Bellator Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Pound for Pound: Jul 31/19

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 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. 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	1	Patricio ‘Pitbull’ Freire	Light/Featherweight	535.5
2	4	Ryan Bader	Heavy/Light Heavyweight	418
3	2	Gegard Mousasi	Middleweight	416
4	3	Douglas Lima	Welterweight	384
5	5	Ilima-Lei Macfarlane	Women’s Flyweight	359.5
6	7	Michael Chandler	Lightweight	321
7	21	Rafael Lovato Jr	Middleweight	292.5
8	11	Rory MacDonald	Welterweight	286
9	6	Darrion Caldwell	Featherweight	277.5
10	25	Julia Budd	Women’s Featherweight	256.5
11	35	Phil Davis	Light Heavyweight	248.5
12	10	Rafael Carvalho	Middleweight	217.5
13	12	Benson Henderson	Lightweight	215
13	12	Vadim Nemkov	Light Heavyweight	215
15	15	Andrey Koreshkov	Welterweight	191.5
16	18	Michael Page	Welterweight	182.5
17	14	Brent Primus	Lightweight	176.5
18	20	Liam McGeary	Light Heavyweight	176
19	22	Cheick Kongo	Heavyweight	175.5
20	23	John Salter	Middleweight	171
20	109	Kyoji Horiguchi	Bantamweight	171
22	26	Patricky ‘Pitbull’ Freire	Lightweight	165
23	17	Daniel Straus	Featherweight	161
23	23	Lyoto Machida	Light Heavyweight	161
25	27	Lorenz Larkin	Welterweight	158
26	28	Goiti Yamauchi	Lightweight	151
27	31	A.J. McKee	Featherweight	143
28	42	Costello Van Steenis	Middleweight	142.5
29	19	Eduardo Dantas	Featherweight	140
30	32	Linton Vassell	Heavyweight	134
31	33	Javy Ayala	Heavyweight	127.5
31	29	Neiman Gracie	Welterweight	127.5
33	34	Anatoly Tokov	Middleweight	126
34	36	Emmanuel Sanchez	Featherweight	120
35	139	Juan Archuleta	Featherweight	103
36	47	Jordan Young	Light Heavyweight	101
37	40	Henry Corrales	Featherweight	100.5
37	38	Shawn Bunch	Bantamweight	100.5
39	53	Ed Ruth	Welterweight	98.5
40	41	Adam Piccolotti	Lightweight	94
41	44	Tywan Claxton	Featherweight	92
42	39	Daniel Weichel	Featherweight	91.5
43	42	David Rickels	Welterweight	90.5
44	NR	Adam Borics	Featherweight	89.5
45	46	Matt Mitrione	Heavyweight	86
46	62	Charlie Ward	Middleweight	85
47	50	Fedor Emelianenko	Heavyweight	83
48	51	Saad Awad	Lightweight	82.5
48	51	Tyrell Fortune	Heavyweight	82.5
50	87	Juliana Velasquez	Women’s Flyweight	82
51	53	Kemran Lachinov	Welterweight	81.5
52	16	James Gallagher	Bantamweight	78.5
53	57	Brandon Girtz	Lightweight	76
54	49	Mike Shipman	Middleweight	75
55	48	Chidi Njokuani	Middleweight	73
56	60	Georgi Karakhanyan	Featherweight	71
57	96	Arlene Blencowe	Women’s Featherweight	70.5
58	61	Gaston Bolanos	Lightweight	70
58	56	Jon Fitch	Welterweight	70
60	59	Joe Warren	Bantamweight	68
61	62	Cass Bell	Bantamweight	67.5
61	62	Derek Campos	Featherweight	67.5
61	57	Paul Daley	Welterweight	67.5
64	65	Corey Browning	Lightweight	66
64	65	Jordan Williams	Middleweight	66
66	65	Pete Rogers	Featherweight	65
67	84	Kate Jackson	Women’s Flyweight	64.5
67	68	Kevin Ferguson Jr	Lightweight	64.5
69	69	Logan Storley	Welterweight	62
70	71	Valentin Moldavsky	Heavyweight	61
70	71	Veta Arteaga	Women’s Flyweight	61
72	73	Joey Davis	Welterweight	59.5
73	74	Chris Honeycutt	Middleweight	58.5
74	75	Cris Lencioni	Featherweight	57.5
75	77	Pedro Carvalho	Featherweight	56.5
76	114	Haim Gozali	Welterweight	55
76	114	Kastriot Xhema	Welterweight	55
76	78	Sam Sicilia	Featherweight	55
79	70	Aaron Pico	Featherweight	53
80	82	Romero Cotton	Middleweight	51.5
80	82	Vinicius de Jesus	Welterweight	51.5
82	79	Melvin Manhoef	Light Heavyweight	51
83	84	Joe Schilling	Middleweight	50
84	86	Fabian Edwards	Middleweight	49
85	79	Ricky Bandejas	Bantamweight	48
86	87	Adam Keresh	Heavyweight	47.5
86	87	Aviv Gozali	Lightweight	47.5
86	149	Dillon Danis	Middleweight	47.5
86	NR	Hyder Amil	Featherweight	47.5
86	87	Jake Hager	Heavyweight	47.5
86	NR	Lindsey VanZandt	Women’s Flyweight	47.5
86	87	Nation Gibirck	Lightweight	47.5
86	NR	Robson Gracie Jr	Welterweight	47.5
86	87	Steve Mowry	Heavyweight	47.5
86	117	Mike Kimbel	Bantamweight	46.5
96	100	Alessio Sakara	Light Heavyweight	46
96	NR	Marcus Surin	Lightweight	46
98	101	Guilherme Vasconcelos	Welterweight	44.5
99	103	Brian Moore	Bantamweight	44
100	87	Walter Gahadza	Welterweight	42.5
101	106	Andre Fialho	Middleweight	42
102	158	Denise Kielholtz	Women’s Flyweight	41.5
103	96	Kristina Williams	Women’s Flyweight	41
103	96	Olga Rubin	Women’s Featherweight	41
105	19	Alexander Shlemenko	Middleweight	40
105	81	Erick Silva	Welterweight	40
105	145	Justin Tenedora	Bantamweight	40
105	NR	Oliver Enkamp	Welterweight	40
109	112	Roy Nelson	Heavyweight	38.5
110	113	Tim Caron	Middleweight	37.5
111	55	Jeremiah Labiano	Featherweight	36.5
112	NR	Nekruz Mirkhojaev	Lightweight	36
112	37	Pat Curran	Featherweight	36
114	109	Amanda Bell	Women’s Featherweight	35.5
115	114	Daniel Carey	Featherweight	35
116	NR	Leslie Smith	Women’s Featherweight	34.5
116	101	Matt Perez	Bantamweight	34.5
118	121	Alfie Davis	Lightweight	34
118	118	Carrington Banks	Lightweight	34
118	118	Rudy Schaffroth	Heavyweight	34
121	120	Jarod Trice	Light Heavyweight	33
122	121	Norbert Novenyi	Middleweight	32.5
123	124	Abraham Vaesau	Welterweight	32
124	121	Valerie Letourneau	Women’s Flyweight	31.5
125	125	Adil Benjilany	Featherweight	31
126	107	Noad Lahat	Featherweight	30.5
127	127	Abraham Vaesau	Middleweight	30
127	165	Charlie Leary	Lightweight	30
127	NR	Gavin Hughes	Lightweight	30
127	NR	Taylor Turner	Women’s Flyweight	30
131	129	Chuck Campbell	Light Heavyweight	29.5
131	129	Josh Streacker	Welterweight	29.5
131	129	Ricky Furar	Bantamweight	29.5
134	133	Frank Mir	Heavyweight	29
135	135	Ryan Couture	Welterweight	28
136	136	Ashley Reece	Welterweight	27.5
136	136	Ignacio Ortiz	Featherweight	27.5
136	136	Josh San Diego	Bantamweight	27.5
136	NR	Justin Burlinson	Welterweight	27.5
136	149	Nainoa Dung	Lightweight	27.5
136	149	Valerie Loureda	Women’s Flyweight	27.5
136	149	Will Fleury	Middleweight	27.5
143	NR	Brandon Laroco	Featherweight	27
143	140	Diego Herzog	Middleweight	27
143	140	Jackie Gosh	Welterweight	27
143	140	Talita Nogueira	Women’s Featherweight	27
147	129	Kiefer Crosbie	Welterweight	26.5
148	147	Johnny Cisneros	Welterweight	25.5
148	314	Myles Jury	Lightweight	25.5
150	NR	AJ Agazarm	Lightweight	25
150	NR	Andrea Fusi	Welterweight	25
150	149	Austin Vanderford	Welterweight	25
150	NR	Brandon Polcare	Bantamweight	25
150	NR	Cal Ellenor	Bantamweight	25
150	149	Domingos Barros	Heavyweight	25
150	NR	Dominique Wooding	Bantamweight	25
150	NR	Dylan Logan	Featherweight	25
150	NR	George Courtney	Featherweight	25
150	149	Justin Sumter	Middleweight	25
150	NR	Leah McCourt	Women’s Featherweight	25
150	149	Raymond Daniels	Welterweight	25
150	NR	Richard Kiely	Welterweight	25
163	158	Dominic Mazzotta	Bantamweight	24.5
164	160	Alejandra Lara	Women’s Flyweight	24
164	160	Leandro Higo	Featherweight	24
166	162	Janay Harding	Women’s Featherweight	23
166	162	Thomas Oswald	Welterweight	23
168	165	Chris Avila	Lightweight	22.5
168	165	Daniele Scatizzi	Lightweight	22.5
168	165	Giorgio Pietrini	Welterweight	22.5
168	165	Honor Kelesh	Featherweight	22.5
168	NR	James Bennett	Featherweight	22.5
168	165	Ky Bennett	Women’s Flyweight	22.5
168	165	Mohammad Yahya	Lightweight	22.5
168	147	Sinead Kavanagh	Women’s Featherweight	22.5
176	175	Darren Smith	Lightweight	20
176	NR	Terry Brazier	Lightweight	20
178	162	A.J. Matthews	Welterweight	19
178	177	Sergei Kharitonov	Heavyweight	19
180	145	Timothy Johnson	Heavyweight	18.5
181	194	Aaron Chalmers	Lightweight	18
181	NR	Chris Bungard	Lightweight	18
181	175	Kent Kauppinen	Light Heavyweight	18
181	NR	Nathan Rose	Featherweight	18
181	181	Toby Misech	Bantamweight	18
186	182	James Bochnovic	Middleweight	17.5
187	184	James Terry	Welterweight	17
188	190	Bruna Ellen	Women’s Flyweight	16.5
189	185	John Teixeira	Featherweight	15.5
190	186	Jim Wallhead	Welterweight	14.5
190	186	Paul Redmond	Lightweight	14.5
190	103	Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson	Heavyweight	14.5
190	NR	Robert Morrow	Middleweight	14.5
194	189	Yaroslav Amosov	Welterweight	14
195	NR	Galore Bofando	Welterweight	13
195	190	Pat Casey	Lightweight	13
197	190	Heather Hardy	Women’s Flyweight	11.5
198	NR	Frans Mlambo	Bantamweight	10
198	NR	Joseph Holmes	Welterweight	10
198	193	Luis Erives	Lightweight	10
201	194	Alex Potts	Bantamweight	9
201	194	Iony Razafiarison	Women’s Featherweight	9
201	NR	Jonathan Gary	Lightweight	9
204	197	Andy Murad	Welterweight	8.5
205	198	Joe Neal	Bantamweight	8
205	198	Joshua Jones	Lightweight	8
207	NR	Kiichi Kunimoto	Welterweight	7
208	NR	Bec Rawlings	Women’s Flyweight	5.5
209	211	John Beneduce	Featherweight	5
209	200	John Mercurio	Welterweight	5
209	200	Johnny Nunez	Lightweight	5
209	200	Khonry Gracie	Welterweight	5
209	200	Lee Chadwick	Light Heavyweight	5
209	200	Richie Smullen	Featherweight	5
209	NR	Saul Rogers	Featherweight	5
216	205	Justin Smitley	Featherweight	4.5
216	205	Levi Matan	Welterweight	4.5
216	205	Lisa Blaine	Women’s Flyweight	4.5
216	205	Will Morris	Middleweight	4.5
220	209	Amber Leibrock	Women’s Featherweight	4
221	210	James Mulheron	Light Heavyweight	3.5
222	NR	Adam Gustab	Featherweight	0
222	211	Andy Main	Featherweight	0
222	211	Anthony Ruiz	Light Heavyweight	0
222	211	Cindy Dandois	Women’s Featherweight	0
222	NR	Constantin Gnusariov	Welterweight	0
222	211	Craig Fairley	Lightweight	0
222	211	Daniel Crawford	Featherweight	0
222	NR	Elina Kallionidou	Women’s Flyweight	0
222	NR	Fred Freeman	Lightweight	0
222	211	Gerald Harris	Middleweight	0
222	211	Ion Pascu	Welterweight	0
222	211	Javier Torres	Middleweight	0
222	107	Jeremy Spoon	Featherweight	0
222	211	Jerome Mickle	Lightweight	0
222	NR	John Redmond	Middleweight	0
222	211	Josenaldo Silva	Featherweight	0
222	211	Justin Roswell	Welterweight	0
222	178	Keith Berry	Middleweight	0
222	NR	Keith McCabe	Welterweight	0
222	211	Kirill Medvedovsky	Featherweight	0
222	211	Kirill Sidelnikov	Heavyweight	0
222	NR	Kona Oliveira	Welterweight	0
222	211	Kristi Lopez	Women’s Flyweight	0
222	211	Leonardo Leite	Light Heavyweight	0
222	211	Martin Hudson	Middleweight	0
222	NR	Nathan Greyson	Bantamweight	0
222	211	Nathan Stolen	Lightweight	0
222	NR	Peter Queally	Lightweight	0
222	NR	Rodolfo Rocha	Welterweight	0
222	211	Roger Huerta	Lightweight	0
222	211	Ron Becker	Welterweight	0
222	NR	Ryan Scope	Lightweight	0
222	211	Ryan Walker	Lightweight	0
222	211	Sam Slater	Lightweight	0
222	182	Sean Powers	Middleweight	0
222	206	Thomas Lopez	Featherweight	0
222	8	Vitaly Minakov	Heavyweight	0
222	NR	Walter Pugliesi	Welterweight	0
222	109	Wanderlei Silva	Heavyweight	0
222	211	Will Lavine	Middleweight	0
222	211	Ysidro Gutierrez	Featherweight	0

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