Brendson Ribeiro
“The Gorilla”
Brendson Ribeiro is ranked 90th of 207 light heavyweights by the First Light Rating.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 1,74490th of 207 · Light Heavyweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- −0.16Skill ahead of fame
▼ −0.04 in 15 days - Career phase
- DecliningCareer-best FLR 1,749, 15 Mar 2025
- Record
- 18–11Pro, 1 NC
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: 2,000 careers simulated from today, fight by fight; the dashed line is the middle one.
Recent fights.
| Date | Fight | FLR | FLI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Oct 2026 | Won vs Felipe FrancoUFC Fight Night 290 - Allen vs. Duncan · Submission (Guillotine Choke) | +33 | −0.06 |
| 25 Jul 2026 | Lost to Magomed TuchalovUFC Fight Night 282 - Ankalaev vs. Guskov · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | −3 | — |
| 4 Apr 2026 | Lost to Abdul-Rakhman YakhyaevUFC Fight Night 272 - Moicano vs. Duncan · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R1 | −13 | — |
| 6 Sept 2025 | Lost to Oumar SyUFC Fight Night 258 - Imavov vs. Borralho · TKO (Elbows and Punches), R1 | −12 | — |
| 7 Jun 2025 | Lost to Azamat MurzakanovUFC 316 - Dvalishvili vs. O'Malley 2 · TKO (Submission to Punches), R1 | −9 | — |
| 15 Mar 2025 | Won vs Diyar NurgozhayUFC Fight Night 254 - Vettori vs. Dolidze 2 · Submission (Kimura), R2 | +43 | — |
| 2 Nov 2024 | Won vs Caio MachadoUFC Fight Night 246 - Moreno vs. Albazi · Decision (Split), R3 | +23 | — |
| 22 Jun 2024 | Lost to Magomed GadzhiyasulovUFC on ABC 6 - Whittaker vs. Aliskerov · Decision (Majority), R3 | 0 | — |
| 17 Feb 2024 | Lost to Mingyang ZhangUFC 298 - Volkanovski vs. Topuria · KO (Punches), R1 | −37 | — |
| 5 Sept 2023 | Won vs Bruno LopesDana White's Contender Series - Contender Series 2023: Week 5 · KO (Punches), R1 | +49 | — |
| 16 Dec 2022 | Won vs Joao Paulo FagundesShooto Brazil 114 - Fagundes vs. Ribeiro · TKO (Punches), R1 | +48 | — |
| 3 Sept 2022 | Won vs Gilmar Dutra LimaNC - Nacao Cyborg 13 · TKO, R1 | +45 | — |
FLR is what the fight did to their First Light Rating: the true measure of skill.
FLI is what the fight did to their First Light Index: the rating of fame against skill.
How it is measured.
Data Credit: First Light Observatory.
How these numbers are made.
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