Bellator Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Pound for Pound: Oct 16/19

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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	2	Ryan Bader	Heavy/Light Heavyweight	418
3	3	Gegard Mousasi	Middleweight	410
4	4	Douglas Lima	Welterweight	384
5	5	Ilima-Lei Macfarlane	Women’s Flyweight	359.5
6	6	Michael Chandler	Lightweight	321
7	7	Rafael Lovato Jr	Middleweight	292.5
8	8	Rory MacDonald	Welterweight	274
9	10	Julia Budd	Women’s Featherweight	256.5
10	13	Vadim Nemkov	Light Heavyweight	252
11	9	Darrion Caldwell	Featherweight	250.5
12	11	Phil Davis	Light Heavyweight	248.5
13	25	Lorenz Larkin	Welterweight	196.5
14	13	Benson Henderson	Lightweight	195
15	16	Michael Page	Welterweight	187
16	NR	Cris ‘Cyborg’ Justino	Women’s Featherweight	177.5
17	17	Brent Primus	Lightweight	176.5
18	12	Rafael Carvalho	Light Heavyweight	175
19	34	Emmanuel Sanchez	Featherweight	171.5
20	19	Cheick Kongo	Heavyweight	171
20	20	John Salter	Middleweight	171
22	20	Kyoji Horiguchi	Bantamweight	167
23	18	Liam McGeary	Light Heavyweight	166
24	26	Goiti Yamauchi	Lightweight	165.5
25	22	Patricky ‘Pitbull’ Freire	Lightweight	165
26	15	Andrey Koreshkov	Welterweight	148
27	28	Costello Van Steenis	Middleweight	142.5
28	29	Eduardo Dantas	Featherweight	140
29	44	Adam Borics	Featherweight	139.5
30	23	Lyoto Machida	Middleweight	138
31	33	Anatoly Tokov	Middleweight	136.5
32	30	Linton Vassell	Heavyweight	134
33	31	Neiman Gracie	Welterweight	127.5
34	27	A.J. McKee	Featherweight	126
35	23	Daniel Straus	Featherweight	125
36	31	Javy Ayala	Heavyweight	112.5
37	48	Tyrell Fortune	Heavyweight	111.5
38	194	Yaroslav Amosov	Welterweight	102.5
39	36	Jordan Young	Light Heavyweight	101
40	40	Adam Piccolotti	Lightweight	100.5
41	39	Ed Ruth	Welterweight	98.5
42	61	Derek Campos	Featherweight	95
43	35	Juan Archuleta	Featherweight	92
44	115	Daniel Carey	Featherweight	91
45	37	Henry Corrales	Featherweight	89
46	61	Cass Bell	Bantamweight	85
46	46	Charlie Ward	Middleweight	85
48	42	Daniel Weichel	Featherweight	84
49	47	Fedor Emelianenko	Heavyweight	83
50	50	Juliana Velasquez	Women’s Flyweight	82
51	51	Kemran Lachinov	Welterweight	81.5
52	41	Tywan Claxton	Featherweight	80.5
53	72	Joey Davis	Welterweight	77.5
54	43	David Rickells	Welterweight	76.5
55	164	Leandro Higo	Featherweight	76
55	37	Shawn Bunch	Featherweight	76
57	54	Mike Shipman	Middleweight	75
58	52	James Gallagher	Bantamweight	72.5
59	53	Brandon Girtz	Lightweight	71
60	57	Arlene Blencowe	Women’s Featherweight	70.5
61	58	Jon Fitch	Welterweight	70
62	86	Aviv Gozali	Lightweight	67.5
62	61	Paul Daley	Welterweight	67.5
64	85	Ricky Bandejas	Bantamweight	67
64	178	Sergei Kharitonov	Heavyweight	67
66	48	Saad Awad	Lightweight	66.5
67	64	Jordan Williams	Middleweight	66
68	96	Alessio Sakara	Light Heavyweight	65
69	67	Kate Jackson	Women’s Flyweight	64.5
69	67	Kevin Ferguson Jr	Lightweight	64.5
71	45	Matt Mitrione	Heavyweight	63.5
72	51	Mauricio Alonso	Middleweight	63
73	86	Hyder Amil	Featherweight	62.5
74	69	Logan Storley	Welterweight	62
75	58	Gaston Bolanos	Featherweight	61.5
76	70	Valentin Moldavsky	Heavyweight	61
76	70	Veta Arteaga	Women’s Flyweight	61
78	75	Pedro Carvalho	Featherweight	60.5
79	64	Corey Browning	Lightweight	59
80	74	Cris Lencioni	Featherweight	57.5
80	NR	Derek Anderson	Welterweight	57.5
82	76	Haim Gozali	Welterweight	55
83	56	Georgi Karakhanyan	Featherweight	54
84	79	Aaron Pico	Featherweight	53
85	NR	Jay-Jay Wilson	Featherweight	52.5
85	82	Melvin Manhoef	Light Heavyweight	52.5
85	NR	Nicolo Solli	Lightweight	52.5
85	NR	Tony Johnson	Middleweight	52.5
89	80	Vinicius de Jesus	Welterweight	51.5
90	164	Alejandra Lara	Women’s Flyweight	51
91	84	Fabian Edwards	Middleweight	49
92	86	Adam Keresh	Heavyweight	47.5
92	150	Austin Vanderford	Middleweight	47.5
92	86	Dillon Danis	Middleweight	47.5
92	86	Jake Hager	Heavyweight	47.5
92	76	Kastriot Xhema	Welterweight	47.5
92	150	Leah McCourt	Women’s Featherweight	47.5
92	86	Nation Gibirck	Lightweight	47.5
92	66	Pete Rogers	Featherweight	47.5
92	86	Robson Gracie Jr	Welterweight	47.5
92	86	Steve Mowry	Heavyweight	47.5
92	NR	Weber Almeida	Featherweight	47.5
103	222	Keri Taylor Melendez	Women’s Flyweight	47
104	60	Joe Warren	Bantamweight	46
104	96	Marcus Surin	Lightweight	46
106	99	Brian Moore	Bantamweight	44
107	83	Joe Schilling	Middleweight	43.5
108	100	Walter Gahadza	Welterweight	42.5
109	101	Andre Fialho	Middleweight	42
110	102	Denise Kielholtz	Women’s Flyweight	41.5
111	168	Kristina Williams	Women’s Flyweight	41
111	103	Olga Rubin	Women’s Featherweight	41
113	NR	Erik Perez	Bantamweight	40.5
113	86	Mike Kimbel	Bantamweight	40.5
113	76	Sam Sicilia	Featherweight	40.5
116	105	Erick Silva	Welterweight	40
116	105	Justin Tenedora	Bantamweight	40
116	NR	Nick Newell	Lightweight	40
116	105	Oliver Enkamp	Welterweight	40
120	122	Norbert Novenyi	Middleweight	39
121	98	Guilherme Vasconcelos	Welterweight	38.5
121	109	Roy Nelson	Heavyweight	38.5
123	110	Tim Caron	Middleweight	37.5
124	111	Jeremiah Labiano	Featherweight	36.5
125	112	Nekruz Mirkhojaev	Lightweight	36
126	114	Amanda Bell	Women’s Featherweight	35.5
126	189	John Teixeira	Featherweight	35.5
128	NR	Jon Tuck	Lightweight	34.5
128	116	Leslie Smith	Women’s Featherweight	34.5
128	116	Matt Perez	Bantamweight	34.5
131	118	Alfie Davis	Lightweight	34
132	150	Dylan Logan	Featherweight	32.5
132	148	Johnny Cisneros	Welterweight	32.5
134	205	Joshua Jones	Lightweight	32
135	126	Pat Curran	Featherweight	31.5
135	124	Valerie Letourneau	Women’s Flyweight	31.5
137	125	Adil Benjilany	Featherweight	31
138	118	Rudy Schaffroth	Heavyweight	30.5
139	127	Charlie Leary	Lightweight	30
139	127	Gavin Hughes	Lightweight	30
141	131	Chuck Campbell	Light Heavyweight	29.5
141	NR	Jordan Newman	Middleweight	29.5
141	131	Josh Streacker	Welterweight	29.5
141	209	Khonry Gracie	Welterweight	29.5
141	209	Richie Smullen	Featherweight	29.5
141	131	Ricky Furar	Bantamweight	29.5
147	134	Frank Mir	Heavyweight	29
148	123	Abraham Vaesau	Welterweight	28.5
148	147	Kiefer Crosbie	Welterweight	28.5
150	150	AJ Agazarm	Featherweight	27.5
150	NR	James Barnes	Bantamweight	27.5
150	136	Josh San Diego	Bantamweight	27.5
150	136	Justin Burlinson	Welterweight	27.5
150	136	Nainoa Dung	Lightweight	27.5
150	136	Valerie Loureda	Women’s Flyweight	27.5
150	NR	Zarrukh Adashev	Bantamweight	27.5
157	143	Brandon Laroco	Featherweight	27
157	143	Diego Herzog	Middleweight	27
157	143	Jackie Gosh	Welterweight	27
157	143	Talita Nogueira	Women’s Featherweight	27
157	127	Taylor Turner	Women’s Flyweight	27
162	NR	Antonio McKee	Welterweight	25
162	NR	Ava Knight	Women’s Flyweight	25
162	150	Brandon Polcare	Bantamweight	25
162	150	Cal Ellenor	Bantamweight	25
162	NR	Ian Butler	Welterweight	25
162	NR	Jason Jackson	Welterweight	25
162	150	Justin Sumter	Middleweight	25
162	150	Raymond Daniels	Welterweight	25
162	NR	Sabah Homasi	Welterweight	25
162	NR	Sunni Imhotep	Lightweight	25
172	136	Ashley Reece	Welterweight	24.5
172	163	Dominic Mazzotta	Bantamweight	24.5
172	136	Ignacio Ortiz	Featherweight	24.5
172	NR	Johnny Eblen	Middleweight	24.5
172	136	Will Fleury	Middleweight	24.5
177	166	Janay Harding	Women’s Featherweight	23
177	166	Thomas Oswald	Welterweight	23
179	NR	Adel Altamimi	Featherweight	22.5
179	150	Andrea Fusi	Welterweight	22.5
179	168	Chris Avila	Lightweight	22.5
179	NR	Dan Cassell	Lightweight	22.5
179	168	Daniele Scatizzi	Lightweight	22.5
179	150	Domingos Barros	Heavyweight	22.5
179	150	Dominique Wooding	Bantamweight	22.5
179	150	George Courtney	Featherweight	22.5
179	168	Giorgio Pietrini	Welterweight	22.5
179	168	Honor Kelesh	Featherweight	22.5
179	168	James Bennett	Featherweight	22.5
179	86	Ky Bennett	Women’s Flyweight	22.5
179	150	Richard Kiely	Welterweight	22.5
179	168	Sinead Kavanagh	Women’s Featherweight	22.5
179	NR	Sunni Imhotep	Lightweight	22.5
179	NR	Yannick Bahati	Light Heavyweight	22.5
195	148	Myles Jury	Lightweight	22
196	180	Timothy Johnson	Heavyweight	21
197	176	Darren Smith	Lightweight	20
197	NR	Patrick Mix	Bantamweight	20
197	176	Terry Brazier	Lightweight	20
197	222	Vitaly Minakov	Heavyweight	20
201	178	A.J. Matthews	Welterweight	19
201	198	Frans Mlambo	Bantamweight	19
203	181	Aaron Chalmers	Lightweight	18
203	181	Chris Bungard	Lightweight	18
203	181	Kent Kauppinen	Light Heavyweight	18
203	181	Nathan Rose	Featherweight	18
203	135	Ryan Couture	Welterweight	18
203	181	Toby Misech	Bantamweight	18
209	186	James Bochnovic	Middleweight	17.5
210	188	Bruna Ellen	Women’s Flyweight	16.5
211	187	James Terry	Welterweight	14.5
211	190	Jim Wallhead	Welterweight	14.5
211	190	Paul Redmond	Lightweight	14.5
211	190	Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson	Heavyweight	14.5
211	190	Robert Morrow	Middleweight	14.5
216	195	Galore Bofando	Welterweight	13
216	195	Pat Casey	Lightweight	13
218	197	Heather Hardy	Women’s Flyweight	11.5
219	198	Joseph Holmes	Welterweight	10
219	222	Kirill Sidelnikov	Heavyweight	10
219	198	Luis Erives	Lightweight	10
219	222	Peter Queally	Lightweight	10
219	222	Walter Pugliesi	Welterweight	10
224	NR	Christopher Gonzalez	Lightweight	9.5
224	NR	Vladimir Tokov	Lightweight	9.5
226	201	Iony Razafiarison	Women’s Featherweight	9
227	204	Andy Murad	Welterweight	8.5
228	208	Bec Rawlings	Women’s Flyweight	5.5
229	222	Constantin Gnusariov	Welterweight	5
229	209	John Beneduce	Featherweight	5
229	209	John Mercurio	Welterweight	5
229	NR	Joseph Creer	Middleweight	5
229	NR	Lucas Brennan	Bantamweight	5
229	NR	Peter Ishiguro	Featherweight	5
235	NR	Kane Mousah	Lightweight	4.5
235	209	Lee Chadwick	Light Heavyweight	4.5
235	216	Levi Matan	Welterweight	4.5
235	209	Saul Rogers	Featherweight	4.5
235	216	Will Morris	Middleweight	4.5
240	NR	Carlo Pedersoli Jr	Welterweight	4
240	NR	David Duran	Bantamweight	4
240	NR	Jonathan Santa Maria	Bantamweight	4
243	220	Amber Leibrock	Women’s Featherweight	3.5
243	221	James Mulheron	Light Heavyweight	3.5
245	222	Adam Gustab	Featherweight	0
245	NR	Albert Gonzales	Middleweight	0
245	NR	Azunna Anyanwu	Heavyweight	0
245	NR	Brandon Medina	Bantamweight	0
245	222	Cindy Dandois	Women’s Featherweight	0
245	222	Craig Fairley	Lightweight	0
245	222	Daniel Crawford	Featherweight	0
245	NR	Elias Anderson	Featherweight	0
245	222	Elina Kallionidou	Women’s Flyweight	0
245	222	Fred Freeman	Lightweight	0
245	222	Gerald Harris	Middleweight	0
245	NR	Hesdy Gerges	Heavyweight	0
245	NR	Hracho Darpinyan	Middleweight	0
245	222	Ion Pascu	Welterweight	0
245	222	Jeremy Spoon	Featherweight	0
245	222	John Redmond	Middleweight	0
245	NR	Jon Manley	Welterweight	0
245	NR	Jorge Juarez	Featherweight	0
245	222	Justin Roswell	Welterweight	0
245	222	Keith Berry	Middleweight	0
245	222	Keith McCabe	Welterweight	0
245	207	Kiichi Kunimoto	Welterweight	0
245	222	Kirill Medvedovsky	Featherweight	0
245	222	Kona Oliveira	Welterweight	0
245	222	Leonardo Leite	Light Heavyweight	0
245	NR	Luis Vargas	Lightweight	0
245	222	Martin Hudson	Middleweight	0
245	NR	Mike Jasper	Middleweight	0
245	222	Nathan Stolen	Lightweight	0
245	222	Rodolfo Rocha	Welterweight	0
245	222	Roger Huerta	Lightweight	0
245	NR	Roman Salazar	Bantamweight	0
245	222	Ron Becker	Welterweight	0
245	NR	Ronny Markes	Heavyweight	0
245	222	Ryan Scope	Lightweight	0
245	222	Ryan Walker	Lightweight	0
245	222	Sam Slater	Lightweight	0
245	222	Thomas Lopez	Featherweight	0
245	222	Wanderlei Silva	Heavyweight	0
245	222	Will Lavine	Middleweight	0

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