USA TODAY/MMA NATION May 2012 Consensus Rankings: Bantamweight

Rank	Fighter	Points	Promotion	Last Rank
1	Dominick Cruz	375	UFC	1
2	Urijah Faber	359	UFC	2
3	Renan Barao	341	UFC	3
4	Brian Bowles	319	UFC	4
5	Michael McDonald	305	UFC	5
6	Scott Jorgensen	289	UFC	6
7	Brad Pickett	249	UFC	7
8	Bibiano Fernandes	234	DREAM	9
9	Eduardo Dantas	232	Bellator	10
10	Miguel Torres	224	UFC	8
11	Chris Cariaso	108	UFC	13
12	Zach Makovsky	107	Bellator	12
12	Antonio Banuelos	107	DREAM	11
14	Luis Alberto Nogueira	94	Bellator	16
15	Joseph Benavidez	92	UFC	14
16	Takeya Mizugaki	89	UFC	15
17	Marcos Galvao	87	Bellator	24
18	Masakatsu Ueda	86	Bellator	21
19	Yves Jabouin	85	UFC	23
20	Alexis Vila	84	Bellator	22
21	Demetrious Johnson	80	UFC	19
22	Travis Marx	80	Bellator	18
23	Ivan Menjivar	79	UFC	20
23	Eddie Wineland	79	UFC	17
25	Ian Loveland	63	Tachi Palace Fights	34

Upcoming Bouts:

#2 Urijah Faber vs. #3 Renan Barao on July 7, 2012.

#14 Luis Alberto Nogueira vs. Hiroshi Nakamura on May 25, 2012.

#6 Scott Jorgensen vs. #23 Eddie Wineland on June 8, 2012.

#23 Ivan Menjivar vs. Mike Easton on July 7, 2012.

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.