UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Bantamweights: Apr 20/20

There is constant debate about the “official” UFC fighter rankings, which are 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 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.  Next up: The Bantamweights.

 

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*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 UFC 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)
• Points based on a fighter’s opponent’s 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

 

(first column performance based ranking, second column is last ranking, last column is official UFC ranking from UFC.com)

Stats	Last	UFC		Total
Rank	Rank	Rank
1	1	1	Henry Cejudo	467
2	2	2	Marlon Moraes	228
3	3	5	Cory Sandhagen	199.5
4	4	3	Aljamain Sterling	187
5	NR		Dominick Cruz	178
6	5	4	Petr Yan	168.5
7	6	8	Pedro Munhoz	153
8	7	10	Cody Garbrandt	142
9	8	7	Jose Aldo	129
10	9	11	Rob Font	126
11	10	15	Marlon Vera	124.5
12	11	9	Jimmie Rivera	115.5
13	12	14	Song Yadong	112
14	13	12	Cody Stamann	102
15	14		Brian Kelleher	96
16	15		Nathaniel Wood	86.5
17	16		Eddie Wineland	84
18	17		Ricky Simon	82.5
19	18	13	John Dodson	81.5
20	19	16	Raoni Barcelos	80
21	20		Rani Yahya	73.5
22	21		Urijah Faber	64
23	22	6	Raphael Assuncao	63
24	23		Alejandro Perez	62
25	45		Sean O’Malley	58.5
26	NR		Ray Borg	53
27	25		Louis Smolka	51
28	26		Said Nurmagomedov	49
29	27		Brett Johns	48
30	28		Casey Kenney	43
31	29		Merab Dvalishvili	42
32	30		Jonathan Martinez	40
33	31		Kyung Ho Kang	37.5
34	24		Ryan Benoit	36.5
35	33		Mario Bautista	34.5
36	34		Montel Jackson	33.5
37	35		Andre Ewell	32
38	32		Jose Alberto Quinonez	30
39	36		Enrique Barzola	24
40	37		Teruto Ishihara	16.5
41	39		Chris Gutierrez	14.5
42	38		Guido Cannetti	14
43	57		Danaa Batgerel	10
43	41		Hunter Azure	10
43	41		Jack Shore	10
43	41		Randy Costa	10
47	45		Heili Alateng	9.5
48	47		Benito Lopez	9
48	47		Cole Smith	9
48	47		Miles Johns	9
51	50		Davey Grant	8.5
52	51		Liu Pingyuan	7.5
53	52		Kyler Phillips	5
54	53		Felipe Colares	4.5
54	53		Geraldo de Freitas	4.5
54	53		Vince Morales	4.5
57	56		Aiemann Zahabi	4
58	57		Anderson dos Santos	0
58	57		Domingo Pilarte	0
58	57		Gabriel Silva	0
58	41		Journey Newson	0
58	57		Martin Day	0
58	57		Mitch Gagnon	0
58	57		Ode Osbourne	0
58	57		Tony Gravely	0

 

Check back Friday for our flyweight rankings

Performance Based Rankings:

Heavyweights
Light Heavyweights
Middleweights
Welterweights
Lightweights
Featherweights
Flyweights
Women’s Feather/Bantamweights
Women’s Flyweights
Women’s Strawweights
Pound for Pound

 

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