FAQ & Rankings Criteria
| FAQ for Bellator Rankings | | | | |
* These rankings are not official, nor do they reflect any affiliation with, sponsorship, or endorsement by Bellator.
***No longer updated, please refer to MMA World Rankings or Non-UFC Rankings. | | | | |
Bellator Rankings are comprised of all fighters currently signed to the Bellator.
So, how do we compile our rankings? What separates us from other web sites that formulate rankings?
Here is our rankings criteria:
- Activity in the last 3 years
- Last 5 fights
- Most recent performance
- Strength of competition
- Performance against top competition
- Estimated ability against future competition
To make it simple, we only look at fights that have happened in the last 3 years of action. Thus, currently it is 2014, so the only fights that can be factored into a ranking are from the years 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014. Anything before then is essentially wiped clean. Why is that? Fighters develop and decline rapidly. In order to provide rankings that are current and reflect what has happened in the now, rather than the past, we confine a fighter's activity to this 3-year window.
From there, we heavily utilize the fighter's last 5 fights. We look at these fights more so than any other action that may have happened in 2011 or 2012. We want our rankings to reflect how the fighter is currently performing. Therefore, if a fighter fights 12 times in the last 3 years, we will heavily emphasize their performance over the last 5 fights, rather than the previous ones.
There are many fighters sporting undefeated records from developing fight scenes, especially abroad. Something we take into consideration is the strength of competition they have faced. If a fighter has compiled a bunch of wins against competition that is lackluster they will likely have a difficult time moving up in the rankings until they face stiffer competition in order for us to accurately predict how they would perform against exceedingly tougher competition.
If a fighter has fought elite competition and fallen short, we factor in how they performed. If a fighter fairs well against a higher-ranked adversary, they could still move up in the rankings.
We watch every fight, including the prelims to try and provide our readers with the best rankings possible.
* (NR) = Not Ranked
Reasons for exclusions from rankings:
- Inactivity over 18 months
- Changing weight classes. A fighter must debut in their new weight class in order to officially be ranked there. Upon their debut, they will immediately be removed from their former weight class.
- Yet to debut in Bellator. A fighter will not be officially ranked until they debut in the Bellator.
- Retirement. Once a fighter is presumed retired based on interviews or lack of activity, they are removed from the rankings until further clarification is provided. |
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Weight Classes
Bantamweight (135) – Featherweight (145) – Lightweight (155) – Welterweight (170) – Middleweight (185) – Light Heavyweight (205) – Heavyweight (265)
| # | | | Fighter | Last 3 fights | Next Fight |
01 |  |  | Patricio Freire
25-4 (Bellator) | L-Benson Henderson (TKO)
W-Henry Corrales (SUB)
L-Daniel Straus (DEC) | |
02 |  |  | Daniel Straus
24-6 (Bellator) | W-Patricio Freire (DEC)
W-Henry Corrales (SUB)
L-Patricio Freire (SUB) | |
03 |  |  | Daniel Weichel
37-9 (Bellator) | W-Emmanuel Sanchez (DEC)
W-Georgi Karakhanyan (DEC)
L-Patricio Freire (KO) | |
04 |  | | Pat Curran
22-7 (Bellator) | W-Georgi Karakhanyan (DEC)
W-Emmanuel Sanchez (DEC)
L-Daniel Weichel (DEC) | |
05 |  |  | Georgi Karakhanyan
25-6-1 (Bellator) | W-Bubba Jenkins (KO)
L-Pat Curran (DEC)
L-Daniel Weichel (DEC) | |
I think dana white and the mafia brothers are going to sell the ufc. that’s why they sold the sponcer rights to reebok for 37 million. 20 years from now your going to see alotta broke ufc fighters with brain damage and bad knees. royce gracie ken & frank shamrock and the old pioneers of ufc have to run to bellator for a handout because ufc won’t do shit for them after they fought for peanuts. making ufc the brand it is. ONE OF THE FIGHTERS NEEDS TO BEAT DANA’S ASS FOR THE SAKE OFF ALL FIGHTERS. SOMEONE LIKE MIGHTY MO– USE ARE CYBORG. DANA IS WAY TO COMFORTIABLE TALKING BAD ABOUT FIGHTERS. SOMEONE NEEDS TO PAY CYBORG JUSTINO A COUPLE MILLION TO JUST FUCK DANA UP AND RECORD HIM CRYING BEGGING FOR HIS LIFE AND PUT ON YOUTUBE. cyborg will lucky to get half million fighting for the cheap ass ufc. BEN ASKREN SHOULD STAYED WITH BELLATOR. he must of rubbed dana wrong. dana gambles a million bucks a hand in blackjack. he crould payed alotta fighters with that money and fighters who get $8000 to show and another $8000 to win.
Wow, you might have made a good call lol. Rumors are going around that the UFC is for sale.
bellator has been swooping up all good fighters. ufc roster hasn’t got any new fighters. I think marlen moares the 135 wsof champ can beat dominic cruz and t.j. dillashaw. I think daniel straus can beat conor mcgregor. eddie alverez is fighting rda for the ufc 155 belt. michael chandler beat alverez and will brooks beat chandler. belltor has got some heavywheights that ufc needs. wsof is got some of heavyweights that ufc needs. ufc hasn’t been doing a goodjob looking for talent the past couple years. when ufc markets themselves to new countries they use the fighters from the country that there trying to market themselves to even if there are talented are not. thats how they found conor. when ufc went in to ireland.
Scott Cleave joins Bellator & Brylan Van Artsdalen is removed
Thanks for the heads up, the roster/rankings have been updated. They finally added Goiti to the roster as well.
How Brylan Van Artsdalen still has roster spot blows my mind, he must sell a shit ton of tickets when they visit Jersey