USA TODAY/MMA Nation September 2011 Consensus Rankings: Bantamweight

by Richard Wade on Oct 1, 2011 3:58 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	90	UFC	4
5	Demetrious Johnson	82	UFC	5
6	Scott Jorgensen	79	UFC	6
7	Miguel Torres	68	UFC	7
8	Brad Pickett	59	UFC	8
9	Takeya Mizugaki	51	UFC	9
10	Masakatsu Ueda	43	Amazon Forest Combat	10
11	Wagnney Fabiano	36	UFC	12
12	Renan Barao	34	UFC	11
13	Eddie Wineland	33	UFC	13
14	Michael McDonald	32	UFC	14
15	Antonio Banuelos	27	DREAM	20
16	Alexis Vila	25	Bellator	NR
17	Zach Makovsky	25	Bellator	15
18	Damacio Page	25	UFC	16
19	Bibiano Fernandes	23	DREAM	27
20	Masakazu Imanari	21	DREAM	17
21	Joe Warren	18	Bellator	21
22	Hideo Tokoro	18	DREAM	18
23	Charlie Valencia	14	UFC	22
24	Takafumi Otsuka	13	DREAM	19
24	Raphael Assuncao	13	UFC	NR

Having already defeated bantamweights ranked 2-4, #1 Dominick Cruz will defend his belt against #5 Demetrious Johnson at UFC Live: Cruz vs. Johnson this Saturday.

That card will also feature bouts between other bantamweights you may or may not have ever heard of.

Finally, Bellator 54 will feature its Bantamweight Champion #17 Zach Makovsky in a non-title fight against an unranked Ryan Roberts.

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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Oh Holland

Mizugaki 7th and Torres unranked.

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by Cory Braiterman on Sep 29, 2011 8:50 PM EDT reply actions

For a second after reading that, I thought I must have made a mistake.

Nope. He doesn’t have Torres in his top 10.

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by Richard Wade on Sep 29, 2011 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions

I still hold firm that Pickett and Torres can defeat Cruz. Unfortunately, with Cruz fighting Mighty Mouse and the winner of Bowles Faber getting the next crack at the title, it would be a while before either will get a shot

by savik on Oct 1, 2011 4:12 PM EDT reply actions