Bellator Light Heavyweight Rankings - Performance Based

The best 205-pounders in Bellator

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Everyone hates on the ‘official’ MMA rankings, which are based on the opinions of a voting panel consisting of people most of us have never heard of. But fret not - I’ve fixed the problem and have come up with a performance-based system for ranking Bellator fighters.

I’ll simplify my method for doing this for you - a fighter has to have been active over the past 12 months and not suspended, points are given based on a fighter’s past 10 fights (five-year time limit cutoff) with more points going to most recent fights. And points are based on a fighter’s opponent’s UFC & Bellator win/loss record. So the better the fighter beaten, the more points given. Extra points are awarded for finishes and title fights. No points are given for a loss.

Bellator Light Heavyweight Rankings - Performance Based

Stats Last Bell Total

Rank Rank Rank

1 1 1 Vadim Nemkov 936

2 4 2 Corey Anderson 433

3 3 3 Phil Davis 228.5

4 5 9 Alex Polizzi 175

5 7 10 Grant Neal 127.5

6 6 Ben Parrish 126

7 18 Sullivan Cauley 121

8 9 7 Lyoto Machida 108

9 10 Luke Trainer 95

10 8 5 Julius Anglickas 85

11 15 Lee Chadwick 70

12 13 Christian Edwards 62.5

13 12 11 Melvin Manhoef 62

14 14 6 Anthony 'Rumble' Johnson 60

15 11 Yoel Romero 48

16 16 Yannick Bahati 40

17 16 Arunas Andriuskevicus 36

18 19 8 Karl Albrektsson 19

19 20 Jose Augusto 9

20 21 Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov 0

20 21 Jonathan Wilson 0

20 NR Maciej Rozanski 0

20 21 Simon Biyong 0

20 21 Viktor Nemkov 0

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