Bloody Elbow January 2013 Meta-Rankings: Bantamweight

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Some sites just won't stop ranking the long-time inactive Dominick Cruz.

Our sources are cited at the bottom of this post.

Rank	Fighter	Points	Promotion	Last Rank
1	Renan Barao	196	UFC	1
2	Urijah Faber	186	UFC	2
3	Michael McDonald	176	UFC	3
4	Eddie Wineland	166	UFC	5
5	Bibiano Fernandes	151	DREAM	6
6	Brad Pickett	143	UFC	4
7	Scott Jorgensen	117	UFC	10
8	Raphael Assuncao	116	UFC	9
9	Dominick Cruz	108	UFC	7
10	Eduardo Dantas	97	Bellator	11
11	Brian Bowles	93	UFC	8
12	Tyson Nam	92	Shooto Americas	12
13	Marcos Galvao	82	Bellator	12
14	Yuri Alcantara	66	UFC	25
15	Mike Easton	65	UFC	14
16	Takeya Mizugaki	50	UFC	15
17	Ivan Menjivar	49	UFC	16
18	Joe Warren	47	Bellator	18
19	Marlon Moraes	44	WSOF	18
20	Miguel Torres	42	WSOF	20
21	Jimmie Rivera	38	Bellator	22
21	Bryan Caraway	38	UFC	23
23	Erik Perez	38	UFC	NR
24	Yves Jabouin	34	UFC	23
25	Anthony Leone	30	Bellator	30

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.