Asu Almabayev
“Zulfikhar”
Asu Almabayev is ranked 6th of 278 flyweights by the First Light Rating, and 7th in the UFC’s own flyweight rankings.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 1,9396th of 278 · Flyweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.27Fame ahead of skill
▲ +0.03 in 30 days - Career phase
- PrimeCareer-best FLR 1,943, 27 Jun 2026
- Record
- 24–3Pro
Fame against skill.
Every fighter with an FLI, by skill and fame. Hover a dot for the fighter; click to open their page. The dashed curve is the fame their skill predicts: above it, a fighter is more famous than their skill; below it, better than their fame.
Skill and attention.
Attention is drawn at the skill level its fame matches: above the skill line, more famous than skilled. Shaded: where the most similar careers went next.
Recent fights.
| Date | Fight | FLR |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Jun 2026 | Won vs Charles JohnsonUFC Fight Night 280 - Fiziev vs. Torres · Submission (Kneebar), R3 | +18 |
| 22 Nov 2025 | Won vs Alex PerezUFC Fight Night 265 - Tsarukyan vs. Hooker · Submission (Flying Guillotine Choke), R3 | +3 |
| 26 Jul 2025 | Won vs Jose OchoaUFC on ABC 9 - Whittaker vs. de Ridder · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +24 |
| 1 Mar 2025 | Lost to Manel KapeUFC Fight Night 253 - Kape vs. Almabayev · TKO (Retirement), R3 | −19 |
| 19 Oct 2024 | Won vs Matheus NicolauUFC Fight Night 245 - Hernandez vs. Pereira · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +11 |
| 15 Jun 2024 | Won vs Jose JohnsonUFC on ESPN 58 - Perez vs. Taira · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +20 |
| 9 Mar 2024 | Won vs C.J. VergaraUFC 299 - O'Malley vs. Vera 2 · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +21 |
| 5 Aug 2023 | Won vs Ode OsbourneUFC on ESPN 50 - Sandhagen vs. Font · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R2 | +22 |
| 26 Nov 2022 | Won vs Kenneth ManingatBrave CF 66 - Brave Combat Federation 66 · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R2 | +13 |
| 30 Jul 2022 | Won vs Zach MakovskyBrave CF 60 - Brave Combat Federation 60 · Decision (Split), R3 | +38 |
| 11 Mar 2022 | Won vs Imran MagaramovBrave CF 57 - Brave Combat Federation 57 · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +2 |
| 29 Dec 2021 | Won vs Kayck AlencarNFC 36 - Naiza Fighter Championship 36 · KO (Punch), R3 | +39 |
FLR is the First Light Rating points the fight earned or cost them.
How it is measured.
Data Credit: First Light Observatory.
How these numbers are made.
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