Bellator Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Pound for Pound: Mar 13/19

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 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	1	Gegard Mousasi	Middleweight	485
2	2	Patricio ‘Pitbull’ Freire	Featherweight	467
3	3	Ryan Bader	Heavy/Light Heavyweight	418
4	5	Douglas Lima	Welterweight	402
5	6	Michael Chandler	Lightweight	379
6	7	Darrion Caldwell	Bantamweight	327
7	8	Ilima-Lei Macfarlane	Women’s Flyweight	308.5
8	NR	Vitaly Minakov	Heavyweight	252.5
9	9	Andrey Koreshkov	Welterweight	232.5
10	14	Liam McGeary	Light Heavyweight	229.5
11	11	Rafael Carvalho	Middleweight	225
12	12	Rory MacDonald	Welterweight	224
13	13	Brent Primus	Lightweight	217.5
14	10	Phil Davis	Light Heavyweight	217
15	17	Michael Page	Welterweight	216
16	33	Vadim Nemkov	Light Heavyweight	215
17	NR	Daniel Straus	Lightweight	201.5
18	18	Benson Henderson	Lightweight	195
19	15	Eduardo Dantas	Bantamweight	191.5
20	20	Alexander Shlemenko	Middleweight	185
21	21	Rafael Lovato Jr	Middleweight	178.5
22	28	Cheick Kongo	Heavyweight	175.5
23	22	John Salter	Middleweight	171
23	22	Lyoto Machida	Middleweight	171
25	16	Linton Vassell	Heavyweight	165.5
25	24	Julia Budd	Women’s Featherweight	165.5
27	19	Patricky ‘Pitbull’ Freire	Lightweight	165
28	26	Lorenz Larkin	Welterweight	158
29	37	Goiti Yamauchi	Lightweight	155
30	29	Neiman Gracie	Welterweight	145
31	30	Joe Taimanglo	Bantamweight	144
32	31	Javy Ayala	Heavyweight	135.5
33	32	Emmanuel Sanchez	Featherweight	133
34	24	Muhammed ‘King Mo’ Lawal	Light Heavyweight	123.5
35	34	Anatoly Tokov	Middleweight	118.5
36	35	Adam Piccolotti	Lightweight	112.5
37	36	Shawn Bunch	Bantamweight	106
38	27	Daniel Weichel	Lightweight	103.5
39	38	David Rickels	Welterweight	103
40	39	A.J. McKee	Featherweight	101.5
41	57	Henry Corrales	Featherweight	100.5
42	40	Saad Awad	Lightweight	99
43	42	Costello Van Steenis	Middleweight	92.5
44	43	Chael Sonnen	Heavyweight	91
45	45	Matt Mitrione	Heavyweight	89
46	46	Jordan Young	Light Heavyweight	87.5
47	47	Chidi Njokuani	Middleweight	87
48	48	Mike Shipman	Middleweight	85
49	41	Fedor Emelianenko	Heavyweight	83
50	59	Tyrell Fortune	Heavyweight	82.5
51	49	Ed Ruth	Welterweight	81.5
51	83	Kemran Lachinov	Welterweight	81.5
53	50	Derek Campos	Featherweight	80
54	62	James Gallagher	Bantamweight	78.5
55	NR	Jon Fitch	Welterweight	78
56	44	Paul Daley	Welterweight	76
57	51	Joe Warren	Bantamweight	75
58	69	Tywan Claxton	Featherweight	70.5
59	54	Veta Arteaga	Women’s Flyweight	69
60	55	Derek Anderson	Lightweight	68.5
60	55	J.J. Okanovich	Lightweight	68.5
62	53	Gaston Bolanos	Featherweight	67.5
62	77	Charlie Ward	Middleweight	67.5
64	77	Corey Browning	Lightweight	66
65	NR	Pete Rogers	Featherweight	65
66	60	Kevin Ferguson Jr	Lightweight	64.5
67	60	Logan Storley	Welterweight	62
68	52	Aaron Pico	Featherweight	61.5
69	64	Brandon Girtz	Lightweight	59.5
70	65	Chris Honeycutt	Middleweight	58.5
71	66	Steve Kozola	Lightweight	57.5
72	68	Justin Patterson	Welterweight	56
73	67	Adam Borics	Featherweight	55.5
73	89	Sam Sicilia	Featherweight	55.5
75	71	Dean Hancock	Lightweight	55
76	63	Ricky Bandejas	Bantamweight	54
76	72	Melvin Manhoef	Middleweight	54
78	58	Erick Silva	Welterweight	53.5
79	74	Romero Cotton	Middleweight	51.5
79	116	Vinicius de Jesus	Welterweight	51.5
81	75	Joe Schilling	Middleweight	51
82	76	Kate Jackson	Women’s Flyweight	50
83	77	Cass Bell	Bantamweight	47.5
83	77	Adam Keresh	Heavyweight	47.5
83	132	Steve Mowry	Heavyweight	47.5
83	183	Alen Amedovski	Lightweight	47.5
83	NR	Walter Gahadza	Welterweight	47.5
83	77	Juliana Velasquez	Women’s Flyweight	47.5
89	73	Mike Kimbel	Bantamweight	47
89	83	Arlene Blencowe	Women’s Featherweight	47
89	77	Olga Rubin	Women’s Featherweight	47
89	83	Kristina Williams	Women’s Flyweight	47
93	87	Alessio Sakara	Light Heavyweight	46
94	88	Justin Tenedora	Bantamweight	45
95	69	Brian Moore	Featherweight	44.5
95	89	Guilherme Vasconcelos	Welterweight	44.5
97	91	Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson	Heavyweight	44
98	92	Joaquin Buckley	Welterweight	43
99	93	Emily Ducote	Women’s Flyweight	42.5
100	94	Andre Fialho	Middleweight	42
101	95	Jeremiah Labiano	Featherweight	41
101	95	Noad Lahat	Featherweight	41
103	97	Wanderlei Silva	Heavyweight	40
103	97	Jake Smith	Lightweight	40
103	97	Marcus Surin	Lightweight	40
103	NR	Amanda Bell	Women’s Featherweight	40
107	102	Joey Davis	Welterweight	39
108	83	Roy Nelson	Heavyweight	38.5
109	103	Tim Caron	Middleweight	37.5
110	104	Daniel Carey	Featherweight	35
110	97	Kastriot Xhema	Welterweight	35
110	104	Haim Gozali	Welterweight	35
113	106	Adil Benjilany	Featherweight	34.5
113	120	Valentin Moldavsky	Heavyweight	34.5
115	108	Rudy Schaffroth	Heavyweight	34
115	97	Carrington Banks	Lightweight	34
117	110	Jarod Trice	Light Heavyweight	33
118	NR	Alfie Davis	Lightweight	32.5
118	111	Valerie Letourneau	Women’s Flyweight	32.5
120	112	Jordan Howard	Bantamweight	32
121	113	A.J. Matthews	Welterweight	31.5
122	114	Justin Lawrence	Featherweight	31
123	115	Chinzo Machida	Featherweight	30.5
124	116	Abraham Vaesau	Middleweight	30
124	116	Anastasia Yankova	Women’s Flyweight	30
126	154	Pedro Carvalho	Lightweight	29.5
126	NR	Kiefer Crosbie	Welterweight	29.5
128	106	Frank Mir	Heavyweight	29
128	120	David Michaud	Welterweight	29
130	122	Ryan Couture	Welterweight	28
131	123	Dominic Mazzotta	Bantamweight	27.5
131	123	Vince Morales	Bantamweight	27.5
131	123	Ignacio Ortiz	Featherweight	27.5
131	123	Mike Trizano	Featherweight	27.5
131	NR	Fabian Edwards	Middleweight	27.5
136	127	Jackie Gosh	Welterweight	27
136	127	Talita Nogueira	Women’s Featherweight	27
138	129	Fernando Gonzalez Trevino	Welterweight	26.5
139	156	Juan Archuleta	Bantamweight	26
139	130	Timothy Johnson	Heavyweight	26
141	131	Sinead Kavanagh	Women’s Featherweight	25.5
142	132	Domingos Barros	Heavyweight	25
142	NR	Jake Hager	Heavyweight	25
142	132	Teagan Dooley	Light Heavyweight	25
142	166	Chris Avila	Lightweight	25
142	183	Nainoa Dung	Lightweight	25
142	132	Alen Amedovski	Middleweight	25
142	132	Dillon Danis	Middleweight	25
142	NR	Will Fleury	Middleweight	25
142	NR	Justin Sumter	Middleweight	25
142	NR	Walter Gahadza	Welterweight	25
142	NR	Austin Vanderford	Welterweight	25
142	132	Ky Bennett	Women’s Flyweight	25
142	NR	Valerie Loureda	Women’s Flyweight	25
155	140	Denise Kielholtz	Women’s Flyweight	24.5
156	141	Leandro Higo	Featherweight	24
156	141	Alejandra Lara	Women’s Flyweight	24
158	143	Aaron Webb	Featherweight	22.5
158	143	Honor Kelish	Featherweight	22.5
158	143	Ernest James	Heavyweight	22.5
158	NR	Karl Etherington	Heavyweight	22.5
158	NR	Charlie Leary	Lightweight	22.5
158	NR	Daniele Scatizzi	Lightweight	22.5
158	143	Teagan Dooley	Middleweight	22.5
165	147	Josh San Diego	Bantamweight	20
165	147	Cris Lencioni	Featherweight	20
165	147	Kent Kauppinen	Light Heavyweight	20
165	NR	Ilya Kotau	Middleweight	20
165	147	Danasabe Mohammed	Welterweight	20
165	147	Dominic Sumner	Welterweight	20
165	147	Janay Harding	Women’s Featherweight	20
172	153	Sergei Kharitonov	Heavyweight	19
173	154	Robbie Peralta	Featherweight	18.5
173	108	Jacob Rosales	Lightweight	18.5
175	NR	Toby Misech	Bantamweight	18
176	157	Sean Powers	Middleweight	17.5
177	158	James Terry	Welterweight	17
178	159	Josh Sampo	Bantamweight	15
179	NR	Paul Redmond	Lightweight	14.5
180	NR	Yaroslav Amosov	Welterweight	14
181	161	John Teixeira	Featherweight	13
181	160	Pat Casey	Lightweight	13
181	161	Bruna Ellen	Women’s Flyweight	13
184	166	Alex Potts	Bantamweight	9
184	164	Aaron Chalmers	Lightweight	9
184	119	Joshua Jones	Lightweight	9
184	166	Brian Grinnell	Welterweight	9
184	NR	Iony Razafiarison	Women’s Featherweight	9
189	169	Andy Murad	Welterweight	8.5
190	170	Joe Neal	Bantamweight	8
190	132	J.J. Ambrose	Lightweight	8
192	172	Eric Ellington	Bantamweight	5
192	NR	Richie Smullen	Featherweight	5
192	132	Johnny Nunez	Lightweight	5
192	172	Khonry Gracie	Welterweight	5
192	NR	Jim Wallhead	Welterweight	5
197	175	Giorgio Belsanti	Featherweight	4.5
197	175	Justin Smitley	Featherweight	4.5
197	175	Will Morris	Middleweight	4.5
197	175	Devon Brock	Welterweight	4.5
197	175	Levi Matan	Welterweight	4.5
197	175	Lisa Blaine	Women’s Flyweight	4.5
203	NR	James Mulheron	Light Heavyweight	4
203	175	Amber Leibrock	Women’s Featherweight	4
203	182	Rebecca Ruth	Women’s Flyweight	4
206	183	Khai Wu	Bantamweight	0
206	183	Andy Main	Featherweight	0
206	183	Daniel Crawford	Featherweight	0
206	183	Jeremy Spoon	Featherweight	0
206	183	Jose Antonio Perez	Featherweight	0
206	183	Josenaldo Silva	Featherweight	0
206	183	Kirill Medvedovsky	Featherweight	0
206	183	Teodor Nikolov	Featherweight	0
206	183	Thomas Lopez	Featherweight	0
206	183	Ysidro Gutierrez	Featherweight	0
206	183	Kirill Sidelnikov	Heavyweight	0
206	183	Anthony Ruiz	Light Heavyweight	0
206	183	Leonardo Leite	Light Heavyweight	0
206	170	Jerome Mickle	Lightweight	0
206	172	Roger Huerta	Lightweight	0
206	183	DeMarco Villalona	Middleweight	0
206	183	Javier Torres	Middleweight	0
206	NR	John Redmond	Middleweight	0
206	183	Leo Leite	Middleweight	0
206	NR	Martin Hudson	Middleweight	0
206	NR	Collin Fletcher	Welterweight	0
206	183	Gerald Harris	Welterweight	0
206	183	Ion Pascu	Welterweight	0
206	183	Ron Becker	Welterweight	0
206	183	Zak Bucia	Welterweight	0
206	183	Cindy Dandois	Women’s Featherweight	0
206	183	Kristi Lopez	Women’s Flyweight	0

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