Bellator Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Pound for Pound: Sept 29/21

There is constant debate about fighter rankings, which are normally 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, this time for Bellator. We’ll roll out a new weight class every Wednesday. Next up: Pound for Pound.

*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 Bellator 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. For fighters who have also fought in the UFC during this time, those performances were counted also)
Points based on a fighter’s opponent’s Bellator & 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

Stats	Last	Bell			Total
Rank	Rank	Rank
1	2	3	Vadim Nemkov	Light Heavyweight	887
2	1	2	Patricio ‘Pitbull’ Freire	Feather/Lightweight	801
3	4	4	Gegard Mousasi	Middleweight	752
4	3	1W	Cris ‘Cyborg’ Justino	Women’s Featherweight	678
5	11	1	A.J. McKee	Featherweight	651
6	5	6	Yaroslav Amosov	Welterweight	544.5
7	6	2W	Juliana Velasquez	Women’s Flyweight	543.5
8	7	5	Ryan Bader	Heavyweight/Light Heavy	447
9	8	8	Douglas Lima	Welterweight	420
10	9	3W	Ilima-Lei Macfarlane	Women’s Flyweight	406
11	10		Timothy Johnson	Heavyweight	392
12	12	7	Sergio Pettis	Bantamweight	332
13	29		Goiti Yamauchi	Lightweight	292.5
14	13		Jason Jackson	Welterweight	285
14	13	10	Juan Archuleta	Bantamweight	285
16	18		Leandro Higo	Bantamweight	269
16	18		Michael Page	Welterweight	269
18	17		Neiman Gracie	Welterweight	266.5
19	22	4W	Julia Budd	Women’s Featherweight	242
20	163		Darrion Caldwell	Bantamweight	232
21	NR		Brent Primus	Lightweight	230
22	21		Phil Davis	Light Heavyweight	228.5
23	66		Mads Burnell	Featherweight	228
24	25	9	Corey Anderson	Light Heavyweight	224.5
25	25		Cheick Kongo	Heavyweight	224
26	27		Jay-Jay Wilson	Featherweight	220.5
27	15		John Salter	Middleweight	216.5
28	30		Raufeon Stots	Bantamweight	212
29	28		Aaron Pico	Featherweight	211
30	23		Lorenz Larkin	Middleweight	204
31	31		Patricky ‘Pitbull’ Freire	Lightweight	194
32	32		Aviv Gozali	Lightweight	192.5
33	20		Emmanuel Sanchez	Featherweight	192
33	33		Linton Vassell	Heavyweight	192
35	35		Sidney Outlaw	Lightweight	186
36	132		Jornel Lugo	Bantamweight	182
37	36		Tyrell Fortune	Heavyweight	181
38	82		Alex Polizzi	Light Heavyweight	175
39	38		Adam Borics	Featherweight	173.5
40	39		Austin Vanderford	Middleweight	169
41	40		Oliver Enkamp	Welterweight	168
41	40		Peter Queally	Lightweight	168
43	43		Valentin Moldavsky	Heavyweight	161.5
44	88		Davion Franklin	Heavyweight	160
45	44		Steve Mowry	Heavyweight	159
46	45	6W	Denise Kielholtz	Women’s Flyweight	152.5
47	47		James Gallagher	Bantamweight	150
48	48		Charlie Ward	Middleweight	149.5
49	49		Mandel Nallo	Lightweight	149
50	NR		Ben Parrish	Light Heavyweight	140
51	51	5W	Liz Carmouche	Women’s Flyweight	139.5
52	42		Benson Henderson	Welterweight	139
53	53		Charlie Leary	Lightweight	136
54	46		Logan Storley	Welterweight	134.5
55	54		Dalton Rosta	Middleweight	134
55	54		Leah McCourt	Women’s Featherweight	134
57	56		Aiden Lee	Featherweight	130
57	56		Dan Moret	Lightweight	130
59	58		Andrew Kapel	Middleweight	128
60	50		Grant Neal	Light Heavyweight	127.5
61	NR		Daniel Carey	Featherweight	125
61	37		Taylor Johnson	Middleweight	125
63	59		Cody Law	Featherweight	124
63	59		Julius Anglickas	Light Heavyweight	124
63	59		Romero Cotton	Middleweight	124
66	62		Keri Taylor-Melendez	Women’s Flyweight	122
66	62		Lucas Brennan	Featherweight	122
68	64		Sinead Kavanagh	Women’s Featherweight	121.5
69	65		Kemran Lachinov	Welterweight	121
70	NR		Islam Mamedov	Lightweight	110
70	66		Robson Gracie Jr	Welterweight	110
72	68		Billy Goff	Welterweight	109
72	68		Norbert Novenyi	Middleweight	109
72	198		Usman Nurmagomedov	Lightweight	109
75	70		Lyoto Machida	Light Heavyweight	108
76	72		Paul Daley	Welterweight	106
77	72		Joey Davis	Welterweight	104.5
78	74		Charlie Campbell	Lightweight	104
78	74		Johnny Eblen	Middleweight	104
80	76		Jaylon Bates	Bantamweight	103
81	77		Weber Almeida	Featherweight	101
82	78		Alexandr Shabily	Lightweight	100
82	78	7W	Arlene Blencowe	Women’s Featherweight	100
82	78		Shamil Nikaev	Welterweight	100
85	NR		Sergei Kharitonov	Heavyweight	98
86	141		Georgi Karakhanyan	Lightweight	97
87	83		Roman Faraldo	Welterweight	96
88	214		Cass Bell	Bantamweight	95.5
89	85		Blaine O’Driscoll (flyweight)	Bantamweight	95
89	85		Jake Hager	Heavyweight	95
89	85		Raymond Daniels	Welterweight	95
92	88		Nicolo Solli	Lightweight	94
92	88		Tony Johnson	Middleweight	94
94	91		Henry Corrales	Featherweight	93.5
95	92		Kevin Ferguson Jr	Lightweight	93
96	93		Brett Johns	Bantamweight	92
97	95	8W	Cat Zingano	Women’s Featherweight	89
97	78		Khalid Murtazaliev	Middleweight	89
99	96		Patchy Mix	Bantamweight	88
99	33		Yoel Romero	Light Heavyweight	88
101	97		Fabian Edwards	Middleweight	85.5
102	98		Daniel Weichel	Featherweight	81
102	98		Rafael Carvalho	Middleweight	81
102	98		Vinicius de Jesus	Middleweight	81
105	NR		Alexander Shlemenko	Middleweight	80
105	103		Justin Gonzales	Featherweight	80
105	103		Saad Awad	Lightweight	80
108	105		Chris Duncan	Lightweight	78
108	105		Valerie Loureda	Women’s Flyweight	78
110	108		Melvin Manhoef	Light Heavyweight	77
111	109		Keoni Diggs	Featherweight	76
112	94		Derek Anderson	Welterweight	75
113	112		Kate Jackson	Women’s Flyweight	74.5
114	52		John Douma	Bantamweight	74
115	114		Jordan Newman	Middleweight	73
115	NR		Joshua Jones	Lightweight	73
117	115		Killys Mota	Welterweight	72
118	84		Brian Moore	Bantamweight	70
119	119		Alfie Davis	Lightweight	69.5
120	120		Pedro Carvalho	Featherweight	68.5
121	NR		Andrey Koreshkov	Welterweight	68
121	121		Lewis Long	Welterweight	68
121	121		Simon Smotritsky	Welterweight	68
121	121		Sumiko Inaba	Women’s Flyweight	68
121	121		Veta Arteaga	Women’s Flyweight	68
126	125		Ciaran Clarke	Featherweight	67
126	125		Danni Neilan	Women’s Flyweight	67
128	127	9W	Kana Watanabe	Women’s Flyweight	66
129	129		Nick Newell	Lightweight	64
130	131		John Macapa	Featherweight	63
131	98		Christian Edwards	Light Heavyweight	62.5
132	13		Josh Hill	Bantamweight	62
133	34		Anthony ‘Rumble’ Johnson	Light Heavyweight	60
133	134		Daniele Scatizzi	Lightweight	60
133	24		Danny Sabatello	Bantamweight	60
133	146		Hannah Guy	Women’s Flyweight	60
133	134		Kastriot Xhema	Welterweight	60
138	98		Alejandra Lara	Women’s Flyweight	58
138	139		Lee Chadwick	Light Heavyweight	58
138	198		Marcelo Golm	Heavyweight	58
141	117		Chris Gonzalez	Lightweight	57.5
142	142		Chris Bungard	Lightweight	56
142	142		Marcus Surin	Lightweight	56
144	144		Lance Gibson Jr	Lightweight	55
144	144		Raphael Uchegbu	Welterweight	55
146	146		Johnny Soto	Featherweight	54
146	146		Moses Murrietta	Welterweight	54
146	154		Saul Rogers	Lightweight	54
146	146		Trevor Gudde	Welterweight	54
146	146		Tyler King	Heavyweight	54
151	138		Magomed Magomedov	Bantamweight	53
152	154		Asael Adjoudj	Featherweight	50
152	154		Gokhan Saricam	Heavyweight	50
152	NR		Jeff Neilson	Middleweight	50
152	154		Luke Trainer	Light Heavyweight	50
152	NR		Mike Ekundayo	Bantamweight	50
152	NR		Nathan Jones	Welterweight	50
152	154		Talita Nogueira	Women’s Featherweight	50
159	158		Abraham Vaesau	Welterweight	48
160	153		Jeremy Kennedy	Featherweight	47
161	160	10W	Leslie Smith	Women’s Featherweight	45.5
163	NR		Everett Cummings	Heavyweight	45
163	161		Jack May	Heavyweight	45
163	161		Walter Gahadza	Welterweight	45
163	NR		Yannick Bahati	Light Heavyweight	45
166	NR		Johnny Cisneros	Welterweight	43
166	139		Sabah Homasi	Welterweight	43
168	NR		Anthony Adams	Middleweight	40
168	167		Dominique Wooding	Featherweight	40
168	167		Justin Sumter	Middleweight	40
168	NR		Uros Jurisic	Welterweight	40
172	91		Erik Perez	Bantamweight	38
173	171		Myles Jury	Lightweight	36.5
174	214		Keith Lee	Bantamweight	36
175	163		Manny Muro	Lightweight	35
175	173		Nainoa Dung	Lightweight	35
177	167		Mark Lemminger	Welterweight	34
178	NR		Nathan Rose	Featherweight	32
178	174		Terry Brazier	Lightweight	32
180	175		Kyle Crutchmer	Welterweight	31
181	176		Janay Harding	Women’s Featherweight	30
181	176		Said Sowma	Heavyweight	30
183	178		Diana Avsaragova	Women’s Flyweight	28
184	170		Kiefer Crosbie	Lightweight	27.5
185	179		Jaleel Willis	Welterweight	27
186	214		Fabio Aguiar	Middleweight	20
186	NR		Khasan Magomedsharipov	Featherweight	20
186	181		Matheus Mattos	Bantamweight	20
186	18		Tim Wilde	Lightweight	20
186	181		Yves Landu	Lightweight	20
191	187		Soren Bak	Lightweight	19
192	181		Albert Gonzales	Welterweight	18
192	188		Daniel Madrid	Middleweight	18
192	188		Jessica Borga	Women’s Featherweight	18
192	188		John de Jesus	Featherweight	18
192	188		Kane Mousah	Lightweight	18
192	188		Ricardo Seixas	Lightweight	18
198	NR		Kai Kamaka III	Featherweight	17
199	188		Ty Gwerder	Middleweight	16
200	196		Joseph Creer	Middleweight	14
200	196		Pat Casey	Welterweight	14
202	198		Alan Omer	Lightweight	10
202	198		Ali Zebian	Lightweight	10
202	198		Andrew Fisher	Featherweight	10
202	198		Chiara Penco	Women’s Flyweight	10
202	214		DeAnna Bennett	Women’s Flyweight	10
202	NR		Fabacary Diatta	Featherweight	10
202	NR		Gadzhi Rabadanov	Featherweight	10
202	198		Grachik Bozinyan	Welterweight	10
202	113		Jeffrey Glossner	Bantamweight	10
202	198		Karl Albrektsson	Light Heavyweight	10
202	198		Lucie Bertaud	Women’s Flyweight	10
202	198		Marina Mokhnatkina	Women’s Featherweight	10
202	214		Mike Hamel	Lightweight	10
202	NR		Pam Sorenson	Women’s Featherweight	10
202	NR		Rob Whiteford	Featherweight	10
202	214		Vanessa Porto	Women’s Flyweight	10
218	208		Andrew Salas	Featherweight	9
218	208		Jose Augusto	Light Heavyweight	9
220	134		Ilara Joanne	Women’s Flyweight	8
220	211		Jessy Miele	Women’s Featherweight	8
222	212		Albert Morales	Bantamweight	6
223	213		Carlo Pedersoli Jr	Welterweight	5
224	214		Alessandro Botti	Lightweight	0
224	214		Andy Manzolo	Middleweight	0
224	214		Ashleigh Grimshaw	Featherweight	0
224	214		Bobby Lee	Lightweight	0
224	214		Bobby Lee	Welterweight	0
224	214		Branko Busick	Middleweight	0
224	214		Bryce Logan	Lightweight	0
224	134		Cee Jay Hamilton	Bantamweight	0
224	NR		Dante Schiro	Welterweight	0
224	NR		Darina Mazdyuk	Women’s Flyweight	0
224	NR		Davy Gallon	Lightweight	0
224	214		Dayana Silva	Women’s Featherweight	0
224	214		Desiree Yanez	Women’s Flyweight	0
224	214		Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov	Light Heavyweight	0
224	214		Ederson Macedo	Light Heavyweight	0
224	NR		Elina Kallionidou	Women’s Flyweight	0
224	214		Erick Sanchez	Featherweight	0
224	214		Giovanni Melillo	Welterweight	0
224	214		Gregory Milliard	Light Heavyweight	0
224	214		Hamza Salim	Middleweight	0
224	214		Herman Terrado	Welterweight	0
224	214		Iamik Furtado	Lightweight	0
224	NR		Irina Alekseeva	Women’s Flyweight	0
224	214		Isaiah Hokit	Lightweight	0
224	214		Jason Markland	Light Heavyweight	0
224	214		Jessica Ruiz	Women’s Flyweight	0
224	NR		Jon Adams (flyweight)	Bantamweight	0
224	NR		Jonathan Quiroz	Featherweight	0
224	214		Jonathan Wilson	Light Heavyweight	0
224	214		Katharina Lehner	Women’s Featherweight	0
224	NR		Khurshed Kakhorov	Bantamweight	0
224	214		Kywan Gracie	Welterweight	0
224	214		Levan Chokheli	Welterweight	0
224	214		Matt Bessette	Featherweight	0
224	214		Mukhamed Berkhamov	Welterweight	0
224	214		Nate Andrews	Lightweight	0
224	NR		Nick Browne	Lightweight	0
224	NR		Nikita Mikhailov	Bantamweight	0
224	214		Peter Stanonik	Welterweight	0
224	NR		Randi Field	Women’s Flyweight	0
224	NR		Roberta Samad	Women’s Featherweight	0
224	214		Ross Houston	Welterweight	0
224	214		Ryan Scope	Lightweight	0
224	NR		Sebastian Ruiz	Bantamweight	0
224	214		Shaun Asher	Heavyweight	0
224	214		Shawn Teed	Heavyweight	0
224	214		Simon Biyong	Light Heavyweight	0
224	214		Simone D’Anna	Featherweight	0
224	214		Tara Graff	Women’s Flyweight	0
224	214		Viktor Nemkov	Light Heavyweight	0
224	214		Vladyslav Parubchenko	Featherweight	0
224	214		Will Smith	Bantamweight	0

Check back next Wednesday for our Heavyweight rankings

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