UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Bantamweights: Sept 10/21

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	16	Song Yadong	244.5
6	6	5	Rob Font	236
7	7	7	Marlon Moraes	205
8	12	6	Jose Aldo	203
9	9	14	Marlon Vera	179.5
10	11		Ricky Simon	174.5
11	13	9	Frankie Edgar	151
12	15	12	Merab Dvalishvili	142.5
13	8	10	Pedro Munhoz	137
14	16		Adrian Yanez	136
15	17		Said Nurmagomedov	135
16	19		Sean O’Malley	127.5
17	20	15	Cody Stamann	117.5
18	21		Kyler Phillips	117
19	22		Louis Smolka	116
20	24		Timur Valiev	109
21	18		Casey Kenney	106
22	25		Rani Yahya	101
23	26		Raoni Barcelos	98.5
24	23		Brian Kelleher	97
25	27		Nathaniel Wood	95.5
26	28		Davey Grant	93
27	29		Julio Arce	90.5
28	31		Montel Jackson	87
29	32		Raulian Paiva	85
30	34	11	Dominick Cruz	80
31	35		Chris Gutierrez	79
32	36		Alejandro Perez	76.5
33	37		Jonathan Martinez	75.5
34	38		Miles Johns	75
35	39		Eddie Wineland	65
35	39		Kyung Ho Kang	65
37	41		Mario Bautista	62
38	NR		Saidyokub Kakhramonov	60
39	43		Aiemann Zahabi	55
40	42		Trevin Jones	54
41	44		Umar Nurmagomedov	50
42	45		Nate Maness	49
43	46		Jack Shore	46
44	47		Khalid Taha	40
45	48		Danaa Batgerel	38
46	49		Gustavo Lopez	36
47	50		Randy Costa	34
48	51		Andre Ewell	29.5
49	52		Tony Gravely	29
50	53		Jose Alberto Quinonez	28
51	54		John Castaneda	20
51	67		Johnny Munoz	20
51	54		Ronnie Lawrence	20
51	54		Thomas Almeida	20
55	57		Hunter Azure	19
56	58		Felipe Colares	18
57	59		Heili Alateng	17
58	NR		Johnny Eduardo	16
59	66		Vince Morales	14
60	60		Guido Cannetti	10
60	NR		Mana Martinez	10
60	NR		Ricky Turcios	10
60	62		Sergey Morozov	10
60	62		Tony Kelley	10
65	62		Anderson dos Santos	9
65	65		Irwin Rivera	9
67	NR		Aaron Phillips	0
67	NR		Brady Hiestand	0
67	67		Cameron Else	0
67	67		Domingo Pilarte	0
67	67		Drako Rodriguez	0
67	67		Jamey Simmons	0
67	67		Jesse Strader	0
67	67		Journey Newson	0
67	NR		JP Buys	0
67	67		Kevin Natividad	0
67	67		Kris Moutinho	0
67	NR		Liudvik Sholinian	0
67	NR		Marcelo Rojo	0
67	67		Mark Striegl	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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