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James Barnes

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Association: Team Quest
Pro Debut Date: 2014-04-05
Pro Record: 14-5-0
Win Finish %: 92.8%
Quality Perf. %: 36.8%
Last Ranked: 10/01/2021

#177 Bantamweight

Highest Quarterly Ranking: 7/01/2021

#158 Bantamweight
Last Loss Date: 10/19/2021
Last Loss: [#125 BW] Pedro Falcao
Opponent's Last 5: W W W W L

Complete Professional MMA Fight History
Fighter rankings represent most recent generated quarterly rating prior to the fight

  Opponent Outcome
L Pedro Falcao
#234 Featherweight 		KO (Punches)
Round 3
  Dana Whites Contender Series - Contender S...
Tuesday, October 19th 2021
W Joey Ruquet Submission (Body Triangle)
Round 2
  Ballys Fight Night
Wednesday, June 9th 2021
W Matt Betzold Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
Round 2
  WFC - World Fighting Championships 119
Saturday, January 11th 2020
W David Duran
#505 Bantamweight 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 2
  Bellator 228 - Pitbull vs. Archuleta
Saturday, September 28th 2019
L Ryan Lilley
#268 Bantamweight 		KO (Head Kick)
Round 1
  Bellator 214: Fedor vs. Bader
Saturday, January 26th 2019
W Albert Morales
#142 Bantamweight 		Submission (Armbar)
Round 3
  Golden Boy MMA - Liddell vs. Ortiz 3: Wars...
Saturday, November 24th 2018
W Jacob Shropshire Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
  Gladiator Challenge - MMA Fighting Champio...
Saturday, April 21st 2018
L Chad George TKO (Doctor Stoppage)
Round 2
  Bellator 192 - Jackson vs. Sonnen
Saturday, January 20th 2018
W Dominic Nichols Submission (Arm Triangle Choke)
Round 1
  Gladiator Challenge - Summer Slam
Saturday, September 9th 2017
W Chris Chavez Submission (Choke)
Round 1
  Gladiator Challenge - Ultimate Beatdown
Saturday, August 5th 2017
W Rob Gooch Submission (Inverted Triangle Choke)
Round 1
  Bellator 170 - Sonnen vs. Ortiz
Saturday, January 21st 2017
L Cleber Luciano
#449 Lightweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  Gladiator Challenge: Rampage
Saturday, October 22nd 2016
W Zeke Enrique Submission (Choke)
Round 2
  Gladiator Challenge - Unfinished Business
Saturday, June 25th 2016
W Chris Rodriguez Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  Gladiator Challenge - Wrecking Crew
Saturday, April 16th 2016
L A.J. McKee KO (Punch)
Round 1
  Bellator 141 - Guillard vs. Girtz
Friday, August 28th 2015
W Bronson Mohika Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
Round 1
  Gladiator Challenge: Carnage
Friday, April 3rd 2015
W David Hernandez TKO (Punches)
Round 1
  Gladiator Challenge - California State Cha...
Saturday, February 28th 2015
W Miguelito Marti Submission (Choke)
Round 1
  Gladiator Challenge: Night of the Champions
Saturday, July 19th 2014
W Josh Mason TKO (Doctor Stoppage)
Round 1
  Gladiator Challenge: Nitro
Saturday, April 5th 2014
  Opponent Event Outcome
L Pedro Falcao
#234 Featherweight 		  Dana Whites Contender Series - Contender S...
Tuesday, October 19th 2021 		KO (Punches)
Round 3
W Joey Ruquet   Ballys Fight Night
Wednesday, June 9th 2021 		Submission (Body Triangle)
Round 2
W Matt Betzold   WFC - World Fighting Championships 119
Saturday, January 11th 2020 		Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
Round 2
W David Duran
#505 Bantamweight 		  Bellator 228 - Pitbull vs. Archuleta
Saturday, September 28th 2019 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 2
L Ryan Lilley
#268 Bantamweight 		  Bellator 214: Fedor vs. Bader
Saturday, January 26th 2019 		KO (Head Kick)
Round 1
W Albert Morales
#142 Bantamweight 		  Golden Boy MMA - Liddell vs. Ortiz 3: Wars...
Saturday, November 24th 2018 		Submission (Armbar)
Round 3
W Jacob Shropshire   Gladiator Challenge - MMA Fighting Champio...
Saturday, April 21st 2018 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
L Chad George   Bellator 192 - Jackson vs. Sonnen
Saturday, January 20th 2018 		TKO (Doctor Stoppage)
Round 2
W Dominic Nichols   Gladiator Challenge - Summer Slam
Saturday, September 9th 2017 		Submission (Arm Triangle Choke)
Round 1
W Chris Chavez   Gladiator Challenge - Ultimate Beatdown
Saturday, August 5th 2017 		Submission (Choke)
Round 1
W Rob Gooch   Bellator 170 - Sonnen vs. Ortiz
Saturday, January 21st 2017 		Submission (Inverted Triangle Choke)
Round 1
L Cleber Luciano
#449 Lightweight 		  Gladiator Challenge: Rampage
Saturday, October 22nd 2016 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Zeke Enrique   Gladiator Challenge - Unfinished Business
Saturday, June 25th 2016 		Submission (Choke)
Round 2
W Chris Rodriguez   Gladiator Challenge - Wrecking Crew
Saturday, April 16th 2016 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
L A.J. McKee   Bellator 141 - Guillard vs. Girtz
Friday, August 28th 2015 		KO (Punch)
Round 1
W Bronson Mohika   Gladiator Challenge: Carnage
Friday, April 3rd 2015 		Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
Round 1
W David Hernandez   Gladiator Challenge - California State Cha...
Saturday, February 28th 2015 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
W Miguelito Marti   Gladiator Challenge: Night of the Champions
Saturday, July 19th 2014 		Submission (Choke)
Round 1
W Josh Mason   Gladiator Challenge: Nitro
Saturday, April 5th 2014 		TKO (Doctor Stoppage)
Round 1

Quarterly Generated Historical Rankings
Rating bar represents the fighter's standing relative to the top of the division at the time

Date ↑ ↓ Rank Record Points
10/01/2021 19 #177 Bantamweight 14-4-0
45
07/01/2021 39 #158 Bantamweight 14-4-0
45
04/01/2021 15 #197 Bantamweight 13-4-0
38
01/01/2021 17 #182 Bantamweight 13-4-0
42
10/01/2020 6 #199 Bantamweight 13-4-0
42
07/01/2020 15 #205 Bantamweight 13-4-0
42
04/01/2020 49 #220 Bantamweight 13-4-0
42
01/01/2020 6 #269 Bantamweight 12-4-0
38
10/01/2019 69 #263 Bantamweight 12-4-0
38
07/01/2019   #332 Bantamweight 11-4-0
31
04/01/2019 169 #332 Bantamweight 11-4-0
31
01/01/2019 NR #163 Bantamweight 11-3-0
46
01/01/2018 21 #424 Bantamweight 9-2-0
25
10/01/2017 12 #403 Bantamweight 9-2-0
25
07/01/2017 17 #391 Bantamweight 7-2-0
25
04/01/2017 NR #374 Bantamweight 7-2-0
25


A fighter's rank (US) state is assigned based on the state that the fighter most frequently fought in professionally, within the past three years. If there is a tie, the most recent state is used. The Win-Loss-Draw record for the fighter in the "Big Leagues". The Big Leagues refer to the top organizations based on a statistical analysis we performed. Some organizations were counted as one, due to mergers, etc. A quality performance is a fight in which the fighter fought an acceptable opponent, and substantiated their current rating (at the time) based on the outcome. At it's most basic level, one can equate "combat age" to "dog years" in that it will mirror the basic human lifecycle. With this computation, we expect fighters to hit their respective "peak" in the years that your typical adult "peaks" in life, somewhere between 25 and 40. We will expect most fighters to start their descent at some point in their 40s and be far removed from their peak by 60. This is an experimental metric that attempts to reflect a fighter's recent opposition quality. The metric goes back 1,080 days, and looks at all the fighter's opponents' W-L-D records within a window of 540 days before, and 540 days after their respective bout(s) with the fighter. All of the records are added up and the cumulative win percentage is presented by this metric in a "strength of schedule" format. These ranking sets have been generated by a recent version of the software, using recent data and will not match previously published issues of the rankings, especially since a majority of these generated sets are for dates much earlier than the site’s inception.
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