Bellator Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Pound for Pound: May 12/21

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	Lightweight/Ftherwght	1004
2	3	2	Vadim Nemkov	Light Heavyweight	887
3	2	3	Gegard Mousasi	Middleweight	620
4	5	1W	Cris ‘Cyborg’ Justino	Women’s Fthrweight	599.5
5	4	5	Douglas Lima	Welterweight	569
6	8		Timothy Johnson	Heavyweight	487
7	6	4	Ryan Bader	Heavy/Light Heavy	457
8	7	3W	Ilima-Lei Macfarlane	Women’s Flyweight	412
9	10	2W	Juliana Velasquez	Women’s Flyweight	409.5
10	12	10	Yaroslav Amosov	Welterweight	385
11	14	5	A.J. McKee	Featherweight	344.5
12	31	7	Sergio Pettis	Bantamweight	332
13	17		John Salter	Middleweight	306
14	9		Darrion Caldwell	Featherweight	305.5
15	18	8	Juan Archuleta	Bantamweight	285
16	19		Costello Van Steenis	Middleweight	278.5
17	11		Phil Davis	Light Heavyweight	272
18	20		Michael Page	Welterweight	271
18	16		Neiman Gracie	Welterweight	271
20	15		Emmanuel Sanchez	Featherweight	260.5
21	42		Jason Jackson	Welterweight	244.5
22	13	4W	Julia Budd	Women’s Feathrweight	242
23	20		Lorenz Larkin	Welterweight	240
24	22		Cheick Kongo	Heavyweight	224.5
24	21	9	Corey Anderson	Light Heavyweight	224.5
26	26		Jay-Jay Wilson	Featherweight	220.5
27	NR		Goiti Yamauchi	Lightweight	200
28	38		Raufeon Stots	Bantamweight	195
29	NR		Patricky ‘Pitbull’ Freire	Lightweight	194
30	23		Linton Vassell	Heavyweight	192
31	26		Aaron Pico	Featherweight	189.5
32	NR		Anthony ‘Rumble’ Johnson	Light Heavyweight	188
33	29	7W	Denise Kielholtz	Women’s Flyweight	186.5
34	30		Aviv Gozali	Welterweight	180
35	37		Leandro Higo	Bantamweight	175
36	28		Adam Borics	Featherweight	173.5
37	39		Oliver Enkamp	Welterweight	168
37	NR		Peter Queally	Lightweight	168
39	24		Benson Henderson	Welterweight	163
40	36		Steve Mowry	Heavyweight	159
41	34		Logan Storley	Welterweight	151.5
42	34		James Gallagher	Bantamweight	151
43	32		Charlie Ward	Middleweight	149.5
44	71		Mandel Nallo	Lightweight	149
45	45		Aiden Lee	Featherweight	145
46	46		Taylor Johnson	Middleweight	144
47	119		Jornel Lugo	Bantamweight	137
48	44		Charlie Leary	Lightweight	136
49	54		Dalton Rosta	Middleweight	134
50	NR		Dan Moret	Lightweight	130
51	40		Paul Daley	Welterweight	128.5
52	56		Andrew Kapel	Middleweight	128
53	56		Julius Anglickas	Light Heavyweight	124
53	50		Romero Cotton	Middleweight	124
55	47		Keri Taylor-Melendez	Women’s Flyweight	122
56	52		Sinead Kavanagh	Women’s Feathrweight	121.5
57	53		Kemran Lachinov	Welterweight	121
58	60		Brett Johns	Bantamweight	119.5
59	41		Tyrell Fortune	Heavyweight	118.5
60	119		Johnny Eblen	Middleweight	115
61	60		Austin Vanderford	Middleweight	114
62	43		Adam Piccolotti	Lightweight	113
63	NR		Mads Burnell	Featherweight	110
63	66		Robson Gracie Jr	Welterweight	110
63	60		Valentin Moldavsky	Heavyweight	110
66	74		Billy Goff	Welterweight	109
66	67		Norbert Novenyi	Middleweight	109
68	25		Lyoto Machida	Light Heavyweight	108
69	64	6W	Arlene Blencowe	Women’s Feathrweight	107.5
70	50		Joey Davis	Welterweight	106
71	56		Fabian Edwards	Middleweight	103.5
72	59		Weber Almeida	Featherweight	101
73	NR		Khalid Murtazaliev	Middleweight	100
73	79		Shamil Nikaev	Welterweight	100
75	81		Valerie Loureda	Women’s Flyweight	99
76	83		Sidney Outlaw	Lightweight	98
77	148		Roman Faraldo	Welterweight	96
78	49		Cass Bell	Bantamweight	95.5
79	85		Blaine O’Driscoll (flyweight)	Bantamweight	95
79	85		Cody Law	Featherweight	95
79	85		Jake Hager	Heavyweight	95
79	85		Raymond Daniels	Welterweight	95
83	77		Christian Edwards	Middleweight	94
83	90		Nicolo Solli	Lightweight	94
83	NR		Tony Johnson	Middleweight	94
86	47		Henry Corrales	Bantamweight	93.5
87	70		Kevin Ferguson Jr	Lightweight	93
87	12		Rafael Carvalho	Middleweight	93
89	64		Derek Anderson	Welterweight	90
90	125	8W	Cat Zingano	Women’s Feathrweight	89
91	102		Patchy Mix	Bantamweight	88
92	54		Mike Shipman	Middleweight	87.5
93	78		Alfie Davis	Lightweight	87
94	75		Amanda Bell	Women’s Feathrweight	86.5
95	93		Lucas Brennan	Featherweight	86
96	95		Keoni Diggs	Lightweight	85
97	73		Alejandra Lara	Women’s Flyweight	81
97	92		Vinicius de Jesus	Middleweight	81
99	60		Tywan Claxton	Featherweight	80.5
100	97		Grant Neal	Light Heavyweight	80
101	100		Chris Duncan	Lightweight	78
102	91		Melvin Manhoef	Light Heavyweight	77
103	104		George Hardwick	Lightweight	76
104	68		Ed Ruth	Middleweight	75.5
105	81		Kate Jackson	Women’s Flyweight	74.5
106	NR		John Douma	Bantamweight	74
106	124	9W	Kana Watanabe	Women’s Flyweight	74
108	NR		Jordan Newman	Middleweight	73
109	108		Killys Mota	Welterweight	72
110	84		Brian Moore	Featherweight	71.5
111	105		Christopher Gonzalez	Lightweight	71
112	72		Daniel Weichel	Featherweight	70.5
113	69		Curtis Millender	Welterweight	70
114	116	5W	Liz Carmouche	Women’s Flyweight	69
114	NR		Veta Arteaga	Women’s Flyweight	69
116	75		Pedro Carvalho	Featherweight	68.5
117	111		Lewis Long	Welterweight	68
117	111		Simon Smotritsky	Welterweight	68
119	113		Ciaran Clarke	Featherweight	67
119	113		Danni Neilan	Women’s Flyweight	67
121	105		Kent Kauppinen	Middleweight	65
122	119		Jake Smith	Welterweight	64
123	110		Josh Hill	Bantamweight	62
124	123		Akonne Wanliss	Lightweight	61
125	79		Daniele Scatizzi	Lightweight	60
125	99		Kastriot Xhema	Welterweight	60
127	175		Jaylon Bates	Bantamweight	59
127	175		Magomed Magomedov	Bantamweight	59
129	125		Lee Chadwick	Light Heavyweight	58
129	102		Sabah Homasi	Welterweight	58
131	108		Georgi Karakhanyan	Lightweight	57
131	105	10W	Leslie Smith	Women’s Feathrweight	57
133	119		Chris Bungard	Lightweight	56
133	NR		Marcus Surin	Lightweight	56
135	NR		Lance Gibson Jr	Lightweight	55
135	129		Raphael Uchegbu	Welterweight	55
137	130		Alex Polizzi	Light Heavyweight	54
137	130		Chris Hatley	Featherweight	54
137	130		Emilee King	Women’s Flyweight	54
137	130		Gavin Hughes	Lightweight	54
137	130		Moses Murrietta	Welterweight	54
137	NR		Trevor Gudde	Welterweight	54
143	135		Khonry Gracie	Welterweight	53
144	97		Jeremy Kennedy	Featherweight	52
145	137		Asael Adjoudj	Featherweight	50
145	137		Asael Adjoudj	Lightweight	50
145	137		Gokhan Saricam	Heavyweight	50
145	137		Luke Trainer	Light Heavyweight	50
145	125		Saul Rogers	Featherweight	50
145	141		Talita Nogueira	Women’s Feathrweight	50
151	94		Matt Mitrione	Heavyweight	49.5
152	NR		Jack May	Heavyweight	45
152	116		Walter Gahadza	Welterweight	45
154	152		Erik Perez	Bantamweight	44
154	144		Jordan Mein	Welterweight	44
154	144		Manny Muro	Lightweight	44
157	96		Saad Awad	Lightweight	43.5
158	125		Myles Jury	Lightweight	43
159	147		Keith Lee	Bantamweight	41
160	148		Dominique Wooding	Featherweight	40
160	148		Justin Sumter	Middleweight	40
162	136		Kiefer Crosbie	Welterweight	39.5
163	153		Davion Franklin	Heavyweight	38
163	142		Janay Harding	Women’s Feathrweight	38
165	154		Stefano Paterno	Welterweight	36
166	146		Nainoa Dung	Lightweight	35
167	157		Mark Lemminger	Welterweight	32
167	157		Terry Brazier	Lightweight	32
169	159		Kyle Crutchmer	Welterweight	26
170	160		Jeremy Petley	Featherweight	22
171	161		Albert Gonzales	Welterweight	20
171	NR		Diana Avsaragova	Women’s Flyweight	20
171	161		Kevin Croom	Featherweight	20
171	161		Ras Hylton	Heavyweight	20
171	161		Sumiko Inaba	Women’s Flyweight	20
171	161		Tim Wilde	Lightweight	20
171	161		Yves Landu	Lightweight	20
178	168		Jaleel Willis	Welterweight	19
179	NR		Daniel Madrid	Middleweight	18
179	170		Gabby Holloway	Women’s Feathrweight	18
179	NR		Jessica Borga	Women’s Feathrweight	18
179	170		Kane Mousah	Lightweight	18
179	NR		Ricardo Seixas	Lightweight	18
179	170		Ty Gwerder	Middleweight	18
185	173		Vladimir Tokov	Lightweight	17
186	174		Joseph Creer	Middleweight	14
186	161		Pat Casey	Welterweight	14
188	NR		Alan Omer	Lightweight	10
188	175		Ali Zebian	Lightweight	10
188	175		Andrew Fisher	Featherweight	10
188	175		Chiara Penco	Women’s Flyweight	10
188	NR		Grachik Bozinyan	Welterweight	10
188	245		Karl Albrektsson	Light Heavyweight	10
188	175		Lucie Bertaud	Women’s Flyweight	10
188	NR		Marcelo Golm	Heavyweight	10
188	175		Soren Bak	Lightweight	10
188	NR		Usman Nurmagomedov	Lightweight	10
198	184		Andrew Salas	Featherweight	9
198	184		Harry Hardwick	Featherweight	9
198	184		John de Jesus	Featherweight	9
198	NR		Jose Augusto	Light Heavyweight	9
202	NR		Demarques Jackson	Welterweight	8
202	187		Jessy Miele	Women’s Feathrweight	8
204	NR		Albert Morales	Bantamweight	6
205	188		Carlo Pedersoli Jr	Welterweight	5
206	189		Alessandro Botti	Lightweight	0
206	NR		Alexandr Shabily	Lightweight	0
206	189		Andy Manzolo	Middleweight	0
206	189		Ashleigh Grimshaw	Featherweight	0
206	189		Bobby Lee	Welterweight	0
206	NR		Branko Busick	Middleweight	0
206	189		Bryce Logan	Lightweight	0
206	NR		Dayana Silva	Women’s Feathrweight	0
206	189		DeAnna Bennett	Women’s Flyweight	0
206	NR		Desiree Yanez	Women’s Flyweight	0
206	189		Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov	Light Heavyweight	0
206	189		Ederson Macedo	Light Heavyweight	0
206	189		Erick Sanchez	Featherweight	0
206	NR		Fabio Aguiar	Middleweight	0
206	189		Giovanni Melillo	Welterweight	0
206	NR		Gregory Milliard	Light Heavyweight	0
206	189		Hamza Salim	Middleweight	0
206	NR		Herman Terrado	Welterweight	0
206	189		Iamik Furtado	Lightweight	0
206	189		Jared Scoggins	Bantamweight	0
206	189		Jason Markland	Light Heavyweight	0
206	189		Jessica Ruiz	Women’s Flyweight	0
206	189		Jonathan Wilson	Light Heavyweight	0
206	189		Katharina Lehner	Women’s Feathrweight	0
206	189		Khurshed Kakhorov	Bantamweight	0
206	189		Kywan Gracie	Welterweight	0
206	NR		Marina Mokhnatkina	Women’s Feathrweight	0
206	189		Matheus Mattos	Bantamweight	0
206	156		Matt Bessette	Featherweight	0
206	189		Mike Hamel	Lightweight	0
206	NR		Mukhamed Berkhamov	Welterweight	0
206	NR		Peter Stanonik	Welterweight	0
206	189		Ronny Markes	Heavyweight	0
206	189		Ross Houston	Welterweight	0
206	189		Ryan Scope	Lightweight	0
206	189		Said Sowma	Heavyweight	0
206	NR		Shaun Asher	Heavyweight	0
206	189		Shawn Teed	Heavyweight	0
206	189		Simone D’Anna	Featherweight	0
206	NR		Tara Graff	Women’s Flyweight	0
206	NR		Vanessa Porto	Women’s Flyweight	0
206	NR		Viktor Nemkov	Light Heavyweight	0
206	189		Vladyslav Parubchenko	Featherweight	0
206	NR		Will Smith	Bantamweight	0

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