UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Bantamweights: Mar 26/21

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	3	1	Aljamain Sterling	319
2	NR		T.J. Dillashaw	304
3	1	3	Cory Sandhagen	242.5
4	1	2	Petr Yan	212
5	NR	5	Cody Garbrandt	168
6	4	7	Marlon Moraes	163
7	5	4	Rob Font	143.5
8	6	9	Pedro Munhoz	128
9	7	6	Jose Aldo	126
10	8	16	Marlon Vera	125.5
11	14	10	Dominick Cruz	110
12	11	8	Frankie Edgar	103
13	9	12	Jimmie Rivera	100
14	10		Song Yadong	99.5
15	12	14	Cody Stamann	97
16	13		Casey Kenney	83.5
17	15		Raoni Barcelos	75.5
18	18		Nathaniel Wood	70
18	17		Rani Yahya	70
20	19		Said Nurmagomedov	68.5
21	29	15	Kyler Phillips	66.5
22	20		Louis Smolka	63
23	15		Eddie Wineland	61
24	21		Alejandro Perez	60.5
25	22		Sean O’Malley	60
26	23	13	Merab Dvalishvili	57.5
27	25	11	Raphael Assuncao	53.5
28	41		Davey Grant	53
29	29		Montel Jackson	50.5
30	24		Jonathan Martinez	47
31	32		Adrian Yanez	42.5
31	31		Chris Gutierrez	42.5
33	NR		Damon Jackson	40.5
34	26		Luke Sanders	39.5
35	27		Miles Johns	33
36	NR		Mario Bautista	31
37	57		Trevin Jones	30
38	55		Aiemann Zahabi	28.5
39	28		Andre Ewell	27.5
40	32		Julio Arce	25
40	32		Umar Nurmagomedov	25
42	35		Nathan Maness	24.5
43	37		Khalid Taha	22.5
44	38		Jose Alberto Quinonez	22
45	40		Randy Costa	19
46	39		Gustavo Lopez	18
47	41		Thomas Almeida	17.5
48	43		Mark De La Rosa	15.5
49	44		Jack Shore	14
50	45		Hunter Azure	13
51	46		Danaa Batgerel	10
51	57		John Castaneda	10
51	NR		Ronnie Lawrence	10
54	47		Heili Alateng	8.5
55	49		Frankie Saenz	7.5
56	50		Anderson dos Santos	5
56	50		Tony Gravely	5
56	50		Tony Kelley	5
59	53		Anthony Birchak	4.5
59	NR		Felipe Colares	4.5
59	53		Irwin Rivera	4.5
62	57		Aaron Phillips	0
62	57		Cameron Else	0
62	NR		Drako Rodriguez	0
62	57		Gaetano Pirrello	0
62	NR		Jamey Simmons	0
62	NR		Jesse Strader	0
62	NR		Johnny Munoz	0
62	57		Journey Newson	0
62	57		Kevin Natividad	0
62	57		Mark Striegl	0
62	57		Ray Rodriguez	0
62	57		Sergey Morozov	0
62	NR		T.J. Laramie	0
62	57		Victor Rodriguez	0
62	57		Vince Cachero	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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