UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Bantamweights: Oct 5/20

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	6	11	Dominick Cruz	157
7	7	16	Marlon Vera	148.5
8	8	6	Frankie Edgar	135
9	9	7	Pedro Munhoz	128
10	10	12	Rob Font	126
11	11	15	Song Yadong	112
12	12	8	Jose Aldo	105
13	13		Nathaniel Wood	81
14	14		Raoni Barcelos	80
15	19		Casey Kenney	75.5
16	15		Eddie Wineland	72.5
17	16		Rani Yahya	70.5
18	18		Urijah Faber	64
19	20		Alejandro Perez	62
20	22		Sean O’Malley	60
21	23		Luke Sanders	59
22	24	14	Merab Dvalishvili	57.5
23	25		Jonathan Martinez	55.5
24	26	10	Raphael Assuncao	53.5
25	27		Said Nurmagomedov	49
26	NR		Tyson Nam	47.5
27	28		Kyung Ho Kang	37.5
28	29		Louis Smolka	34.5
28	29		Mario Bautista	34.5
30	31		Andre Ewell	32.5
31	31		Thomas Almeida	32
32	54		Kyler Phillips	29.5
32	33		Montel Jackson	29.5
34	34		Jose Alberto Quinonez	26
35	35		Chris Gutierrez	25.5
36	NR		Khalid Taha	25
36	36		Trevin Jones	25
38	39		Enrique Barzola	24
39	44		Randy Costa	19
40	40		Davey Grant	17.5
41	41		Teruto Ishihara	16.5
42	42		Mark De La Rosa	15.5
43	43		Jack Shore	14
44	47		Hunter Azure	13
45	44		Danaa Batgerel	10
46	47		Benito Lopez	9
46	47		Miles Johns	9
48	46		Heili Alateng	8.5
49	47		Cole Smith	8
49	51		Guido Cannetti	8
51	52		Frankie Saenz	7.5
51	52		Liu Pingyuan	7.5
53	56		Felipe Colares	4.5
53	54		Irwin Rivera	4.5
55	57		Aaron Phillips	0
55	57		Ali AlQaisi	0
55	NR		Anderson dos Santos	0
55	NR		Cameron Else	0
55	57		Domingo Pilarte	0
55	57		Gabriel Silva	0
55	57		Gustavo Lopez	0
55	NR		Jerome Rivera	0
55	57		John Castaneda	0
55	57		Journey Newson	0
55	57		Malcolm Gordon	0
55	57		Martin Day	0
55	57		Ode Osbourne	0
55	57		Timur Valiev	0
55	57		Tony Gravely	0
55	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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