USA TODAY/MMA Nation December 2011 Consensus Rankings: Bantamweight

by Richard Wade on Dec 29, 2011 7:01 PM EST

Rank	Fighter	Points	Promotion	Last Rank
1	Dominick Cruz	425	UFC	1
2	Urijah Faber	405	UFC	2
3	Joseph Benavidez	389	UFC	3
4	Brian Bowles	355	UFC	4
5	Scott Jorgensen	344	UFC	5
6	Demetrious Johnson	338	UFC	6
7	Renan Barao	303	UFC	7
8	Miguel Torres	266	UFC	8
9	Brad Pickett	218	UFC	9
10	Masakatsu Ueda	185	Shooto	10
11	Takeya Mizugaki	177	UFC	11
12	Michael McDonald	173	UFC	12
13	Bibiano Fernandes	135	DREAM	13
14	Wagnney Fabiano	128	Bellator	13
15	Zach Makovsky	121	Bellator	16
16	Eduardo Dantas	116	Bellator	19
16	Antonio Banuelos	116	DREAM	15
18	Eddie Wineland	107	UFC	17
19	Alexis Vila	91	Bellator	18
20	Hideo Tokoro	85	DREAM	21
21	Masakazu Imanari	84	DREAM	20
21	Damacio Page	84	UFC	21
23	Joe Warren	66	Bellator	23
24	Takafumi Otsuka	63	DREAM	24
25	Charlie Valencia	62	UFC	25

Upcoming Bouts:

#3 Joseph Benavidez vs. Yasuhiro Urushitani at UFC on FX: Alves vs. Kampmann

#5 Scott Jorgensen vs. #7 Renan Barao at UFC 143: Diaz vs. Condit

#6 Demetrious Johnson vs. Ian McCall at UFC on FX: Alves vs. Kampmann

#10 Masakatsu Ueda vs. Kyoji Horiguchi at Shooto: Survivor Tournament Final

#11 Takeya Mizugaki vs. Chris Cariaso at UFC 144

#13 Bibiano Fernandes vs. Rodolfo Marques Diniz at DREAM: New Year! 2011

#16 Antonio Banuelos vs. #21 Masakazu Imanari at DREAM: New Year! 2011

#18 Eddie Wineland vs. Johnny Bedford at UFC on Fox: Evans vs. Davis

Based on the premise that all MMA rankings are subjective but that it’s still useful and informative to know who the online MMA community as a whole ranks as the best fighters in MMA, we collect and average the rankings of the top MMA websites to produce our consensus rankings. We compile the top MMA rankings from each of our sources and award 25 points for a first place ranking, 16 for a 10th place ranking, 1 for a 25th place ranking. A formula is used to "normalize" the data so all fighters are awarded points from those lists that do not include a full 25 fighters. This formula ensures that each ranking site awards the same number of total points regardless of how many fighters they choose to rank. Each fighter’s total is divided by the number of possible points to determine their standing in the Consensus Rankings.

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alot of fighters are about to move around this coming season of Bellator, hopefully Makovsky gets more recognition. His last outing he looked incredible. And Ueda is also going to move down, I see him getting moved down a couple pegs once this tournament starts.

by Mrh347 on Dec 30, 2011 1:50 AM EST reply actions

This division is going to change in the near future for sure.

I like Makovsky but his move up may take a bit longer just because he is in Bellator, as long as he keeps winning over there I hope he gets some feature fights or whatever they call them. Barao and McDonald are sure seeming to have a good chance to move up in 2012 hope to see one or both of them get a title shot and some fights with top 5 guys so they can move on up.

by kentmurr410 on Dec 30, 2011 2:45 AM EST reply actions