UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Bantamweights: Jan 20/20

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	1	1	Henry Cejudo	469
2	2	2	Marlon Moraes	228
3	3	5	Cory Sandhagen	199.5
4	4	3	Aljamain Sterling	187
5	8	4	Petr Yan	168.5
6	5	7	Pedro Munhoz	153
7	7	10	Cody Garbrandt	142
8	5	9	Jose Aldo	129
9	10	11	Rob Font	126
10	9	15	Marlon Vera	124.5
11	11	8	Jimmie Rivera	115.5
12	12	14	Song Yadong	112
13	13	12	Cody Stamann	102
14	14		Nathaniel Wood	97
15	16		Brian Kelleher	96
16	17		Eddie Wineland	84
17	15		Ricky Simon	82.5
18	20		Raoni Barcelos	80
19	18		Rani Yahya	73.5
20	19		Urijah Faber	64
21	22	6	Raphael Assuncao	63
22	23		Alejandro Perez	62
23	24		Luke Sanders	59
24	21		Ryan Benoit	56.5
25	26		Louis Smolka	51
26	25		Said Nurmagomedov	49
27	27	16	Casey Kenney	48
28	30		Jonathan Martinez	44.5
29	31	13	John Dodson	39
30	35		Kyung Ho Kang	37.5
31	32		Jose Alberto Quinonez	35
32	34		Montel Jackson	32
33	36		Brett Johns	26.5
34	37		Andre Ewell	25.5
35	38		Frankie Saenz	24.5
35	38		Merab Dvalishvili	24.5
37	NR		Enrique Barzola	24
38	40		Teruto Ishihara	16.5
39	41		Guido Cannetti	16
40	42		Chris Gutierrez	14.5
41	43		Hunter Azure	10
41	43		Jack Shore	10
41	43		Miles Johns	10
41	43		Randy Costa	10
45	55		Heili Alateng	9.5
45	47		Sean O’Malley	9.5
47	49		Benito Lopez	9
47	49		Cole Smith	9
49	52		Davey Grant	8.5
50	54		Brad Katona	7.5
50	52		Liu Pingyuan	7.5
52	55		Felipe Colares	5
52	55		Mario Bautista	5
52	55		Su Mudaerji	5
55	59		Geraldo de Freitas	4.5
55	59		Vince Morales	4.5
57	61		Aiemann Zahabi	4
58	63		Anderson dos Santos	0
58	63		Bruno Silva	0
58	63		Carlos Huachin	0
58	63		Danaa Batgerel	0
58	63		Domingo Pilarte	0
58	63		Gabriel Silva	0
58	63		Grigorii Popov	0
58	63		Journey Newson	0
58	63		Martin Day	0
58	63		Mitch Gagnon	0
58	NR		Ode Osbourne	0
58	63		Wuliji Buren	0

 

Check back Friday for our flyweight rankings

 

Performance Based Rankings:

Heavyweights
Light Heavweights
Middleweights
Welterweights
Lightweights
Featherweights
Flyweights
Women’s Feather/Bantamweights
Women’s Flyweights
Women’s Strawweights
Pound for Pound

 

 

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