UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Bantamweights: Oct 22/21

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	2	3	T.J. Dillashaw	506
3	3	2	Petr Yan	356.5
4	4	4	Cory Sandhagen	320.5
5	5		Song Yadong	244.5
6	6	5	Rob Font	236
7	8	6	Jose Aldo	203
8	9	14	Marlon Vera	179.5
9	12	7	Merab Dvalishvili	179
10	10		Ricky Simon	174.5
11	11	9	Frankie Edgar	151
12	7	11	Marlon Moraes	138
13	13	10	Pedro Munhoz	137
14	14		Adrian Yanez	136
15	15		Said Nurmagomedov	135
16	16		Sean O’Malley	127.5
17	17	15	Cody Stamann	117.5
18	18		Kyler Phillips	117
19	19		Louis Smolka	116
20	20		Timur Valiev	109
21	21		Casey Kenney	106
22	42		Nate Maness	104
23	23		Raoni Barcelos	98.5
24	24		Brian Kelleher	97
24	22		Rani Yahya	97
26	25		Nathaniel Wood	95.5
27	26		Davey Grant	93
28	27		Julio Arce	90.5
29	29	16	Raulian Paiva	85
30	30	12	Dominick Cruz	80
31	28		Montel Jackson	79
32	33		Jonathan Martinez	75.5
33	32		Alejandro Perez	75
33	34		Miles Johns	75
35	31		Chris Gutierrez	74.5
36	NR	13	Raphael Assuncao	68.5
37	35		Eddie Wineland	65
37	35		Kyung Ho Kang	65
39	37		Mario Bautista	62
40	38		Saidyokub Kakhramonov	60
41	39		Aiemann Zahabi	55
42	40		Trevin Jones	54
43	41		Umar Nurmagomedov	50
44	43		Jack Shore	46
45	45		Danaa Batgerel	44
45	NR		Douglas Silva de Andrade	44
47	44		Khalid Taha	40
48	46		Gustavo Lopez	36
49	47		Randy Costa	34
50	48		Andre Ewell	29.5
51	NR		Brandon Davis	27
52	50		Jose Alberto Quinonez	26
52	49		Tony Gravely	26
54	51		John Castaneda	20
54	51		Johnny Munoz	20
54	51		Ronnie Lawrence	20
57	55		Hunter Azure	19
58	57		Heili Alateng	17
59	56		Felipe Colares	14
59	59		Vince Morales	14
61	60		Guido Cannetti	10
61	60		Mana Martinez	10
61	60		Ricky Turcios	10
61	60		Sergey Morozov	10
61	60		Tony Kelley	10
66	67		Brady Hiestand	0
66	67		Domingo Pilarte	0
66	NR		Gaetano Pirrello	0
66	67		Jesse Strader	0
66	67		JP Buys	0
66	67		Kevin Natividad	0
66	67		Kris Moutinho	0
66	67		Liudvik Sholinian	0
66	67		Marcelo Rojo	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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