UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Bantamweights: June 1/20

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		Henry Cejudo	505
2	2	1	Marlon Moraes	228
3	3	4	Cory Sandhagen	199.5
4	4	2	Aljamain Sterling	187
5	6	3	Petr Yan	168.5
6	5	11	Dominick Cruz	157
7	7	7	Pedro Munhoz	153
8	8	9	Cody Garbrandt	142
9	9	6	Jose Aldo	129
10	10	10	Rob Font	126
11	NR		Frankie Edgar	116
12	12	8	Jimmie Rivera	115.5
13	13	14	Song Yadong	112
14	NR		Brian Kelleher	110
15	14	12	Cody Stamann	102
16	18		Ricky Simon	96.5
17	16		Nathaniel Wood	86.5
18	17		Eddie Wineland	84
19	20		Raoni Barcelos	80
20	19	13	John Dodson	79.5
21	21		Rani Yahya	73.5
22	22		Urijah Faber	64
23	30		Casey Kenney	63
23	23	5	Raphael Assuncao	63
25	24		Alejandro Perez	62
26	25		Sean O’Malley	58.5
27	28		Said Nurmagomedov	49
28	29		Brett Johns	48
29	26		Ray Borg	45
30	31		Merab Dvalishvili	42
31	32		Jonathan Martinez	40
32	27		Louis Smolka	38.5
33	33		Kyung Ho Kang	37.5
34	34		Ryan Benoit	36.5
35	35		Mario Bautista	34.5
36	36		Montel Jackson	33.5
37	37		Andre Ewell	32
38	38		Jose Alberto Quinonez	30
39	39		Enrique Barzola	24
40	40		Teruto Ishihara	16.5
41	42		Guido Cannetti	14
42	43		Danaa Batgerel	10
42	43		Jack Shore	10
42	43		Randy Costa	10
45	47		Heili Alateng	9.5
46	48		Benito Lopez	9
46	48		Cole Smith	9
46	48		Miles Johns	9
49	51		Davey Grant	8.5
50	52		Liu Pingyuan	7.5
51	53		Kyler Phillips	5
52	54		Felipe Colares	4.5
52	54		Geraldo de Freitas	4.5
54	58		Anderson dos Santos	0
54	58		Domingo Pilarte	0
54	58		Gabriel Silva	0
54	58		Journey Newson	0
54	58		Martin Day	0
54	58		Ode Osbourne	0
54	58		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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