UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Bantamweights: Nov 16/20

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	501
2	2	1	Petr Yan	242.5
3	3	2	Aljamain Sterling	229.5
4	5	3	Cory Sandhagen	201.5
5	4	4	Marlon Moraes	195.5
6	6	11	Dominick Cruz	157
7	7	16	Marlon Vera	148.5
8	8	6	Frankie Edgar	135
9	9	7	Pedro Munhoz	128
10	10	12	Rob Font	126
11	11	15	Song Yadong	112
12	12	8	Jose Aldo	105
13	NR		Brian Kelleher	97
14	NR		Ricky Simon	96.5
15	15		Casey Kenney	96
16	14		Raoni Barcelos	75.5
17	16		Eddie Wineland	72.5
18	17		Rani Yahya	70.5
19	13		Nathaniel Wood	70
20	25		Said Nurmagomedov	68.5
21	18		Urijah Faber	64
22	19		Alejandro Perez	62
23	20		Sean O’Malley	60
24	21		Luke Sanders	59
25	22	13	Merab Dvalishvili	57.5
26	24	10	Raphael Assuncao	53.5
27	26		Tyson Nam	47.5
28	27		Kyung Ho Kang	37.5
29	28		Mario Bautista	34.5
30	46		Miles Johns	33
31	30		Andre Ewell	32.5
32	32		Kyler Phillips	29.5
32	32		Montel Jackson	29.5
34	28		Louis Smolka	26.5
35	34		Jose Alberto Quinonez	26
36	35		Chris Gutierrez	25.5
37	NR		Adrian Yanez	25
38	38		Enrique Barzola	24
39	36		Khalid Taha	22.5
40	55		Gustavo Lopez	20
41	39		Randy Costa	19
42	40		Davey Grant	17.5
43	41		Teruto Ishihara	16.5
44	42		Mark De La Rosa	15.5
45	43		Jack Shore	14
46	44		Hunter Azure	13
47	45		Danaa Batgerel	10
48	46		Benito Lopez	9
49	48		Heili Alateng	8.5
50	49		Cole Smith	8
50	49		Guido Cannetti	8
52	51		Frankie Saenz	7.5
52	51		Liu Pingyuan	7.5
54	NR		Nathan Maness	5
54	55		Tony Gravely	5
54	78		Tony Kelley	5
57	NR		Anthony Birchak	4.5
57	53		Felipe Colares	4.5
57	53		Irwin Rivera	4.5
60	NR		Geraldo de Freitas	4
61	55		Aaron Phillips	0
61	55		Ali AlQaisi	0
61	55		Anderson dos Santos	0
61	55		Cameron Else	0
61	NR		Cody Durden	0
61	55		Domingo Pilarte	0
61	55		Gabriel Silva	0
61	55		Jerome Rivera	0
61	55		John Castaneda	0
61	55		Journey Newson	0
61	NR		Kevin Natividad	0
61	NR		Mark Striegl	0
61	55		Martin Day	0
61	55		Ode Osbourne	0
61	55		Timur Valiev	0
61	36		Trevin Jones	0
61	NR		Victor Rodriguez	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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