Bellator Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Pound for Pound: Dec 25/19

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	543
2	4	Douglas Lima	Welterweight	419
3	2	Ryan Bader	Heavy/Light Heavyweight	418
4	3	Gegard Mousasi	Middleweight	410
5	5	Ilima-Lei Macfarlane	Women’s Flyweight	331.5
6	6	Michael Chandler	Lightweight	321
7	7	Rafael Lovato Jr	Middleweight	292.5
8	9	Julia Budd	Women’s Featherweight	256.5
9	10	Vadim Nemkov	Light Heavyweight	252
10	11	Darrion Caldwell	Featherweight	250.5
11	12	Phil Davis	Light Heavyweight	226.5
12	13	Lorenz Larkin	Welterweight	196.5
13	14	Benson Henderson	Lightweight	195
14	20	John Salter	Middleweight	186.5
15	15	Michael Page	Welterweight	184.5
16	16	Cris ‘Cyborg’ Justino	Women’s Featherweight	177.5
17	17	Brent Primus	Lightweight	176.5
18	18	Rafael Carvalho	Light Heavyweight	175
19	19	Emmanuel Sanchez	Featherweight	171.5
20	20	Cheick Kongo	Heavyweight	171
21	22	Kyoji Horiguchi	Bantamweight	167
22	23	Liam McGeary	Light Heavyweight	166
23	24	Goiti Yamauchi	Lightweight	165.5
24	25	Patricky ‘Pitbull’ Freire	Lightweight	165
25	32	Linton Vassell	Heavyweight	151
26	26	Andrey Koreshkov	Welterweight	148
27	28	Eduardo Dantas	Featherweight	140
28	29	Adam Borics	Featherweight	139.5
29	31	Anatoly Tokov	Middleweight	136.5
30	34	A.J. McKee	Featherweight	130.5
31	33	Neiman Gracie	Welterweight	127.5
32	27	Costello Van Steenis	Middleweight	126.5
33	30	Lyoto Machida	Middleweight	126
34	35	Daniel Straus	Featherweight	125
35	36	Javy Ayala	Heavyweight	112.5
36	37	Tyrell Fortune	Heavyweight	106.5
37	74	Logan Storley	Welterweight	104
38	38	Yaroslav Amosov	Welterweight	102.5
39	NR	Sergio Pettis	Bantamweight	101
40	40	Adam Piccolotti	Lightweight	100.5
41	41	Ed Ruth	Welterweight	92.5
42	43	Juan Archuleta	Featherweight	92
43	44	Daniel Carey	Featherweight	91
44	45	Henry Corrales	Featherweight	89
45	39	Jordan Young	Light Heavyweight	87
46	62	Aviv Gozali	Lightweight	85
47	48	Daniel Weichel	Featherweight	84
47	62	Paul Daley	Welterweight	84
49	49	Fedor Emelianenko	Heavyweight	83
50	50	Juliana Velasquez	Women’s Flyweight	82.5
51	51	Kemran Lachinov	Welterweight	81.5
52	46	Cass Bell	Bantamweight	80
53	42	Derek Campos	Featherweight	79
54	60	Arlene Blencowe	Women’s Featherweight	76
54	245	Leandro Higo	Featherweight	76
54	55	Shawn Bunch	Featherweight	76
54	203	Toby Misech	Bantamweight	76
58	54	David Rickels	Welterweight	75.5
59	46	Charlie Ward	Middleweight	75
60	52	Tywan Claxton	Featherweight	74
61	91	Fabian Edwards	Middleweight	73
61	53	Joey Davis	Welterweight	73
63	82	Haim Gozali	Welterweight	72.5
63	58	James Gallagher	Bantamweight	72.5
65	59	Brandon Girtz	Lightweight	71
65	NR	Romero Cotton	Middleweight	71
67	61	Jon Fitch	Welterweight	70
68	179	Sinead Kavanagh	Women’s Featherweight	69.5
69	92	Adam Keresh	Heavyweight	67.5
69	92	Robson Gracie Jr	Welterweight	67.5
69	92	Steve Mowry	Heavyweight	67.5
72	64	Ricky Bandejas	Bantamweight	67
73	67	Jordan Williams	Middleweight	66
74	68	Alessio Sakara	Light Heavyweight	65
74	57	Mike Shipman	Middleweight	65
76	69	Kevin Ferguson Jr	Lightweight	64.5
77	72	Mauricio Alonso	Middleweight	63
78	73	Hyder Amil	Featherweight	62.5
79	102	Denise Kielholtz	Women’s Flyweight	61.5
79	75	Gaston Bolanos	Featherweight	61.5
81	126	Amanda Bell	Women’s Featherweight	61
81	76	Valentin Moldavsky	Heavyweight	61
83	78	Pedro Carvalho	Featherweight	60.5
84	NR	Julius Anglickas	Light Heavyweight	60
84	64	Sergei Kharitonov	Heavyweight	60
86	79	Corey Browning	Lightweight	59
87	80	Cris Lencioni	Featherweight	57.5
87	80	Derek Anderson	Welterweight	57.5
89	67	Kate Jackson	Women’s Flyweight	57
90	NR	Mandel Nallo	Lightweight	56
91	164	Alejandra Lara	Women’s Flyweight	55
92	83	Georgi Karakhanyan	Featherweight	54
93	84	Aaron Pico	Featherweight	53
93	70	Veta Arteaga	Women’s Flyweight	53
95	85	Jay-Jay Wilson	Featherweight	52.5
95	85	Melvin Manhoef	Light Heavyweight	52.5
95	85	Nicolo Solli	Lightweight	52.5
95	85	Tony Johnson	Middleweight	52.5
99	71	Matt Mitrione	Heavyweight	51.5
99	89	Vinicius de Jesus	Welterweight	51.5
101	66	Saad Awad	Lightweight	50.5
102	150	Zarrukh Adashev	Bantamweight	49.5
103	92	Austin Vanderford	Middleweight	47.5
103	NR	Christian Edwards	Light Heavyweight	47.5
103	NR	Dalton Rosta	Light Heavyweight	47.5
103	92	Dillon Danis	Middleweight	47.5
103	92	Jake Hager	Heavyweight	47.5
103	92	Kastriot Xhema	Welterweight	47.5
103	92	Leah McCourt	Women’s Featherweight	47.5
103	92	Nation Gibirck	Lightweight	47.5
103	92	Pete Rogers	Featherweight	47.5
103	92	Weber Almeida	Featherweight	47.5
113	222	Keri Taylor Melendez	Women’s Flyweight	47
114	NR	Gabriel Green	Featherweight	45
115	106	Brian Moore	Bantamweight	44
116	NR	Connor Dixon	Welterweight	43
116	197	Patrick Mix	Bantamweight	43
118	109	Andre Fialho	Middleweight	42
119	203	Chris Bungard	Lightweight	41
119	203	Kent Kauppinen	Middleweight	41
119	168	Kristina Williams	Women’s Flyweight	41
119	104	Marcus Surin	Lightweight	41
123	113	Mike Kimbel	Bantamweight	40.5
124	116	Justin Tenedora	Bantamweight	40
124	NR	Killys Mota	Lightweight	40
124	116	Oliver Enkamp	Welterweight	40
127	116	Erick Silva	Welterweight	39
127	120	Norbert Novenyi	Middleweight	39
129	121	Guilherme Vasconcelos	Welterweight	38.5
130	NR	Devin Powell	Lightweight	38
131	123	Tim Caron	Middleweight	37.5
131	108	Walter Gahadza	Welterweight	37.5
133	124	Jeremiah Labiano	Featherweight	36.5
134	113	Erik Perez	Bantamweight	36
134	NR	John Douma	Bantamweight	36
134	125	Nekruz Mirkhojaev	Lightweight	36
134	116	Nick Newell	Lightweight	36
138	126	John Teixeira	Featherweight	35.5
139	131	Alfie Davis	Lightweight	35
139	111	Olga Rubin	Women’s Featherweight	35
139	113	Sam Sicilia	Featherweight	35
142	128	Jon Tuck	Lightweight	34.5
142	128	Matt Perez	Bantamweight	34.5
144	NR	Akonne Wanliss	Lightweight	34
144	NR	Simon Smotritsky	Welterweight	34
146	132	Dylan Logan	Featherweight	32.5
146	132	Johnny Cisneros	Welterweight	32.5
148	134	Joshua Jones	Lightweight	32
149	135	Pat Curran	Featherweight	31.5
150	137	Adil Benjilany	Featherweight	31
151	128	Leslie Smith	Women’s Featherweight	30.5
151	138	Rudy Schaffroth	Heavyweight	30.5
153	139	Gavin Hughes	Lightweight	30
153	NR	Jornel Lugo	Bantamweight	30
153	NR	Lewis Long	Welterweight	30
153	121	Roy Nelson	Heavyweight	30
153	NR	Ryan Hardy Evans	Welterweight	30
158	141	Jordan Newman	Middleweight	29.5
158	141	Josh Streacker	Welterweight	29.5
158	141	Khonry Gracie	Welterweight	29.5
158	NR	Raz Bring	Bantamweight	29.5
158	141	Richie Smullen	Featherweight	29.5
158	141	Ricky Furar	Bantamweight	29.5
164	147	Frank Mir	Heavyweight	29
165	148	Abraham Vaesau	Welterweight	28.5
165	107	Joe Schilling	Middleweight	28.5
165	148	Kiefer Crosbie	Welterweight	28.5
168	150	AJ Agazarm	Featherweight	27.5
168	150	James Barnes	Bantamweight	27.5
168	245	Jon Manley	Welterweight	27.5
168	150	Josh San Diego	Bantamweight	27.5
168	150	Justin Burlinson	Welterweight	27.5
168	NR	Raphael Uchegbu	Welterweight	27.5
168	136	Valerie Loureda	Women’s Flyweight	27.5
175	157	Brandon Laroco	Featherweight	27
175	NR	Cat Zingano	Women’s Featherweight	27
175	157	Diego Herzog	Middleweight	27
175	157	Jackie Gosh	Welterweight	27
175	127	Taylor Turner	Women’s Flyweight	27
180	139	Charlie Leary	Lightweight	26.5
180	141	Chuck Campbell	Light Heavyweight	26.5
182	NR	Aiden Lee	Featherweight	25
182	162	Antonio McKee	Welterweight	25
182	NR	Ava Knight	Women’s Flyweight	25
182	162	Brandon Polcare	Bantamweight	25
182	162	Cal Ellenor	Bantamweight	25
182	162	Ian Butler	Welterweight	25
182	162	Jason Jackson	Welterweight	25
182	162	Justin Sumter	Middleweight	25
182	245	Kirill Medvedovsky	Lightweight	25
182	NR	Lance Gibson Jr	Lightweight	25
182	162	Raymond Daniels	Welterweight	25
182	NR	Ron Becker	Bantamweight	25
182	162	Sabah Homasi	Welterweight	25
195	172	Ashley Reece	Welterweight	24.5
195	172	Dominic Mazzotta	Bantamweight	24.5
195	172	Ignacio Ortiz	Featherweight	24.5
195	172	Johnny Eblen	Middleweight	24.5
195	150	Nainoa Dung	Lightweight	24.5
195	NR	Tyree Fortune	Light Heavyweight	24.5
195	172	Will Fleury	Middleweight	24.5
202	157	Talita Nogueira	Women’s Featherweight	24
203	177	Thomas Oswald	Welterweight	23
204	179	Adel Altamimi	Featherweight	22.5
204	179	Andrea Fusi	Welterweight	22.5
204	179	Chris Avila	Lightweight	22.5
204	179	Dan Cassell	Lightweight	22.5
204	179	Daniele Scatizzi	Lightweight	22.5
204	179	Domingos Barros	Heavyweight	22.5
204	179	Dominique Wooding	Bantamweight	22.5
204	179	George Courtney	Featherweight	22.5
204	179	Giorgio Pietrini	Welterweight	22.5
204	179	James Bennett	Featherweight	22.5
204	86	Ky Bennett	Women’s Flyweight	22.5
204	179	Richard Kiely	Welterweight	22.5
204	162	Sunni Imhotep	Lightweight	22.5
204	179	Yannick Bahati	Light Heavyweight	22.5
218	195	Myles Jury	Lightweight	22
219	196	Timothy Johnson	Heavyweight	21
220	177	Janay Harding	Women’s Featherweight	20.5
221	197	Darren Smith	Lightweight	20
221	197	Vitaly Minakov	Heavyweight	20
223	201	A.J. Matthews	Welterweight	19
223	201	Frans Mlambo	Bantamweight	19
223	NR	Manny Muro	Lightweight	19
226	203	Aaron Chalmers	Lightweight	18
226	NR	E.J. Brooks	Welterweight	18
226	197	Terry Brazier	Lightweight	18
229	209	James Bochnovic	Middleweight	17.5
230	NR	Liz Carmouche	Women’s Flyweight	17
231	203	Nathan Rose	Featherweight	16
232	188	Bruna Ellen	Women’s Flyweight	14.5
232	NR	Dustin Barca	Lightweight	14.5
232	211	James Terry	Welterweight	14.5
232	211	Jim Wallhead	Welterweight	14.5
232	55	Lucas Brennan	Featherweight	14.5
232	211	Paul Redmond	Lightweight	14.5
232	211	Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson	Heavyweight	14.5
232	211	Robert Morrow	Middleweight	14.5
240	NR	Jeremy Petley	Lightweight	13.5
241	216	Galore Bofando	Welterweight	13
241	216	Pat Casey	Lightweight	13
243	NR	Robert Whiteford	Featherweight	12
243	NR	Shane Campbell	Welterweight	12
245	197	Heather Hardy	Women’s Flyweight	11.5
246	219	Joseph Holmes	Welterweight	10
246	219	Kirill Sidelnikov	Heavyweight	10
246	219	Luis Erives	Lightweight	10
246	219	Peter Queally	Lightweight	10
246	NR	Tim Wilde	Lightweight	10
246	219	Walter Pugliesi	Welterweight	10
252	224	Christopher Gonzalez	Lightweight	9.5
252	229	Joseph Creer	Middleweight	9.5
252	NR	Kai Kamaka III	Featherweight	9.5
252	NR	Kevin Fryer	Middleweight	9.5
252	224	Vladimir Tokov	Lightweight	9.5
257	226	Iony Razafiarison	Women’s Featherweight	9
258	229	Constantin Gnusariov	Welterweight	5
258	NR	Grant Neal	Light Heavyweight	5
258	NR	Ilara Joanne	Women’s Flyweight	5
258	NR	Jessy Miele	Women’s Featherweight	5
258	229	John Beneduce	Featherweight	5
258	229	John Mercurio	Welterweight	5
258	NR	Kyle Crutchmer	Welterweight	5
258	229	Peter Ishiguro	Featherweight	5
258	NR	Raufeon Stots	Bantamweight	5
258	NR	Sidney Outlaw	Lightweight	5
258	NR	Soren Bak	Lightweight	5
269	227	Andy Murad	Welterweight	4.5
269	208	Bec Rawlings	Women’s Flyweight	4.5
269	NR	Demetrius Plaza	Welterweight	4.5
269	235	Kane Mousah	Lightweight	4.5
269	235	Lee Chadwick	Light Heavyweight	4.5
269	235	Saul Rogers	Featherweight	4.5
269	NR	Sean Clements	Lightweight	4.5
276	240	Carlo Pedersoli Jr	Welterweight	4
276	240	David Duran	Bantamweight	4
278	243	Amber Leibrock	Women’s Featherweight	3.5
278	243	James Mulheron	Light Heavyweight	3.5
280	245	Adam Gustab	Featherweight	0
280	245	Albert Gonzales	Middleweight	0
280	NR	Alessandro Botti	Lightweight	0
280	245	Azunna Anyanwu	Heavyweight	0
280	NR	Brandon Bender	Featherweight	0
280	245	Brandon Medina	Bantamweight	0
280	NR	Brandon Pieper	Lightweight	0
280	NR	Bryson Bolohao	Middleweight	0
280	NR	Chris Cisneros	Welterweight	0
280	245	Craig Fairley	Lightweight	0
280	NR	Damian Frankiewicz	Featherweight	0
280	245	Daniel Crawford	Featherweight	0
280	NR	Dominic Clark	Lightweight	0
280	245	Elias Anderson	Featherweight	0
280	222	Elina Kallionidou	Women’s Flyweight	0
280	245	Fred Freeman	Lightweight	0
280	NR	George Tokkos	Middleweight	0
280	245	Gerald Harris	Middleweight	0
280	NR	Gokhan Saricam	Heavyweight	0
280	NR	Grachik Bozinyan	Middleweight	0
280	NR	Gustavo Wurlitzer	Lightweight	0
280	245	Hesdy Gerges	Heavyweight	0
280	245	Hracho Darpinyan	Middleweight	0
280	245	Ion Pascu	Welterweight	0
280	NR	Jacob Landin	Featherweight	0
280	245	John Redmond	Middleweight	0
280	240	Jonathan Santa Maria	Bantamweight	0
280	245	Jorge Juarez	Featherweight	0
280	245	Justin Roswell	Welterweight	0
280	NR	Karl Abrektsson	Light Heavyweight	0
280	245	Keith Berry	Middleweight	0
280	245	Keith McCabe	Welterweight	0
280	245	Kiichi Kunimoto	Welterweight	0
280	245	Kona Oliveira	Welterweight	0
280	245	Leonardo Leite	Light Heavyweight	0
280	NR	Lucas Borges	Middleweight	0
280	245	Luis Vargas	Lightweight	0
280	NR	Mario Navarro	Featherweight	0
280	245	Martin Hudson	Middleweight	0
280	245	Mike Jasper	Middleweight	0
280	245	Nathan Stolen	Lightweight	0
280	245	Rodolfo Rocha	Welterweight	0
280	245	Roger Huerta	Lightweight	0
280	245	Roman Salazar	Bantamweight	0
280	245	Ronny Markes	Heavyweight	0
280	245	Ryan Scope	Lightweight	0
280	245	Ryan Walker	Lightweight	0
280	NR	Sabriye Sengul	Women’s Flyweight	0
280	245	Sam Slater	Lightweight	0
280	NR	Spencer Higa	Featherweight	0
280	NR	Tevin Dyce	Bantamweight	0
280	245	Thomas Lopez	Featherweight	0
280	NR	Tom Mearns	Featherweight	0
280	NR	Ty Gwerder	Middleweight	0
280	NR	Tyler Beneke	Featherweight	0
280	245	Wanderlei Silva	Heavyweight	0
280	245	Will Lavine	Middleweight	0

Check back next Wednesday for our Heavyweight rankings

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