UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Bantamweights: May 7/21

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 a 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.

 

*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 the 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	1	Aljamain Sterling	567
2	3	3	Cory Sandhagen	389
3	4	2	Petr Yan	356.5
4	5	5	Cody Garbrandt	246
5	7	4	Rob Font	243.5
6	6	7	Marlon Moraes	205
7	10	16	Marlon Vera	193.5
8	9	6	Jose Aldo	183
9	8	9	Pedro Munhoz	181
10	11	10	Dominick Cruz	180
11	14		Song Yadong	179
12	12	8	Frankie Edgar	151
13	13	13	Jimmie Rivera	148
14	26	12	Merab Dvalishvili	142.5
15	20		Said Nurmagomedov	135
16	16		Casey Kenney	134
17	21	15	Kyler Phillips	133
18	17		Raoni Barcelos	131
19	NR		Matt Schnell	121
20	15	14	Cody Stamann	117.5
21	22		Louis Smolka	116
22	18		Rani Yahya	108.5
23	28		Davey Grant	106
24	25		Sean O’Malley	100.5
25	18		Nathaniel Wood	95.5
26	NR		Ricardo Ramos	95
27	29		Montel Jackson	87
28	31		Adrian Yanez	85
29	33		Damon Jackson	81
29	23		Eddie Wineland	81
31	31		Chris Gutierrez	79
32	24		Alejandro Perez	76.5
33	30		Jonathan Martinez	75.5
34	27	11	Raphael Assuncao	68.5
35	35		Miles Johns	66
36	36		Mario Bautista	62
37	37		Trevin Jones	60
38	38		Aiemann Zahabi	55
39	40		Umar Nurmagomedov	50
40	42		Nathan Maness	49
41	49		Jack Shore	45
41	43		Khalid Taha	45
43	39		Andre Ewell	41
44	51		Danaa Batgerel	38
44	40		Julio Arce	38
44	45		Randy Costa	38
47	46		Gustavo Lopez	36
48	56		Tony Gravely	29
49	44		Jose Alberto Quinonez	28
50	NR		Rogerio Bontorin	21
51	51		John Castaneda	20
51	51		Ronnie Lawrence	20
51	47		Thomas Almeida	20
54	50		Hunter Azure	19
55	54		Heili Alateng	17
56	48		Mark De La Rosa	16.5
57	55		Frankie Saenz	13
58	56		Anderson dos Santos	10
58	NR		Bill Algeo	10
58	NR		Timur Valiev	10
58	56		Tony Kelley	10
62	59		Irwin Rivera	9
63	62		Aaron Phillips	0
63	62		Cameron Else	0
63	62		Drako Rodriguez	0
63	62		Gaetano Pirrello	0
63	62		Jamey Simmons	0
63	62		Jesse Strader	0
63	62		Johnny Munoz	0
63	62		Journey Newson	0
63	62		Kevin Natividad	0
63	62		Mark Striegl	0
63	62		Ray Rodriguez	0
63	62		Sergey Morozov	0
63	62		T.J. Laramie	0
63	62		Victor Rodriguez	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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