Bellator Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Pound for Pound: Jul 21/21

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 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 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

Stats	Last	Bell			Total
Rank	Rank	Rank
1	1	1	Patricio ‘Pitbull’ Freire	Feather/Lightweight	1004
2	2	2	Vadim Nemkov	Light Heavyweight	887
3	4	1W	Cris ‘Cyborg’ Justino	Women’s Featherweight	683
4	3	3	Gegard Mousasi	Middleweight	615
5	10	5	Yaroslav Amosov	Welterweight	544.5
6	9	2W	Juliana Velasquez	Women’s Flyweight	543.5
7	7	4	Ryan Bader	Heavy/Light Heavyweight	457
8	5	8	Douglas Lima	Welterweight	420
9	8	3W	Ilima-Lei Macfarlane	Women’s Flyweight	406
10	6		Timothy Johnson	Heavyweight	392
11	11	6	A.J. McKee	Featherweight	344.5
12	12	7	Sergio Pettis	Bantamweight	332
13	21		Jason Jackson	Welterweight	285
13	15	10	Juan Archuleta	Bantamweight	285
15	13		John Salter	Middleweight	282
16	16		Costello Van Steenis	Middleweight	278.5
17	18		Neiman Gracie	Welterweight	271
18	35		Leandro Higo	Bantamweight	269
18	18		Michael Page	Welterweight	269
20	20		Emmanuel Sanchez	Featherweight	260.5
21	17		Phil Davis	Light Heavyweight	246
22	22	4W	Julia Budd	Women’s Featherweight	242
23	23		Lorenz Larkin	Welterweight	234
24	14		Darrion Caldwell	Bantamweight	232
25	24		Cheick Kongo	Heavyweight	224.5
25	24	9	Corey Anderson	Light Heavyweight	224.5
27	26		Jay-Jay Wilson	Featherweight	220.5
28	31		Aaron Pico	Featherweight	211
29	27		Goiti Yamauchi	Lightweight	200
30	28		Raufeon Stots	Bantamweight	195
31	29		Patricky ‘Pitbull’ Freire	Lightweight	194
32	34		Aviv Gozali	Lightweight	192.5
33	30		Linton Vassell	Heavyweight	192
34	32		Anthony ‘Rumble’ Johnson	Light Heavyweight	188
35	76		Sidney Outlaw	Lightweight	186
36	59		Tyrell Fortune	Heavyweight	181
37	46		Taylor Johnson	Middleweight	178
38	36		Adam Borics	Featherweight	173.5
39	61		Austin Vanderford	Middleweight	169
40	37		Oliver Enkamp	Welterweight	168
40	37		Peter Queally	Lightweight	168
42	39		Benson Henderson	Welterweight	163
43	63		Valentin Moldavsky	Heavyweight	161.5
44	40		Steve Mowry	Heavyweight	159
45	33	6W	Denise Kielholtz	Women’s Flyweight	152.5
46	41		Logan Storley	Welterweight	151.5
47	42		James Gallagher	Bantamweight	150
48	43		Charlie Ward	Middleweight	149.5
49	44		Mandel Nallo	Lightweight	149
50	100		Grant Neal	Light Heavyweight	147
51	114	5W	Liz Carmouche	Women’s Flyweight	139.5
52	47		Jornel Lugo	Bantamweight	137
53	48		Charlie Leary	Lightweight	136
54	49		Dalton Rosta	Middleweight	134
54	NR		Leah McCourt	Women’s Featherweight	134
56	45		Aiden Lee	Featherweight	130
56	50		Dan Moret	Lightweight	130
58	52		Andrew Kapel	Middleweight	128
59	79		Cody Law	Featherweight	124
59	53		Julius Anglickas	Light Heavyweight	124
59	53		Romero Cotton	Middleweight	124
62	55		Keri Taylor-Melendez	Women’s Flyweight	122
62	95		Lucas Brennan	Featherweight	122
64	56		Sinead Kavanagh	Women’s Featherweight	121.5
65	57		Kemran Lachinov	Welterweight	121
66	63		Mads Burnell	Featherweight	110
66	63		Robson Gracie Jr	Welterweight	110
68	66		Billy Goff	Welterweight	109
68	66		Norbert Novenyi	Middleweight	109
70	68		Lyoto Machida	Light Heavyweight	108
71	62		Adam Piccolotti	Lightweight	107
72	70		Joey Davis	Welterweight	106
72	51		Paul Daley	Welterweight	106
74	NR		Charlie Campbell	Lightweight	104
74	60		Johnny Eblen	Middleweight	104
76	127		Jaylon Bates	Bantamweight	103
77	72		Weber Almeida	Featherweight	101
78	206		Alexandr Shabily	Lightweight	100
78	69	7W	Arlene Blencowe	Women’s Featherweight	100
78	73		Khalid Murtazaliev	Middleweight	100
78	73		Shamil Nikaev	Welterweight	100
82	137		Alex Polizzi	Light Heavyweight	98
83	77		Roman Faraldo	Welterweight	96
84	78		Cass Bell	Bantamweight	95.5
85	79		Blaine O’Driscoll (flyweight)	Bantamweight	95
85	79		Jake Hager	Heavyweight	95
85	79		Raymond Daniels	Welterweight	95
88	163		Davion Franklin	Heavyweight	94
88	83		Nicolo Solli	Lightweight	94
88	83		Tony Johnson	Middleweight	94
91	86		Henry Corrales	Bantamweight	93.5
92	87		Kevin Ferguson Jr	Lightweight	93
93	58		Brett Johns	Bantamweight	92
94	89		Derek Anderson	Welterweight	90
95	90	8W	Cat Zingano	Women’s Featherweight	89
96	91		Patchy Mix	Bantamweight	88
97	71		Fabian Edwards	Middleweight	85.5
98	97		Alejandra Lara	Women’s Flyweight	81
98	83		Christian Edwards	Light Heavyweight	81
98	112		Daniel Weichel	Featherweight	81
98	87		Rafael Carvalho	Middleweight	81
98	97		Vinicius de Jesus	Middleweight	81
103	NR		Justin Gonzales	Featherweight	80
103	157		Saad Awad	Lightweight	80
105	101		Chris Duncan	Lightweight	78
105	75		Valerie Loureda	Women’s Flyweight	78
107	92		Mike Shipman	Middleweight	77.5
108	102		Melvin Manhoef	Light Heavyweight	77
109	103		George Hardwick	Lightweight	76
109	96		Keoni Diggs	Featherweight	76
111	104		Ed Ruth	Middleweight	75.5
112	105		Kate Jackson	Women’s Flyweight	74.5
113	106		John Douma	Bantamweight	74
114	108		Jordan Newman	Middleweight	73
115	109		Killys Mota	Welterweight	72
116	110		Brian Moore	Featherweight	71.5
117	111		Christopher Gonzalez	Lightweight	71
118	113		Curtis Millender	Welterweight	70
119	93		Alfie Davis	Lightweight	69.5
120	116		Pedro Carvalho	Featherweight	68.5
121	117		Lewis Long	Welterweight	68
121	117		Simon Smotritsky	Welterweight	68
121	171		Sumiko Inaba	Women’s Flyweight	68
121	114		Veta Arteaga	Women’s Flyweight	68
125	119		Ciaran Clarke	Featherweight	67
125	119		Danni Neilan	Women’s Flyweight	67
127	106	9W	Kana Watanabe	Women’s Flyweight	66
128	121		Kent Kauppinen	Middleweight	65
129	122		Jake Smith	Welterweight	64
129	NR		Nick Newell	Lightweight	64
131	NR		John Macapa	Featherweight	63
132	123		Josh Hill	Bantamweight	62
133	124		Akonne Wanliss	Lightweight	61
134	125		Daniele Scatizzi	Lightweight	60
134	NR		Danny Sabatello	Bantamweight	60
134	NR		Hannah Guy	Women’s Flyweight	60
134	125		Kastriot Xhema	Welterweight	60
138	127		Magomed Magomedov	Bantamweight	59
139	129		Lee Chadwick	Light Heavyweight	58
139	129		Sabah Homasi	Welterweight	58
141	131		Georgi Karakhanyan	Lightweight	57
142	133		Chris Bungard	Lightweight	56
142	133		Marcus Surin	Lightweight	56
144	135		Lance Gibson Jr	Lightweight	55
144	135		Raphael Uchegbu	Welterweight	55
146	137		Chris Hatley	Featherweight	54
146	137		Emilee King	Women’s Flyweight	54
146	137		Gavin Hughes	Lightweight	54
146	NR		Johnny Soto	Featherweight	54
146	137		Moses Murrietta	Welterweight	54
146	137		Trevor Gudde	Welterweight	54
146	NR		Tyler King	Heavyweight	54
153	144		Jeremy Kennedy	Featherweight	52
154	145		Asael Adjoudj	Lightweight	50
154	145		Asael Adjoudj	Featherweight	50
154	145		Gokhan Saricam	Heavyweight	50
154	145		Luke Trainer	Light Heavyweight	50
154	145		Saul Rogers	Featherweight	50
154	145		Talita Nogueira	Women’s Featherweight	50
160	131	10W	Leslie Smith	Women’s Featherweight	45.5
161	152		Jack May	Heavyweight	45
161	152		Walter Gahadza	Welterweight	45
163	154		Erik Perez	Bantamweight	44
163	154		Jordan Mein	Welterweight	44
163	154		Manny Muro	Lightweight	44
166	159		Keith Lee	Bantamweight	41
167	160		Dominique Wooding	Featherweight	40
167	160		Justin Sumter	Middleweight	40
167	167		Mark Lemminger	Welterweight	40
170	162		Kiefer Crosbie	Lightweight	39.5
171	158		Myles Jury	Lightweight	36.5
172	165		Stefano Paterno	Welterweight	36
173	166		Nainoa Dung	Lightweight	35
174	167		Terry Brazier	Lightweight	32
175	169		Kyle Crutchmer	Welterweight	31
176	163		Janay Harding	Women’s Featherweight	30
176	206		Said Sowma	Heavyweight	30
178	171		Diana Avsaragova	Women’s Flyweight	28
179	178		Jaleel Willis	Welterweight	27
180	144		Jeremy Petley	Featherweight	22
181	171		Albert Gonzales	Welterweight	20
181	171		Kevin Croom	Featherweight	20
181	206		Matheus Mattos	Bantamweight	20
181	171		Ras Hylton	Heavyweight	20
18	171		Tim Wilde	Lightweight	20
181	0		Yves Landu	Lightweight	20
187	188		Soren Bak	Lightweight	19
188	179		Daniel Madrid	Middleweight	18
188	179		Gabby Holloway	Women’s Featherweight	18
188	179		Jessica Borga	Women’s Featherweight	18
188	170		John de Jesus	Featherweight	18
188	179		Kane Mousah	Lightweight	18
188	179		Ricardo Seixas	Lightweight	18
188	179		Ty Gwerder	Middleweight	18
195	185		Vladimir Tokov	Lightweight	17
196	186		Joseph Creer	Middleweight	14
196	186		Pat Casey	Welterweight	14
198	188		Alan Omer	Lightweight	10
198	188		Ali Zebian	Lightweight	10
198	188		Andrew Fisher	Featherweight	10
198	188		Chiara Penco	Women’s Flyweight	10
198	188		Grachik Bozinyan	Welterweight	10
198	188		Karl Albrektsson	Light Heavyweight	10
198	188		Lucie Bertaud	Women’s Flyweight	10
198	188		Marcelo Golm	Heavyweight	10
198	206		Marina Mokhnatkina	Women’s Featherweight	10
198	188		Usman Nurmagomedov	Lightweight	10
208	198		Andrew Salas	Featherweight	9
208	206		Harry Hardwick	Featherweight	9
208	198		Jose Augusto	Light Heavyweight	9
211	202		Jessy Miele	Women’s Featherweight	8
212	204		Albert Morales	Bantamweight	6
213	205		Carlo Pedersoli Jr	Welterweight	5
214	206		Alessandro Botti	Lightweight	0
214	206		Andy Manzolo	Middleweight	0
214	206		Ashleigh Grimshaw	Featherweight	0
214	206		Bobby Lee	Welterweight	0
214	NR		Bobby Lee	Lightweight	0
214	206		Branko Busick	Middleweight	0
214	206		Bryce Logan	Lightweight	0
214	NR		Cee Jay Hamilton	Bantamweight	0
214	206		Dayana Silva	Women’s Featherweight	0
214	206		DeAnna Bennett	Women’s Flyweight	0
214	206		Desiree Yanez	Women’s Flyweight	0
214	206		Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov	Light Heavyweight	0
214	206		Ederson Macedo	Light Heavyweight	0
214	206		Erick Sanchez	Featherweight	0
214	206		Fabio Aguiar	Middleweight	0
214	206		Giovanni Melillo	Welterweight	0
214	206		Gregory Milliard	Light Heavyweight	0
214	206		Hamza Salim	Middleweight	0
214	206		Herman Terrado	Welterweight	0
214	206		Iamik Furtado	Lightweight	0
214	NR		Isaiah Hokit	Lightweight	0
214	206		Jared Scoggins	Bantamweight	0
214	206		Jason Markland	Light Heavyweight	0
214	206		Jessica Ruiz	Women’s Flyweight	0
214	206		Jonathan Wilson	Light Heavyweight	0
214	206		Katharina Lehner	Women’s Featherweight	0
214	206		Khurshed Kakhorov	Bantamweight	0
214	206		Kywan Gracie	Welterweight	0
214	NR		Levan Chokheli	Welterweight	0
214	206		Matt Bessette	Featherweight	0
214	206		Mike Hamel	Lightweight	0
214	206		Mukhamed Berkhamov	Welterweight	0
214	NR		Nate Andrews	Lightweight	0
214	206		Peter Stanonik	Welterweight	0
214	206		Ross Houston	Welterweight	0
214	206		Ryan Scope	Lightweight	0
214	206		Shaun Asher	Heavyweight	0
214	206		Shawn Teed	Heavyweight	0
214	NR		Simon Biyong	Light Heavyweight	0
214	206		Simone D’Anna	Featherweight	0
214	206		Tara Graff	Women’s Flyweight	0
214	206		Vanessa Porto	Women’s Flyweight	0
214	206		Viktor Nemkov	Light Heavyweight	0
214	206		Vladyslav Parubchenko	Featherweight	0
214	206		Will Smith	Bantamweight	0

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