USA TODAY/MMA Nation August 2011 Consensus Rankings: Bantamweight

by Richard Wade on Aug 27, 2011 1:09 PM EDT in MMA Rankings

Rank	Fighter	%	Promotion	Last Rank
1	Dominick Cruz	100	UFC	1
2	Joseph Benavidez	93	UFC	2
3	Brian Bowles	91	UFC	3
4	Urijah Faber	89	UFC	4
5	Demetrious Johnson	83	UFC	5
6	Scott Jorgensen	80	UFC	6
7	Miguel Torres	69	UFC	7
8	Brad Pickett	63	UFC	8
9	Takeya Mizugaki	49	UFC	9
10	Masakatsu Ueda	42	Shooto	10
11	Renan Barao	38	UFC	11
12	Wagnney Fabiano	37	UFC	13
13	Eddie Wineland	37	UFC	12
14	Michael McDonald	33	UFC	14
15	Zach Makovsky	25	Bellator	15
16	Damacio Page	24	UFC	16
17	Masakazu Imanari	22	DREAM	17
18	Hideo Tokoro	20	DREAM	20
19	Takafumi Otsuka	19	DEEP	19
20	Antonio Banuelos	18	DREAM	18
21	Joe Warren	17	Bellator	21
22	Charlie Valencia	14	UFC	22
23	Ian Loveland	13	UFC	23
24	Hiroshi Nakamura	13	DEEP	26
25	Ivan Menjivar	13	UFC	25

Saturday's UFC 134 will showcase #23 Ian Loveland vs. Yves Jabouin in a battle for relevance.

If you're hoping to see a top 10 bantamweight in the Octagon you'll have to wait until UFC 135 where #9 Takeya Mizugaki is scheduled to face Cole Escovedo. The event will also feature #16 Damacio Page vs. Norifumi Yamamoto.

Bellator 51 will host the first round of Bellator's bantamweight tournament including #21 Joe Warren vs. Alexis Vila.

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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Lemme get this straight Derek – Imanari is the 4th best BW in the world, and the guy that beat him in his last fight (Hideo Tokoro) isn’t ranked?

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by Tim Burke on Aug 25, 2011 6:14 PM EDT reply actions

lol

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by Cory Braiterman on Aug 25, 2011 7:06 PM EDT up reply actions

Antonio Banuelos is signed to the upcoming Dream BW World Grand Prix (or whatever it’s called). Also Wagnney Fabiano has never fought in the UFC and is not under UFC contract.

by Chromium on Aug 25, 2011 6:57 PM EDT reply actions

The organization is the last place the guy fought in. Wagnney’s last fight was the WEC, which is now the UFC. Banuelos might have signed with Dream, but he hasn’t fought there yet.

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by Tim Burke on Aug 25, 2011 8:43 PM EDT up reply actions

This is generally the case.

If I happen to see that a guy has signed to fight his next bout in a different org I’ll change it.

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by Richard Wade on Aug 25, 2011 11:54 PM EDT up reply actions