Bellator Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Pound for Pound: Aug 15/18

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	Last			Total
Rank	Rank
1	3	Patricio ‘Pitbull’ Freire	Featherweight	417
2	1	Gegard Mousasi	Middleweight	403
3	2	Ryan Bader	Heavy/Light Heavyweight	384.5
4	4	Douglas Lima	Welterweight	343
5	5	Darrion Caldwell	Bantamweight	335
6	6	Michael Chandler	Lightweight	316
7	7	Andrey Koreshkov	Welterweight	278.5
8	9	Rory MacDonald	Middle/Welterweight	267
9	10	Rafael Carvalho	Middleweight	262.5
10	14	Phil Davis	Light Heavyweight	260.5
11	17	Ilima-Lei Macfarlane	Women’s Flyweight	248.5
12	13	Alexander Shlemenko	Middleweight	235
13	8	Eduardo Dantas	Bantamweight	216
14	11	Liam McGeary	Light Heavyweight	204.5
15	15	Michael Page	Welterweight	202.5
16	16	Daniel Straus	Featherweight	201.5
17	18	Lorenz Larkin	Welterweight	179
18	19	Benson Henderson	Lightweight	175
19	20	Patricky ‘Pitbull’ Freire	Lightweight	172
20	21	Linton Vassell	Light Heavyweight	165.5
20	40	Julia Budd	Women’s Featherweight	165.5
22	22	Pat Curran	Featherweight	164.5
23	24	Emmanuel Sanchez	Featherweight	151.5
24	25	Muhammed ‘King Mo’ Lawal	Heavyweight	150.5
25	63	Michael McDonald	Bantamweight	148.5
26	26	John Salter	Middleweight	148
27	27	Joe Taimanglo	Bantamweight	144
28	28	Cheick Kongo	Heavyweight	137.5
29	23	Daniel Weichel	Featherweight	132
30	29	Rafael Lovato Jr	Middleweight	122.5
31	30	Adam Piccolotti	Lightweight	120
32	61	Vadim Nemkov	Light Heavyweight	117
33	35	Saad Awad	Lightweight	116.5
34	32	Chael Sonnen	Heavyweight	113.5
35	33	Goiti Yamauchi	Lightweight	112.5
36	34	Matt Mitrione	Heavyweight	110.5
37	36	Joe Warren	Bantamweight	104
38	37	A.J. McKee	Featherweight	101
38	37	Chidi Njokuani	Middleweight	101
40	39	David Rickels	Welterweight	99.5
41	44	Ed Ruth	Welterweight	94.5
42	47	Jordan Young	Light Heavyweight	93.5
43	41	Derek Campos	Lightweight	93
44	42	Augusto Sakai	Heavyweight	90.5
45	43	Paul Daley	Welterweight	89.5
46	46	Jon Fitch	Welterweight	78
47	48	Neiman Gracie	Welterweight	74.5
48	49	Kevin Ferguson Jr	Welterweight	72.5
49	44	Chris Honeycutt	Middleweight	72
50	50	Javy Ayala	Heavyweight	71.5
51	51	Fedor Emelianenko	Heavyweight	70
51	51	Mauricio Alonso	Middleweight	70
53	53	James Gallagher	Featherweight	68.5
53	53	Derek Anderson	Lightweight	68.5
53	53	J.J. Okanovich	Lightweight	68.5
53	53	Ricky Rainey	Welterweight	68.5
57	74	Aaron Pico	Featherweight	67.5
57	57	Mike Shipman	Middleweight	67.5
59	83	Tyrell Fortune	Heavyweight	66
60	59	Alex Huddleston	Heavyweight	65
61	60	Gregory Babene	Middleweight	63
62	31	Wanderlei Silva	Light Heavyweight	62.5
63	62	Brennan Ward	Welterweight	61.5
64	64	Brandon Girtz	Lightweight	59.5
65	65	Roy Nelson	Heavyweight	58.5
66	NR	Steve Kozola	Lightweight	57.5
67	66	Justin Patterson	Welterweight	56
68	67	Dean Hancock	Lightweight	55
69	68	Melvin Manhoef	Middleweight	54
69	68	Josh Koscheck	Welterweight	54
71	70	Ryan Quinn	Lightweight	53.5
72	57	Tywan Claxton	Featherweight	52
72	112	Alessio Sakara	Light Heavyweight	52
74	73	Guilherme Vasconcelos	Welterweight	50.5
75	71	Brian Moore	Featherweight	50
75	74	Kate Jackson	Women’s Flyweight	50
77	76	Fernando Gonzalez	Welterweight	49.5
78	77	Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson	Heavyweight	48
79	124	Gaston Bolanos	Featherweight	47.5
79	78	Charlie Ward	Middleweight	47.5
79	78	Costello Van Steenis	Middleweight	47.5
79	78	Olga Rubin	Women’s Featherweight	47.5
79	78	Juliana Velasquez	Women’s Flyweight	47.5
79	78	Daniel Pineda	Featherweight	45.5
85	86	Justin Tenedora	Bantamweight	45
86	87	Logan Storley	Welterweight	44.5
87	88	Anatoly Tokov	Middleweight	43
87	88	Joaquin Buckley	Welterweight	43
89	90	Johnny Marigo	Bantamweight	42.5
89	85	Noad Lahat	Featherweight	42.5
89	90	Sam Sicilia	Featherweight	42.5
89	90	Andre Fialho	Welterweight	42.5
89	72	Emily Ducote	Women’s Flyweight	42.5
94	83	Kristina Williams	Women’s Flyweight	42
95	94	Jake Smith	Lightweight	40
95	94	Marcus Surin	Lightweight	40
95	94	A.J. Matthews	Middleweight	40
95	94	Haim Gozali	Welterweight	40
95	94	Matt Secor	Welterweight	40
100	100	Joey Davis	Welterweight	39
101	99	Carrington Banks	Lightweight	38.5
102	100	Frank Mir	Heavyweight	38
103	146	Valerie Letourneau	Women’s Flyweight	37.5
104	90	Henry Corrales	Featherweight	36
105	103	Philip De Fries	Heavyweight	34.5
105	NR	Valentin Moldavsky	Heavyweight	34.5
105	103	Chance Rencountre	Welterweight	34.5
108	102	Adam Borics	Featherweight	34
109	106	Justin Wren	Heavyweight	33.5
110	123	Veta Arteaga	Women’s Flyweight	33
111	107	Hisaki Kato	Middleweight	32.5
112	108	Jordan Howard	Bantamweight	32
113	110	Jarod Trice	Light Heavyweight	31.5
114	105	Justin Lawrence	Featherweight	31
115	111	Chinzo Machida	Featherweight	30.5
116	114	Anastasia Yankova	Women’s Flyweight	30
117	112	Don Shainis	Featherweight	29.5
117	116	Romero Cotton	Middleweight	29.5
119	118	Sinead Kavanagh	Women’s Featherweight	28.5
120	119	Dominic Mazzotta	Bantamweight	27.5
120	108	Ryan Couture	Lightweight	27.5
120	119	Denise Kielholtz	Women’s Flyweight	27.5
123	121	Leandro Higo	Bantamweight	27
123	114	Talita Nogueira	Women’s Featherweight	27
123	NR	Alejandra Lara	Women’s Flyweight	27
126	NR	Fernando Gonzalez Trevino	Welterweight	26.5
126	122	Lena Ovchynnikova	Women’s Flyweight	26.5
128	129	Mike Kimbel	Bantamweight	25
128	116	Aaron Webb	Featherweight	25
128	129	Mike Trizano	Featherweight	25
128	129	Natanial Parisi	Featherweight	25
128	129	Scott Clymer	Featherweight	25
128	129	Teagan Dooley	Light Heavyweight	25
128	129	Mandel Nallo	Lightweight	25
128	124	Dillon Danis	Middleweight	25
128	129	Mohammad Yahya	Welterweight	25
128	124	Katy Collins	Women’s Flyweight	25
128	128	Ky Bennett	Women’s Flyweight	25
139	129	Joe Schilling	Middleweight	24
140	137	Blair Tugman	Featherweight	23
141	138	Almog Shay	Bantamweight	22.5
141	138	Cris Williams	Featherweight	22.5
141	124	Ernest James	Heavyweight	22.5
141	138	Mihail Nica	Lightweight	22.5
141	138	Zach Freeman	Lightweight	22.5
141	138	Teagan Dooley	Middleweight	22.5
141	138	Vinicius de Jesus	Welterweight	22.5
141	138	Amanda Bell	Women’s Featherweight	22.5
141	138	Colleen Schneider	Women’s Flyweight	22.5
150	146	Arlene Blencowe	Women’s Featherweight	20.5
151	148	Matt Lozano	Bantamweight	20
151	148	Danasabe Mohamed	Welterweight	20
151	148	Dominic Summer	Welterweight	20
154	151	James Terry	Welterweight	19.5
155	NR	Robbie Peralta	Featherweight	18.5
155	NR	Jacob Rosales	Lightweight	18.5
157	152	Brandon Phillips	Bantamweight	18
158	153	Josh San Diego	Bantamweight	17
159	154	John Teixeira	Featherweight	15.5
160	155	Josh Sampo	Bantamweight	15
161	166	Juan Archuleta	Featherweight	14.5
162	156	Bruna Ellen	Women’s Flyweight	14.5
163	157	Heather Hardy	Women’s Flyweight	13
163	157	Jaimelene Nievera	Women’s Flyweight	13
165	159	Sergei Kharitonov	Heavyweight	10
165	159	Aaron Chalmers	Welterweight	10
165	159	Jose Campos	Welterweight	10
168	162	Jeremy Petley	Lightweight	9.5
169	NR	Joshua Jones	Lightweight	9
169	163	Brian Grimmell	Welterweight	9
171	NR	Andy Murad	Welterweight	8.5
172	164	J.J. Ambrose	Lightweight	8
173	165	Jessica Middleton	Women’s Flyweight	6.5
174	166	Eric Ellington	Bantamweight	5
174	166	Andrew Salas	Featherweight	5
174	166	Frank Buenafuente	Featherweight	5
174	166	Kester Mark	Featherweight	5
174	166	Levi Matan	Welterweight	5
174	166	Shimon Gosh	Welterweight	5
174	166	Amber Leibrock	Women’s Featherweight	5
181	174	Giorgio Belsanti	Featherweight	4.5
181	174	Jonathan Bowman	Featherweight	4.5
181	174	Emmanuel Rivera	Lightweight	4.5
181	174	Luis Jauregui	Lightweight	4.5
181	174	Devon Brock	Welterweight	4.5
186	179	Rebecca Ruth	Women’s Flyweight	4
187	180	Brandon Polcare	Bantamweight	0
187	180	Jeremiah Labiano	Featherweight	0
187	180	Jose Antonio Perez	Featherweight	0
187	180	Teodor Nikolov	Featherweight	0
187	180	Thomas Lopez	Featherweight	0
187	180	William Joplin	Featherweight	0
187	180	Leonardo Leite	Light Heavyweight	0
187	180	Roger Huerta	Lightweight	0
187	180	Ion Pascu	Middleweight	0
187	NR	Leo Leite	Middleweight	0
187	180	Ian Butler	Welterweight	0
187	180	Kemmyelle Haley	Welterweight	0
187	180	Khonry Gracie	Welterweight	0
187	180	Zak Bucia	Welterweight	0
187	NR	Gerald Harris	Welterweight	0
187	180	Brittney Elkin	Women’s Featherweight	0
187	180	Janay Harding	Women’s Featherweight	0
187	180	Maria Casanova	Women’s Featherweight	0
187	180	Roberta Paim	Women’s Featherweight	0
187	180	Alice Yauger	Women’s Flyweight	0
187	180	Brooke Mayo	Women’s Flyweight	0
187	180	Bruna Vargas	Women’s Flyweight	0
187	180	Elina Kallionidou	Women’s Flyweight	0

Check back next Wednesday for our Heavyweight rankings

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