UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Bantamweights: Aug 24/20

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	2	1	Petr Yan	242.5
3	3	3	Aljamain Sterling	229.5
4	4	2	Marlon Moraes	228
5	5	5	Cory Sandhagen	175.5
6	7	11	Dominick Cruz	157
7	12	15	Marlon Vera	148.5
8	10		Frankie Edgar	135
9	8	6	Pedro Munhoz	128
10	9	10	Rob Font	126
11	11	14	Song Yadong	112
12	13	7	Jose Aldo	105
13	15		Nathaniel Wood	81
14	16		Raoni Barcelos	80
15	19		Eddie Wineland	72.5
16	18		Rani Yahya	70.5
17	17	16	John Dodson	69
18	21		Urijah Faber	64
19	22		Casey Kenney	63
20	23		Alejandro Perez	62
20	27		Brett Johns	62
22	20		Sean O’Malley	60
23	24		Luke Sanders	59
24	29	13	Merab Dvalishvili	57.5
25	30		Jonathan Martinez	55.5
26	25	9	Raphael Assuncao	53.5
27	26		Said Nurmagomedov	49
28	31		Kyung Ho Kang	37.5
29	32		Louis Smolka	34.5
29	32		Mario Bautista	34.5
31	35		Andre Ewell	32
31	NR		Thomas Almeida	32
33	34		Montel Jackson	29.5
34	36		Jose Alberto Quinonez	26
35	37		Chris Gutierrez	25.5
36	NR		Amir Albazi	25
36	NR		Trevin Jones	25
36	38		Tyson Nam	25
39	39		Enrique Barzola	24
40	40		Davey Grant	17.5
41	41		Teruto Ishihara	16.5
42	42		Mark De La Rosa	15.5
43	45		Jack Shore	14
44	45		Danaa Batgerel	10
44	45		Randy Costa	10
46	48		Heili Alateng	9.5
47	49		Benito Lopez	9
47	49		Cole Smith	9
47	NR		Hunter Azure	9
47	49		Miles Johns	9
51	43		Guido Cannetti	8
52	44		Frankie Saenz	7.5
52	53		Liu Pingyuan	7.5
54	70		Irwin Rivera	5
54	54		Kyler Phillips	5
56	55		Felipe Colares	4.5
57	57		Aaron Phillips	0
57	NR		Ali AlQaisi	0
57	NR		Bruno Silva	0
57	57		Domingo Pilarte	0
57	57		Gabriel Silva	0
57	57		Gustavo Lopez	0
57	NR		John Castaneda	0
57	57		Journey Newson	0
57	NR		Malcolm Gordon	0
57	57		Martin Day	0
57	57		Ode Osbourne	0
57	NR		Timur Valiev	0
57	57		Tony Gravely	0
57	57		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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