pedro Munhoz	153
9	10	11	Rob Font	126
10	11		Frankie Edgar	116
11	13	15	Song Yadong	112
12	NR		Marlon Vera	106
13	9	6	Jose Aldo	105
14	16		Ricky Simon	96.5
15	17		Nathaniel Wood	86.5
16	19		Raoni Barcelos	80
17	20	13	John Dodson	79.5
18	21		Rani Yahya	73.5
19	18		Eddie Wineland	72.5
20	26	14	Sean O’Malley	67.5
21	22		Urijah Faber	64
22	23		Casey Kenney	63
23	25		Alejandro Perez	62
24	NR		Luke Sanders	59
25	23	8	Raphael Assuncao	53.5
26	27		Said Nurmagomedov	49
27	28		Brett Johns	48
28	29		Ray Borg	45
29	30		Merab Dvalishvili	42.5
30	31		Jonathan Martinez	40
31	33		Kyung Ho Kang	37.5
32	32		Louis Smolka	34.5
32	35		Mario Bautista	34.5
34	36		Montel Jackson	33.5
35	37		Andre Ewell	32
36	38		Jose Alberto Quinonez	26
37	NR		Chris Gutierrez	25.5
38	NR		Tyson Nam	25
39	39		Enrique Barzola	24
40	49		Davey Grant	17.5
41	40		Teruto Ishihara	16.5
42	NR		Mark De La Rosa	15.5
43	41		Guido Cannetti	14
44	NR		Frankie Saenz	12.5
45	42		Danaa Batgerel	10
45	42		Jack Shore	10
45	42		Randy Costa	10
48	45		Heili Alateng	9.5
49	46		Benito Lopez	9
49	46		Cole Smith	9
49	46		Miles Johns	9
52	NR		Jordan Espinosa	8.5
53	50		Liu Pingyuan	7.5
54	51		Kyler Phillips	5
55	52		Felipe Colares	4.5
55	52		Geraldo de Freitas	4.5
57	NR		Aaron Phillips	0
57	54		Domingo Pilarte	0
57	54		Gabriel Silva	0
57	NR		Gustavo Lopez	0
57	54		Journey Newson	0
57	54		Martin Day	0
57	54		Ode Osbourne	0
57	54		Tony Gravely	0
57	NR		Zarrukh Adashev	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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