Bellator Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Pound for Pound: Dec 8/21

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	1	2	Vadim Nemkov	Light Heavyweight	936
2	2	2	Patricio ‘Pitbull’ Freire	Featherweight	801
3	3	4	Gegard Mousasi	Middleweight	740
4	4	1W	Cris ‘Cyborg’ Justino	Women’s Featherweight	673
5	5	1	A.J. McKee	Featherweight	651
6	6	5	Yaroslav Amosov	Welterweight	544.5
7	7	2W	Juliana Velasquez	Women’s Flyweight	543.5
8	12	6	Sergio Pettis	Bantamweight	518
9	24	7	Corey Anderson	Light Heavyweight	433
10	10	3W	Ilima-Lei Macfarlane	Women’s Flyweight	400
11	33		Linton Vassell	Heavyweight	329
12	8	8	Ryan Bader	Heavy/Light Heavyweight	322
13	16	9	Michael Page	Welterweight	315
13	11		Timothy Johnson	Heavyweight	315
15	92		Patricky ‘Pitbull’ Freire	Lightweight	295
16	13		Goiti Yamauchi	Lightweight	290.5
17	14		Jason Jackson	Welterweight	285
17	14		Juan Archuleta	Bantamweight	285
19	16		Leandro Higo	Bantamweight	269
20	18		Neiman Gracie	Welterweight	265.5
21	112		Douglas Lima	Welterweight	256
22	99		Patchy Mix	Bantamweight	247
23	NR		Kyoji Horiguchi	Bantamweight	243
24	21		Brent Primus	Lightweight	238
25	NR		Fedor Emelianenko	Heavyweight	235
26	20		Darrion Caldwell	Bantamweight	232
27	22		Phil Davis	Light Heavyweight	228.5
28	23		Mads Burnell	Featherweight	228
29	25		Cheick Kongo	Heavyweight	224
30	26		Jay-Jay Wilson	Lightweight	220.5
31	27		John Salter	Middleweight	216.5
32	28		Raufeon Stots	Bantamweight	212
33	30		Lorenz Larkin	Middleweight	204
34	NR		Anatoly Tokov	Middleweight	197
35	32		Aviv Gozali	Lightweight	192.5
36	29		Aaron Pico	Featherweight	186.5
37	35		Sidney Outlaw	Lightweight	186
38	36		Jornel Lugo	Bantamweight	182
39	38		Alex Polizzi	Light Heavyweight	175
40	39		Adam Borics	Featherweight	173.5
40	45		Steve Mowry	Heavyweight	173.5
42	40		Austin Vanderford	Middleweight	169
43	43	10	Valentin Moldavsky	Heavyweight	161.5
44	44		Davion Franklin	Heavyweight	160
45	57		Aiden Lee	Featherweight	155
46	46	5W	Denise Kielholtz	Women’s Flyweight	152.5
47	37		Tyrell Fortune	Heavyweight	152
48	41		Peter Queally	Lightweight	151
49	49		Mandel Nallo	Lightweight	149
50	63		Cody Law	Featherweight	148
51	160		Jeremy Kennedy	Featherweight	145
52	80		Jaylon Bates	Bantamweight	142
53	50		Ben Parrish	Light Heavyweight	140
54	51	4W	Liz Carmouche	Women’s Flyweight	136.5
55	87		Roman Faraldo	Welterweight	136
56	78		Johnny Eblen	Middleweight	135.5
57	54		Logan Storley	Welterweight	134.5
58	55		Dalton Rosta	Middleweight	134
59	33		Emmanuel Sanchez	Featherweight	133
59	41		Oliver Enkamp	Welterweight	133
61	47		James Gallagher	Bantamweight	129
62	60		Grant Neal	Light Heavyweight	127.5
63	61		Daniel Carey	Featherweight	125
63	61		Taylor Johnson	Middleweight	125
65	63		Romero Cotton	Middleweight	124
66	66		Lucas Brennan	Featherweight	122
67	69		Kemran Lachinov	Welterweight	121
68	120		Pedro Carvalho	Featherweight	118.5
69	72		Usman Nurmagomedov	Lightweight	118
70	57		Dan Moret	Lightweight	117
70	55	9W	Leah McCourt	Women’s Featherweight	117
70	181		Said Sowma	Heavyweight	117
73	121		Sumiko Inaba	Women’s Flyweight	111
74	82		Alexandr Shabily	Lightweight	110
74	70		Islam Mamedov	Lightweight	110
74	70		Robson Gracie Jr	Welterweight	110
77	52		Billy Goff	Welterweight	109
78	126		Danni Neilan (strwwgt)	Women’s Flyweight	108
78	75		Lyoto Machida	Light Heavyweight	108
80	76		Paul Daley	Welterweight	106
81	132		Josh Hill	Bantamweight	105
82	78		Charlie Campbell	Lightweight	104
83	68		Sinead Kavanagh	Women’s Featherweight	102.5
84	81		Weber Almeida	Featherweight	101
85	52		Benson Henderson	Lightweight	100
85	224		Mukhamed Berkhamov	Welterweight	100
85	82		Shamil Nikaev	Welterweight	100
88	121		Lewis Long	Welterweight	98
88	85		Sergei Kharitonov	Heavyweight	98
90	126		Ciaran Clarke	Featherweight	97
90	86		Georgi Karakhanyan	Lightweight	97
92	88		Cass Bell	Bantamweight	95.5
93	152		Gokhan Saricam	Heavyweight	95
93	152		Luke Trainer	Light Heavyweight	95
93	89		Raymond Daniels	Welterweight	95
96	92		Tony Johnson	Middleweight	94
97	82	6W	Arlene Blencowe	Women’s Featherweight	93.5
98	96		Brett Johns	Bantamweight	90.5
99	97	7W	Cat Zingano	Women’s Featherweight	89
99	97		Khalid Murtazaliev	Middleweight	89
101	101		Fabian Edwards	Middleweight	85.5
102	63		Julius Anglickas	Light Heavyweight	85
103	92		Nicolo Solli	Welterweight	83
104	102		Rafael Carvalho	Middleweight	81
105	105		Saad Awad	Lightweight	80
106	111		Keoni Diggs	Featherweight	76
107	224		Derek Anderson	Welterweight	75
107	108		Valerie Loureda	Women’s Flyweight	75
109	114		John Douma	Bantamweight	74
110	115		Jordan Newman	Middleweight	73
110	115		Joshua Jones	Lightweight	73
112	105		Justin Gonzales	Featherweight	72
113	138		Lee Chadwick	Light Heavyweight	70
114	119		Alfie Davis	Lightweight	69.5
115	121		Andrey Koreshkov	Welterweight	68
115	NR		Kirill Sidelnikov	Heavyweight	68
115	NR		Sullivan Cauley	Light Heavyweight	68
115	121		Veta Arteaga	Women’s Flyweight	68
119	128	8W	Kana Watanabe	Women’s Flyweight	66
120	102		Daniel Weichel	Featherweight	65.5
121	133		Daniele Scatizzi	Lightweight	64
121	117		Killys Mota	Lightweight	64
121	129		Nick Newell	Lightweight	64
124	131		Christian Edwards	Light Heavyweight	62.5
125	110		Melvin Manhoef	Light Heavyweight	62
126	94		Henry Corrales	Featherweight	61
126	130		John Macapa	Featherweight	61
128	133		Anthony ‘Rumble’ Johnson	Light Heavyweight	60
128	133		Danny Sabatello	Bantamweight	60
128	133		Hannah Guy	Women’s Flyweight	60
131	202		Chiara Penco	Women’s Flyweight	59
131	26		Ilias Bulaid	Featherweight	59
131	144		Lance Gibson Jr	Lightweight	59
134	138		Alejandra Lara	Women’s Flyweight	58
134	138		Marcelo Golm	Heavyweight	58
136	141		Chris Gonzalez	Lightweight	57.5
137	142		Marcus Surin	Lightweight	56
138	146		Johnny Soto	Featherweight	54
138	146		Moses Murrietta	Welterweight	54
138	146		Saul Rogers	Lightweight	54
138	146		Trevor Gudde	Welterweight	54
142	151		Magomed Magomedov	Bantamweight	53
143	118		Brian Moore	Bantamweight	52.5
144	224		Irina Alekseeva	Women’s Flyweight	50
144	152		Jeff Neilson	Middleweight	50
144	152		Mike Ekundayo	Bantamweight	50
144	152		Talita Nogueira	Women’s Featherweight	50
144	NR		Tommy Espinosa	Bantamweight	50
144	102		Vinicius de Jesus	Welterweight	50
150	159		Abraham Vaesau	Welterweight	48
150	NR		Taylor Turner	Women’s Flyweight	48
150	99		Yoel Romero	Light Heavyweight	48
153	161	10W	Leslie Smith	Women’s Featherweight	45.5
154	163		Everett Cummings	Heavyweight	45
154	163		Jack May	Heavyweight	45
154	152		Nathan Jones	Welterweight	45
157	166		Johnny Cisneros	Welterweight	43
157	180		Kyle Crutchmer	Welterweight	43
157	166		Sabah Homasi	Welterweight	43
160	168		Anthony Adams	Middleweight	40
160	168		Justin Sumter	Middleweight	40
160	224		Nikita Mikhailov	Bantamweight	40
160	168		Uros Jurisic	Welterweight	40
160	163		Yannick Bahati	Light Heavyweight	40
165	173		Myles Jury	Lightweight	36.5
166	NR		Arunas Andriuskevicus	Light Heavyweight	36
166	174		Keith Lee	Bantamweight	36
166	NR		Vitaly Minakov	Heavyweight	36
169	175		Manny Muro	Lightweight	35
169	175		Nainoa Dung	Lightweight	35
169	NR		Spike Carlyle	Lightweight	35
172	177		Mark Lemminger	Welterweight	34
173	198		Kai Kamaka III	Featherweight	31.5
174	181		Janay Harding	Women’s Featherweight	30
175	NR		Bruna Ellen	Women’s Flyweight	28.5
176	183		Diana Avsaragova	Women’s Flyweight	28
176	186		Tim Wilde	Lightweight	28
178	184		Kiefer Crosbie	Lightweight	27.5
179	224		Davy Gallon	Lightweight	20
179	224		Elina Kallionidou	Women’s Flyweight	20
179	186		Fabio Aguiar	Middleweight	20
179	186		Khasan Magomedsharipov	Featherweight	20
179	186		Matheus Mattos	Bantamweight	20
179	178		Nathan Rose	Featherweight	20
185	202		Fabacary Diatta	Featherweight	19
185	202		Karl Albrektsson	Light Heavyweight	19
185	202		Mike Hamel	Lightweight	19
185	191		Soren Bak	Lightweight	19
189	192		Albert Gonzales	Welterweight	18
189	192		Daniel Madrid	Middleweight	18
189	192		Ricardo Seixas	Lightweight	18
189	186		Yves Landu	Lightweight	18
193	185		Jaleel Willis	Welterweight	17
194	192		Jessica Borga	Women’s Featherweight	16
194	199		Ty Gwerder	Middleweight	16
196	192		John de Jesus	Featherweight	14
196	192		Kane Mousah	Lightweight	14
198	202		Alan Omer	Lightweight	10
198	202		Andrew Fisher	Featherweight	10
198	202		DeAnna Bennett	Women’s Flyweight	10
198	172		Erik Perez	Bantamweight	10
198	202		Gadzhi Rabadanov	Featherweight	10
198	NR		Javier Torres	Welterweight	10
198	202		Jeffrey Glossner	Bantamweight	10
198	224		Khurshed Kakhorov	Bantamweight	10
198	224		Levan Chokheli	Welterweight	10
198	202		Marina Mokhnatkina	Women’s Featherweight	10
198	224		Nick Browne	Lightweight	10
198	202		Rob Whiteford	Featherweight	10
198	202		Vanessa Porto	Women’s Flyweight	10
211	NR		Bobby King	Lightweight	9
211	224		Grachik Bozinyan	Welterweight	9
211	218		Jose Augusto	Light Heavyweight	9
211	202		Pam Sorenson	Women’s Featherweight	9
215	220		Ilara Joanne	Women’s Flyweight	8
216	222		Albert Morales	Bantamweight	6
217	224		Bobby Lee	Lightweight	0
217	224		Branko Busick	Middleweight	0
217	224		Bryce Logan	Lightweight	0
217	224		Cee Jay Hamilton	Bantamweight	0
217	NR		Collin Huckbody	Middleweight	0
217	223		Dante Schiro	Welterweight	0
217	224		Darina Mazdyuk	Women’s Flyweight	0
217	224		Dayana Silva	Women’s Featherweight	0
217	224		Desiree Yanez	Women’s Flyweight	0
217	224		Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov	Light Heavyweight	0
217	202		Gregory Milliard	Welterweight	0
217	224		Herman Terrado	Welterweight	0
217	224		Isaiah Hokit	Lightweight	0
217	NR		Jared Scoggins	Bantamweight	0
217	224		Jon Adams (flyweight)	Bantamweight	0
217	224		Jonathan Quiroz	Featherweight	0
217	224		Jonathan Wilson	Light Heavyweight	0
217	NR		Luca Poclit	Welterweight	0
217	224		Matt Bessette	Featherweight	0
217	224		Nate Andrews	Lightweight	0
217	31		Patrik Pietila	Lightweight	0
217	224		Peter Stanonik	Welterweight	0
217	NR		Petra Castkova	Women’s Flyweight	0
217	NR		Rakim Cleveland	Heavyweight	0
217	224		Randi Field	Women’s Flyweight	0
217	NR		Raymond Pina	Lightweight	0
217	224		Roberta Samad	Women’s Featherweight	0
217	224		Sebastian Ruiz	Bantamweight	0
217	NR		Sharaf Davlatmurodov	Middleweight	0
217	224		Shaun Asher	Heavyweight	0
217	224		Simon Biyong	Light Heavyweight	0
217	224		Simone D’Anna	Featherweight	0
217	224		Tara Graff	Women’s Flyweight	0
217	146		Tyler King	Heavyweight	0
217	224		Viktor Nemkov	Light Heavyweight	0
217	224		Vladyslav Parubchenko	Featherweight	0
217	224		Will Smith	Bantamweight	0

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