UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Bantamweights: Jun 18/21

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 a 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.

 

*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 the 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	Aljamain Sterling	567
2	NR		T.J. Dillashaw	552
3	2	3	Cory Sandhagen	389
4	3	2	Petr Yan	356.5
5	11		Song Yadong	248.5
6	5	4	Rob Font	236
7	6	7	Marlon Moraes	205
8	7	16	Marlon Vera	193.5
9	8	5	Jose Aldo	183
10	9	9	Pedro Munhoz	181
11	4	6	Cody Garbrandt	177
12	12	8	Frankie Edgar	151
13	13	13	Jimmie Rivera	148
14	14	11	Merab Dvalishvili	142.5
15	15		Said Nurmagomedov	135
16	16		Casey Kenney	134
17	17	15	Kyler Phillips	133
18	18		Raoni Barcelos	131
19	20	14	Cody Stamann	117.5
20	21		Louis Smolka	116
21	NR		Brian Kelleher	112
22	22		Rani Yahya	108.5
23	23		Davey Grant	106
24	24		Sean O’Malley	100.5
25	25		Nathaniel Wood	95.5
26	19		Matt Schnell	88
27	27		Montel Jackson	87
28	28		Adrian Yanez	85
29	29		Damon Jackson	81
29	29		Eddie Wineland	81
31	10	10	Dominick Cruz	80
32	31		Chris Gutierrez	79
33	32		Alejandro Perez	76.5
34	33		Jonathan Martinez	75.5
35	34	12	Raphael Assuncao	68.5
36	35		Miles Johns	66
37	NR		Kyung Ho Kang	65
38	36		Mario Bautista	62
39	37		Trevin Jones	60
40	38		Aiemann Zahabi	55
41	39		Umar Nurmagomedov	50
42	40		Nathan Maness	49
43	41		Jack Shore	45
43	41		Khalid Taha	45
45	43		Andre Ewell	41
46	44		Danaa Batgerel	38
46	44		Julio Arce	38
46	44		Randy Costa	38
49	47		Gustavo Lopez	36
50	48		Tony Gravely	29
51	49		Jose Alberto Quinonez	28
52	51		John Castaneda	20
52	51		Ronnie Lawrence	20
52	51		Thomas Almeida	20
55	54		Hunter Azure	19
56	55		Heili Alateng	17
57	NR		Guido Cannetti	16
58	57		Frankie Saenz	13
59	58		Anderson dos Santos	10
59	58		Timur Valiev	10
59	58		Tony Kelley	10
62	62		Irwin Rivera	9
63	NR		Vince Morales	5
64	63		Aaron Phillips	0
64	63		Cameron Else	0
64	NR		Domingo Pilarte	0
64	63		Drako Rodriguez	0
64	63		Gaetano Pirrello	0
64	63		Jamey Simmons	0
64	63		Jesse Strader	0
64	63		Johnny Munoz	0
64	63		Journey Newson	0
64	63		Kevin Natividad	0
64	63		Mark Striegl	0
64	63		Sergey Morozov	0
64	63		T.J. Laramie	0

Check back Monday 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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