UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Bantamweights: Feb 12/21

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	4	3	Cory Sandhagen	242.5
1	2	1	Petr Yan	242.5
3	3	2	Aljamain Sterling	229.5
4	5	7	Marlon Moraes	163
5	7	4	Rob Font	143.5
6	9	9	Pedro Munhoz	128
7	10	6	Jose Aldo	126
8	11		Marlon Vera	125.5
9	8	10	Jimmie Rivera	118
10	13	15	Song Yadong	112
11	12	8	Frankie Edgar	103
12	NR	14	Cody Stamann	97
13	16	16	Casey Kenney	96
14	6	12	Dominick Cruz	80
15	17		Raoni Barcelos	75.5
15	18		Eddie Wineland	72.5
17	19		Rani Yahya	70.5
18	20		Nathaniel Wood	70
19	21		Said Nurmagomedov	68.5
20	22		Louis Smolka	63
21	23		Alejandro Perez	60.5
22	24		Sean O’Malley	60
23	25	13	Merab Dvalishvili	57.5
24	26		Jonathan Martinez	54
25	27	11	Raphael Assuncao	53.5
26	28		Luke Sanders	39.5
27	30		Miles Johns	33
28	31		Andre Ewell	32.5
29	32		Kyler Phillips	29.5
29	32		Montel Jackson	29.5
31	34		Chris Gutierrez	25.5
32	35		Adrian Yanez	25
32	35		Julio Arce	25
32	NR		Umar Nurmagomedov	25
35	37		Nathan Maness	24.5
36	38		Enrique Barzola	23
37	39		Khalid Taha	22.5
38	40		Jose Alberto Quinonez	22
39	41		Gustavo Lopez	20
40	42		Randy Costa	19
41	43		Davey Grant	17.5
41	49		Thomas Almeida	17.5
43	44		Mark De La Rosa	15.5
44	45		Jack Shore	14
45	46		Hunter Azure	13
46	47		Danaa Batgerel	10
47	48		Heili Alateng	8.5
48	49		Guido Cannetti	8
49	50		Frankie Saenz	7.5
50	51		Anderson dos Santos	5
50	51		Tony Gravely	5
50	51		Tony Kelley	5
53	54		Anthony Birchak	4.5
53	54		Irwin Rivera	4.5
55	57		Aiemann Zahabi	4
55	57		Geraldo de Freitas	4
57	59		Aaron Phillips	0
57	59		Ali AlQaisi	0
57	59		Cameron Else	0
57	59		Gabriel Silva	0
57	NR		Gaetano Pirrello	0
57	59		John Castaneda	0
57	59		Journey Newson	0
57	59		Kevin Natividad	0
57	59		Mark Striegl	0
57	59		Ray Rodriguez	0
57	NR		Sergey Morozov	0
57	59		Trevin Jones	0
57	59		Victor Rodriguez	0
57	NR		Vincent Cachero	0

Check back Friday for our flyweight rankings

Performance Based Rankings:

Heavyweights
Light Heavyweights
Middleweights
Welterweights
Lightweight
Featherweights
Flyweights
Women’s Feather/Bantamweights
Women’s Flyweights
Women’s Strawweights
Pound for Pound

 

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