UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Bantamweights: Jul 30/21

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	4	2	Petr Yan	356.5
4	3	4	Cory Sandhagen	320.5
5	5		Song Yadong	248.5
6	6	5	Rob Font	236
7	7	8	Marlon Moraes	205
8	10	10	Pedro Munhoz	181
9	8	15	Marlon Vera	179.5
10	11	7	Cody Garbrandt	177
11	NR		Ricky Simon	174.5
12	9	6	Jose Aldo	153
13	12	9	Frankie Edgar	151
14	13	14	Jimmie Rivera	148
15	14	12	Merab Dvalishvili	142.5
16	28		Adrian Yanez	136
17	15		Said Nurmagomedov	135
18	16		Casey Kenney	134
19	24		Sean O’Malley	127.5
20	19	16	Cody Stamann	117.5
21	17		Kyler Phillips	117
22	20		Louis Smolka	116
23	21		Brian Kelleher	112
24	59		Timur Valiev	109
25	22		Rani Yahya	101
26	18		Raoni Barcelos	98.5
27	25		Nathaniel Wood	95.5
28	23		Davey Grant	93
29	46		Julio Arce	90.5
30	26		Matt Schnell	88
31	27		Montel Jackson	87
32	NR		Raulian Paiva	85
33	29		Damon Jackson	81
34	31	11	Dominick Cruz	80
35	32		Chris Gutierrez	79
36	33		Alejandro Perez	76.5
37	34		Jonathan Martinez	75.5
38	36		Miles Johns	66
39	29		Eddie Wineland	65
39	37		Kyung Ho Kang	65
41	38		Mario Bautista	62
42	39		Trevin Jones	60
43	40		Aiemann Zahabi	55
44	41		Umar Nurmagomedov	50
45	42		Nathan Maness	49
46	43		Jack Shore	45
47	43		Khalid Taha	40
48	46		Danaa Batgerel	38
49	49		Gustavo Lopez	36
50	46		Randy Costa	34
51	45		Andre Ewell	29.5
52	50		Tony Gravely	29
53	51		Jose Alberto Quinonez	28
54	52		John Castaneda	20
54	52		Ronnie Lawrence	20
54	52		Thomas Almeida	20
57	55		Hunter Azure	19
58	NR		Felipe Colares	18
59	56		Heili Alateng	17
60	57		Guido Cannetti	16
61	58		Frankie Saenz	13
62	59		Anderson dos Santos	10
62	64		Sergey Morozov	10
62	59		Tony Kelley	10
65	62		Irwin Rivera	9
66	63		Vince Morales	5
67	64		Cameron Else	0
67	64		Domingo Pilarte	0
67	64		Drako Rodriguez	0
67	64		Jamey Simmons	0
67	64		Jesse Strader	0
67	64		Johnny Munoz	0
67	64		Journey Newson	0
67	64		Kevin Natividad	0
67	NR		Kris Moutinho	0
67	64		Mark Striegl	0
67	64		T.J. Laramie	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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