UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Bantamweights: May 31/19

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	421.5
2	2	1	Marlon Moraes	263
3	3	4	Pedro Munhoz	178
4	13	8	Cory Sandhagen	163
5	4	3	Aljamain Sterling	159.5
6	6	6	Cody Garbrandt	150
7	5	10	John Lineker	138
8	7	7	Jimmie Rivera	137
9	8	12	Rob Font	126
10	9		Sergio Pettis	113.5
11	10	9	Petr Yan	112.5
12	11		Ricky Simon	104.5
13	12	11	Cody Stamann	102
14	14		Marlon Vera	99
15	15		Nathaniel Wood	97
16	18		Brian Kelleher	84.5
16	16	2	Raphael Assuncao	84.5
18	21	14	Alejandro Perez	73.5
19	19		Rani Yahya	73.5
20	22		Manny Bermudez	72.5
21	17		Eddie Wineland	68
22	31		Raoni Barcelos	67.5
23	23		Matt Schnell	67
24	24		Luke Sanders	59
25	24		Ray Borg	59
26	NR		Urijah Faber	57
27	26		Louis Smolka	54.5
27	26		Said Nurmagomedov	54.5
29	28		Alex Perez	52.5
30	30		Iuri Alcantara	50.5
31	31		Song Yadong	47.5
32	33		Ricardo Ramos	45.5
33	34	13	John Dodson	42
34	29		Kyung Ho Kang	37
35	35		Jose Alberto Quinonez	34.5
36	36		Matthew Lopez	33
37	37		Montel Jackson	32
38	39		Brandon Davis	28.5
39	40		Andre Ewell	27
40	41		Brett Johns	26.5
41	42		Douglas Silva de Andrade	26
42	43		Frankie Saenz	25.5
43	44		Khalid Taha	25
44	45		Mark De La Rosa	24.5
44	54		Merab Dvalishvili	24.5
46	47		Andre Soukhamthath	22
47	48		Casey Kenney	20
48	38		Renan Barao	18
49	NR		Mitch Gagnon	17.5
50	49		Teruto Ishihara	16.5
51	50		Guido Cannetti	16
52	NR		Cole Smith	10
53	52		Liu Pingyuan	9.5
53	NR		Sean O’Malley	9.5
55	52		Brad Katona	8.5
56	46		Johnny Eduardo	8
57	54		Chris Gutierrez	5
57	54		Jonathan Martinez	5
57	61		Vince Morales	5
60	57		Benito Lopez	4.5
61	57		Aiemann Zahabi	4
61	59		Davey Grant	4
63	60		Joby Sanchez	3.5
64	61		Boston Salmon	0
64	NR		Carlos Huachin	0
64	61		Jin Soo Son	0
64	61		Mario Bautista	0
64	61		Martin Day	0
64	61		Randy Costa	0
64	61		Ryan MacDonald	0
64	61		Su Mudaerji	0
64	61		Wuliji Buren	0

 

Check back Monday for our flyweight rankings

Performance Based Rankings:

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

 

 

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