This past week’s UFC main event was important for the Bantamweight division. What does the all-time picture look like as we walk through the history?
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- This is entirely different than our All-Time Rankings, and much more simplistic. Fewer edge cases are handled here.
- Quarterly ranking data gathered from Generated Historical Rankings. Snapshots are made on the first of the quarter.
- 10 points assigned for #1 rank, 6 points for #2, 4 points for #3, 3 points for #4, 2 points for #5, 1 point for #6-10.
- Weak divisional depth penalty applied to above point totals where necessary.
- Fighter gets no points for the quarter if they did not win, draw, or have close loss (SD,MD) in the division in the previous 450 days.
- Fighter no longer accumulates points after retiring.
- Date format (lower right) is year_month.
Perhaps controversially.. bullet #3 resulted in 10+ years of early Bantamweight data not being represented. I’m not trying to over-complicate things and re-write the All-Time Ranking system, but at the same time.. it felt wrong to reward guys who fought in a time where there were very few fighters in the division.
UPDATE: Decided to update and give fractional points to pioneers of the division…
Furthermore, I have never seen or heard the name Yohan Mulia Legowo before… and have no idea if he fought his early career in Bantamweight or not.