Bellator Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Pound for Pound: Jun 6/18

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 voter’s opinion, and biases are bound to seep through, whether intentional or no. 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 seven year time limit, so if they have fought less than 10 times in past seven 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			Total
Rank
1	Gegard Mousasi	Middleweight	403
2	Ryan Bader	Light Heavyweight	384.5
3	Patricio ‘Pitbull’ Freire	Featherweight	362
4	Douglas Lima	Welterweight	343
5	Darrion Caldwell	Bantamweight	335
6	Michael Chandler	Lightweight	316
7	Andrey Koreshkov	Welterweight	302
8	Eduardo Dantas	Bantamweight	272.5
9	Rory MacDonald	Welterweight	267
10	Rafael Carvalho	Middleweight	262.5
11	Phil Davis	Light Heavyweight	260.5
12	Brent Primus	Lightweight	246
13	Alexander Shlemenko	Middleweight	235
14	Liam McGeary	Light Heavyweight	204.5
15	Michael Page	Welterweight	202.5
16	Daniel Straus	Featherweight	201.5
17	Ilima-Lei Macfarlane	Womens’ Flyweight	190.5
18	Lorenz Larkin	Welterweight	179
19	Benson Henderson	Lightweight	175
20	Patricky ‘Pitbull’ Freire	Lightweight	172
21	Linton Vassell	Light Heavyweight	165.5
22	Pat Curran	Featherweight	164.5
23	Daniel Weichel	Featherweight	160.5
24	Emmanuel Sanchez	Featherweight	151.5
25	Muhammed ‘King Mo’ Lawal	Heavyweight	150.5
26	John Salter	Middleweight	148
27	Joe Taimanglo	Bantamweight	144
28	Cheick Kongo	Heavyweight	137.5
29	Rafael Lovato Jr	Middleweight	122.5
30	Adam Piccolotti	Lightweight	120
31	Vadim Nemkov	Light Heavyweight	117
32	Chael Sonnen	Heavyweight	113.5
33	Goiti Yamauchi	Lightweight	112.5
34	Matt Mitrione	Heavyweight	110.5
35	Saad Awad	Lightweight	107.5
36	Joe Warren	Bantamweight	104
37	A.J. McKee	Featherweight	101
37	Chidi Njokuani	Middleweight	101
39	David Rickels	Welterweight	99.5
40	Julia Budd	Women’s Featherweight	96.5
41	Derek Campos	Lightweight	93
42	Augusto Sakai	Heavyweight	90.5
43	Paul Daley	Welterweight	89.5
44	Chris Honeycutt	Middleweight	80
44	Ed Ruth	Middleweight	80
46	Jon Fitch	Welterweight	78
47	Jordan Young	Middleweight	77
48	Neiman Gracie	Welterweight	74.5
49	Kevin Ferguson Jr	Welterweight	72.5
50	Javy Ayala	Heavyweight	71.5
51	Fedor Emelianenko	Heavyweight	70
51	Mauricio Alonso	Middleweight	70
53	Derek Anderson	Lightweight	68.5
53	J.J. Okanovich	Lightweight	68.5
53	James Gallagher	Featherweight	68.5
53	Ricky Rainey	Welterweight	68.5
57	Aaron Pico	Featherweight	67.5
57	Mike Shipman	Middleweight	67.5
59	Alex Huddleston	Heavyweight	65
60	Gregory Babene	Middleweight	63
61	Wanderlei Silva	Light Heavyweight	62.5
62	Brennan Ward	Welterweight	61.5
63	Michael McDonald	Bantamweight	61
64	Brandon Girtz	Lightweight	59.5
65	Roy Nelson	Heavyweight	58.5
66	Justin Patterson	Welterweight	56
67	Dean Hancock	Lightweight	55
68	Josh Koscheck	Welterweight	54
68	Melvin Manhoef	Middleweight	54
70	Ryan Quinn	Lightweight	53.5
71	Tywan Claxton	Featherweight	52
72	Emily Ducote	Womens’ Flyweight	51.5
73	Guilherme Vasconcelos	Welterweight	50.5
74	Brian Moore	Featherweight	50
74	Kate Jackson	Womens’ Flyweight	50
76	Fernando Gonzalez	Welterweight	49.5
77	Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson	Heavyweight	48
78	Charlie Ward	Middleweight	47.5
78	Costello Van Steenis	Middleweight	47.5
78	Gaston Bolanos	Featherweight	47.5
78	Juliana Velasquez	Womens’ Flyweight	47.5
78	Olga Rubin	Women’s Featherweight	47.5
83	Kristina Williams	Womens’ Flyweight	47
83	Tyrell Fortune	Heavyweight	47
85	Daniel Pineda	Featherweight	45.5
86	Justin Tenedora	Bantamweight	45
87	Logan Storley	Welterweight	44.5
88	Anatoly Tokov	Middleweight	43
88	Joaquin Buckley	Welterweight	43
90	Andre Fialho	Welterweight	42.5
90	Johnny Marigo	Bantamweight	42.5
90	Noad Lahat	Featherweight	42.5
90	Sam Sicilia	Featherweight	42.5
94	A.J. Matthews	Middleweight	40
94	Haim Gozali	Welterweight	40
94	Jake Smith	Lightweight	40
94	Marcus Surin	Lightweight	40
94	Matt Secor	Welterweight	40
99	Carrington Banks	Lightweight	38.5
100	Frank Mir	Heavyweight	38
100	Joey Davis	Welterweight	38
102	Henry Corrales	Featherweight	36
103	Chance Rencountre	Welterweight	34.5
103	Philip De Fries	Heavyweight	34.5
105	Adam Borics	Featherweight	34
106	Justin Wren	Heavyweight	33.5
107	Hisaki Kato	Middleweight	32.5
108	Jordan Howard	Bantamweight	32
108	Ryan Couture	Welterweight	32
110	Jarod Trice	Light Heavyweight	31.5
111	Justin Lawrence	Featherweight	31
112	Alessio Sakara	Middleweight	30.5
112	Chinzo Machida	Featherweight	30.5
114	Anastasia Yankova	Womens’ Flyweight	30
114	Talita Nogueira	Women’s Featherweight	30
116	Don Shainis	Featherweight	29.5
116	Romero Cotton	Middleweight	29.5
118	Sinead Kavanagh	Women’s Featherweight	28.5
119	Denise Kielholtz	Womens’ Flyweight	27.5
119	Dominic Mazzotta	Bantamweight	27.5
121	Leandro Higo	Bantamweight	27
122	Lena Ovchynnikova	Womens’ Flyweight	26.5
123	Veta Arteaga	Womens’ Flyweight	26
124	Aaron Webb	Featherweight	25
124	Dillon Danis	Middleweight	25
124	Ernest James	Heavyweight	25
124	Katy Collins	Womens’ Flyweight	25
128	Ky Bennett	Womens’ Flyweight	25
129	Mandel Nallo	Lightweight	25
129	Mike Kimbel	Bantamweight	25
129	Mike Trizano	Featherweight	25
129	Mohammad Yahya	Welterweight	25
129	Natanial Parisi	Featherweight	25
129	Scott Clymer	Featherweight	25
129	Teagan Dooley	Light Heavyweight	25
129	Joe Schilling	Middleweight	24
137	Blair Tugman	Featherweight	23
138	Almog Shay	Bantamweight	22.5
138	Amanda Bell	Women’s Featherweight	22.5
138	Colleen Schneider	Womens’ Flyweight	22.5
138	Cris Williams	Featherweight	22.5
138	Mihail Nica	Lightweight	22.5
138	Teagan Dooley	Middleweight	22.5
138	Vinicius de Jesus	Welterweight	22.5
138	Zach Freeman	Lightweight	22.5
146	Arlene Blencowe	Women’s Featherweight	20.5
146	Valerie Letourneau	Womens’ Flyweight	20.5
148	Danasabe Mohamed	Welterweight	20
148	Dominic Summer	Welterweight	20
148	Matt Lozano	Bantamweight	20
151	James Terry	Welterweight	19.5
152	Brandon Phillips	Bantamweight	18
153	Josh San Diego	Bantamweight	17
154	John Teixeira	Featherweight	15.5
155	Josh Sampo	Bantamweight	15
156	Bruna Ellen	Womens’ Flyweight	14.5
157	Heather Hardy	Womens’ Flyweight	13
157	Jaimelene Nievera	Womens’ Flyweight	13
159	Aaron Chalmers	Welterweight	10
159	Jose Campos	Welterweight	10
159	Sergei Kharitonov	Heavyweight	10
162	Jeremy Petley	Lightweight	9.5
163	Brian Grimmell	Welterweight	9
164	J.J. Ambrose	Lightweight	8
165	Jessica Middleton	Womens’ Flyweight	6.5
166	Amber Leibrock	Women’s Featherweight	5
166	Andrew Salas	Featherweight	5
166	Eric Ellington	Bantamweight	5
166	Frank Buenafuente	Featherweight	5
166	Juan Archuleta	Featherweight	5
166	Kester Mark	Featherweight	5
166	Levi Matan	Welterweight	5
166	Shimon Gosh	Welterweight	5
174	Devon Brock	Welterweight	4.5
174	Emmanuel Rivera	Lightweight	4.5
174	Giorgio Belsanti	Featherweight	4.5
174	Jonathan Bowman	Featherweight	4.5
174	Luis Jauregui	Lightweight	4.5
179	Rebecca Ruth	Womens’ Flyweight	4
180	Alice Yauger	Womens’ Flyweight	0
180	Brandon Polcare	Bantamweight	0
180	Brittney Elkin	Women’s Featherweight	0
180	Brooke Mayo	Womens’ Flyweight	0
180	Bruna Vargas	Womens’ Flyweight	0
180	Elina Kallionidou	Womens’ Flyweight	0
180	Ian Butler	Welterweight	0
180	Ion Pascu	Middleweight	0
180	Janay Harding	Women’s Featherweight	0
180	Jeremiah Labiano	Featherweight	0
180	Jose Antonio Perez	Featherweight	0
180	Kemmyelle Haley	Welterweight	0
180	Khonry Gracie	Welterweight	0
180	Leonardo Leite	Light Heavyweight	0
180	Maria Casanova	Women’s Featherweight	0
180	Roberta Paim	Women’s Featherweight	0
180	Roger Huerta	Lightweight	0
180	Teodor Nikolov	Featherweight	0
180	Thomas Lopez	Featherweight	0
180	William Joplin	Featherweight	0
180	Zak Bucia	Welterweight	0

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