Bellator Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Pound for Pound: Feb 16/22

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 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, this time for Bellator. We’ll roll out a new weight class every Wednesday. Next up: Bellator Pound for Pound Rankings.

*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 the 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

Bellator Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Pound for Pound: Feb 16/22 — May 25, 2018; London, UK; MMA: Bellator 200 – Rafael Carvlho (red) -V- Gegard Mousasi (blue) at SSE Arena. Mandatory Credit: Steve Flynn-USA TODAY Sports

Stats	Last	Bell			Total
Rank	Rank	Rank
1	1	2	Vadim Nemkov	Light Heavyweight	936
2	2	3	Patricio ‘Pitbull’ Freire	Featherweight	801
3	3	4	Gegard Mousasi	Middleweight	740
4	4	1W	Cris ‘Cyborg’ Justino	Women’s Featherweight	673
5	5	1	A.J. McKee	Featherweight	651
6	6	5	Yaroslav Amosov	Welterweight	544.5
7	7	2W	Juliana Velasquez	Women’s Flyweight	543.5
8	8	7	Sergio Pettis	Bantamweight	518
9	12	6	Ryan Bader	Heavyweight	466
10	24	8	Corey Anderson	Light Heavyweight	433
11	11		Linton Vassell	Heavyweight	329
12	13	9	Michael Page	Welterweight	315
12	13		Timothy Johnson	Heavyweight	315
14	15		Patricky ‘Pitbull’ Freire	Lightweight	295
15	17		Jason Jackson	Welterweight	285
15	17		Juan Archuleta	Bantamweight	285
17	16		Goiti Yamauchi	Lightweight	283
18	19		Leandro Higo	Bantamweight	269
19	20		Neiman Gracie	Welterweight	265.5
20	21		Douglas Lima	Welterweight	256
21	22		Patchy Mix	Bantamweight	247
22	23		Kyoji Horiguchi	Bantamweight	243
23	24		Brent Primus	Lightweight	238
24	25		Fedor Emelianenko	Heavyweight	235
25	22		Phil Davis	Light Heavyweight	228.5
26	28		Mads Burnell	Featherweight	228
27	29		Cheick Kongo	Heavyweight	224
28	30		Jay-Jay Wilson	Lightweight	220.5
29	32		Raufeon Stots	Bantamweight	212
30	31		John Salter	Middleweight	209
31	33		Lorenz Larkin	Middleweight	204
32	34		Anatoly Tokov	Middleweight	197
33	35		Aviv Gozali	Lightweight	192.5
34	36		Aaron Pico	Featherweight	186.5
35	37		Sidney Outlaw	Lightweight	186
36	38		Jornel Lugo	Bantamweight	182
37	38		Alex Polizzi	Light Heavyweight	175
38	NR		Enrique Barzola	Bantamweight	174.5
39	40		Adam Borics	Featherweight	173.5
39	40		Steve Mowry	Heavyweight	173.5
41	42		Austin Vanderford	Middleweight	169
42	44		Davion Franklin	Heavyweight	160
43	26		Darrion Caldwell	Bantamweight	156.5
44	46	5W	Denise Kielholtz	Women’s Flyweight	152.5
45	47		Tyrell Fortune	Heavyweight	152
46	48		Peter Queally	Lightweight	151
47	49		Mandel Nallo	Lightweight	149
48	50		Cody Law	Featherweight	148
49	66		Lucas Brennan	Featherweight	146.5
50	51		Jeremy Kennedy	Featherweight	145
51	52		Jaylon Bates	Bantamweight	142
52	54	4W	Liz Carmouche	Women’s Flyweight	136.5
53	NR		Charlie Leary	Lightweight	136
53	55		Roman Faraldo	Welterweight	136
55	56		Johnny Eblen	Middleweight	135.5
56	57		Logan Storley	Welterweight	134.5
57	59		Emmanuel Sanchez	Featherweight	133
57	59		Oliver Enkamp	Welterweight	133
59	43	10	Valentin Moldavsky	Heavyweight	131
60	60		Grant Neal	Light Heavyweight	127.5
61	50		Ben Parrish	Light Heavyweight	126
62	63		Daniel Carey	Featherweight	125
62	61		James Gallagher	Bantamweight	125
62	63		Taylor Johnson	Middleweight	125
65	65		Romero Cotton	Middleweight	124
66	58		Dalton Rosta	Middleweight	121.5
67	NR		Sullivan Cauley	Light Heavyweight	121
68	68		Pedro Carvalho	Featherweight	118.5
69	69		Usman Nurmagomedov	Lightweight	118
70	70		Dan Moret	Lightweight	117
70	70	9W	Leah McCourt	Women’s Featherweight	117
70	70		Said Sowma	Heavyweight	117
73	45		Aiden Lee	Featherweight	115
74	73		Sumiko Inaba	Women’s Flyweight	111
75	136		Chris Gonzalez	Lightweight	110.5
76	74		Alexandr Shabily	Lightweight	110
77	157		Sabah Homasi	Welterweight	109.5
78	78		Danni Neilan (strwwgt)	Women’s Flyweight	108
78	75		Lyoto Machida	Light Heavyweight	108
80	81		Josh Hill	Bantamweight	105
81	82		Charlie Campbell	Lightweight	104
82	83		Sinead Kavanagh	Women’s Featherweight	101.5
83	84		Weber Almeida	Featherweight	101
84	85		Mukhamed Berkhamov	Welterweight	100
85	74		Islam Mamedov	Lightweight	99
86	88		Lewis Long	Welterweight	98
86	88		Sergei Kharitonov	Heavyweight	98
88	90		Ciaran Clarke	Featherweight	97
88	90		Georgi Karakhanyan	Lightweight	97
90	92		Cass Bell	Bantamweight	95.5
91	NR		Adam Piccolotti	Lightweight	95
91	93		Gokhan Saricam	Heavyweight	95
91	152		Luke Trainer	Light Heavyweight	95
91	93		Raymond Daniels	Welterweight	95
95	96		Tony Johnson	Middleweight	94
96	97	6W	Arlene Blencowe	Women’s Featherweight	93.5
97	85		Benson Henderson	Lightweight	92
98	98		Brett Johns	Bantamweight	90.5
99	80		Paul Daley	Welterweight	90
100	99	7W	Cat Zingano	Women’s Featherweight	89
100	99		Khalid Murtazaliev	Middleweight	89
102	101		Fabian Edwards	Middleweight	85.5
103	63		Julius Anglickas	Light Heavyweight	85
104	103		Nicolo Solli	Welterweight	83
105	104		Rafael Carvalho	Middleweight	81
106	NR		Chris Disonell	Bantamweight	80
107	106		Keoni Diggs	Featherweight	76
108	107		Derek Anderson	Welterweight	75
108	107		Valerie Loureda	Women’s Flyweight	75
110	109		John Douma	Bantamweight	74
111	110		Jordan Newman	Middleweight	73
111	110		Joshua Jones	Lightweight	73
113	112		Justin Gonzales	Featherweight	72
114	138		Lee Chadwick	Light Heavyweight	70
115	114		Alfie Davis	Lightweight	69.5
116	115		Andrey Koreshkov	Welterweight	68
116	115		Kirill Sidelnikov	Heavyweight	68
116	115		Veta Arteaga	Women’s Flyweight	68
119	126		Henry Corrales	Featherweight	67.5
120	119	8W	Kana Watanabe	Women’s Flyweight	66
121	121		Daniele Scatizzi	Lightweight	64
121	121		Killys Mota	Lightweight	64
121	121		Nick Newell	Lightweight	64
124	105		Saad Awad	Lightweight	63.5
125	131		Christian Edwards	Light Heavyweight	62.5
126	110		Melvin Manhoef	Light Heavyweight	62
127	133		Anthony ‘Rumble’ Johnson	Light Heavyweight	60
127	128		Danny Sabatello	Bantamweight	60
127	128		Hannah Guy	Women’s Flyweight	60
130	131		Chiara Penco	Women’s Flyweight	59
130	131		Ilias Bulaid	Featherweight	59
130	131		Lance Gibson Jr	Lightweight	59
133	134		Alejandra Lara	Women’s Flyweight	58
133	120		Daniel Weichel	Featherweight	58
133	134		Marcelo Golm	Heavyweight	58
136	137		Marcus Surin	Lightweight	56
136	160		Nikita Mikhailov	Bantamweight	56
138	138		Johnny Soto	Featherweight	54
138	138		Saul Rogers	Lightweight	54
138	138		Trevor Gudde	Welterweight	54
141	142		Magomed Magomedov	Bantamweight	53
142	143		Brian Moore	Bantamweight	52.5
143	NR		Corey Samuels	Lightweight	50
143	144		Irina Alekseeva	Women’s Flyweight	50
143	144		Jeff Neilson	Middleweight	50
143	144		Talita Nogueira	Women’s Featherweight	50
143	144		Vinicius de Jesus	Welterweight	50
148	150		Abraham Vaesau	Welterweight	48
148	150		Taylor Turner	Women’s Flyweight	48
148	99		Yoel Romero	Light Heavyweight	48
151	NR		Duane Johnson	Middleweight	45
151	154		Everett Cummings	Heavyweight	45
151	154		Jack May	Heavyweight	45
151	154		Nathan Jones	Welterweight	45
155	157		Johnny Cisneros	Welterweight	43
155	157		Kyle Crutchmer	Welterweight	43
155	153	10W	Leslie Smith	Women’s Featherweight	43
158	160		Anthony Adams	Middleweight	40
158	160		Justin Sumter	Middleweight	40
158	163		Yannick Bahati	Light Heavyweight	40
161	165		Myles Jury	Lightweight	36.5
162	NR		Arunas Andriuskevicus	Light Heavyweight	36
162	166		Keith Lee	Bantamweight	36
162	166		Vitaly Minakov	Heavyweight	36
165	169		Manny Muro	Lightweight	35
165	169		Nainoa Dung	Lightweight	35
165	169		Spike Carlyle	Lightweight	35
168	172		Mark Lemminger	Welterweight	34
169	173		Kai Kamaka III	Featherweight	31.5
170	174		Janay Harding	Women’s Featherweight	30
171	176		Diana Avsaragova	Women’s Flyweight	28
171	176		Tim Wilde	Lightweight	28
173	178		Kiefer Crosbie	Lightweight	27.5
174	175		Bruna Ellen	Women’s Flyweight	26
175	179		Davy Gallon	Lightweight	20
175	179		Elina Kallionidou	Women’s Flyweight	20
175	179		Fabio Aguiar	Middleweight	20
175	179		Khasan Magomedsharipov	Featherweight	20
175	179		Matheus Mattos	Bantamweight	20
175	179		Nathan Rose	Featherweight	20
181	185		Fabacary Diatta	Featherweight	19
181	202		Karl Albrektsson	Light Heavyweight	19
181	185		Mike Hamel	Lightweight	19
181	185		Soren Bak	Lightweight	19
185	189		Albert Gonzales	Welterweight	18
185	189		Daniel Madrid	Middleweight	18
185	189		Ricardo Seixas	Lightweight	18
185	189		Yves Landu	Lightweight	18
189	194		Jessica Borga	Women’s Featherweight	16
189	194		Ty Gwerder	Middleweight	16
191	196		John de Jesus	Featherweight	14
191	196		Kane Mousah	Lightweight	14
193	193		Jaleel Willis	Welterweight	13
194	198		Andrew Fisher	Featherweight	10
194	198		DeAnna Bennett	Women’s Flyweight	10
194	198		Erik Perez	Bantamweight	10
194	198		Gadzhi Rabadanov	Featherweight	10
194	198		Javier Torres	Welterweight	10
194	198		Jeffrey Glossner	Bantamweight	10
194	NR		Justin Matalvo	Lightweight	10
194	198		Khurshed Kakhorov	Bantamweight	10
194	198		Levan Chokheli	Welterweight	10
194	198		Marina Mokhnatkina	Women’s Featherweight	10
194	198		Nick Browne	Lightweight	10
194	198		Rob Whiteford	Featherweight	10
194	198		Vanessa Porto	Women’s Flyweight	10
207	211		Bobby King	Lightweight	9
207	211		Grachik Bozinyan	Welterweight	9
207	218		Jose Augusto	Light Heavyweight	9
207	211		Pam Sorenson	Women’s Featherweight	9
211	215		Ilara Joanne	Women’s Flyweight	8
211	NR		Justine Kish	Women’s Flyweight	8
213	216		Albert Morales	Bantamweight	6
214	NR		Blaine Shutt	Bantamweight	0
214	217		Bobby Lee	Lightweight	0
214	217		Branko Busick	Middleweight	0
214	217		Bryce Logan	Lightweight	0
214	217		Cee Jay Hamilton	Bantamweight	0
214	217		Collin Huckbody	Middleweight	0
214	217		Dante Schiro	Welterweight	0
214	217		Darina Mazdyuk	Women’s Flyweight	0
214	217		Dayana Silva	Women’s Featherweight	0
214	217		Desiree Yanez	Women’s Flyweight	0
214	224		Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov	Light Heavyweight	0
214	217		Gregory Milliard	Welterweight	0
214	NR		Isaiah Hokit	Featherweight	0
214	217		Isaiah Hokit	Lightweight	0
214	217		Jared Scoggins	Bantamweight	0
214	217		Jon Adams (flyweight)	Bantamweight	0
214	217		Jonathan Quiroz	Featherweight	0
214	224		Jonathan Wilson	Light Heavyweight	0
214	217		Matt Bessette	Featherweight	0
214	217		Nate Andrews	Lightweight	0
214	NR		Olivia Parker	Women’s Featherweight	0
214	217		Patrik Pietila	Lightweight	0
214	217		Peter Stanonik	Welterweight	0
214	217		Petra Castkova	Women’s Flyweight	0
214	217		Rakim Cleveland	Heavyweight	0
214	217		Randi Field	Women’s Flyweight	0
214	217		Raymond Pina	Lightweight	0
214	217		Roberta Samad	Women’s Featherweight	0
214	217		Sebastian Ruiz	Bantamweight	0
214	217		Sharaf Davlatmurodov	Middleweight	0
214	217		Shaun Asher	Heavyweight	0
214	224		Simon Biyong	Light Heavyweight	0
214	217		Simone D’Anna	Featherweight	0
214	217		Tara Graff	Women’s Flyweight	0
214	217		Tyler King	Heavyweight	0
214	224		Viktor Nemkov	Light Heavyweight	0
214	217		Vladyslav Parubchenko	Featherweight	0
214	217		Will Smith	Bantamweight	0

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