RankingsFlyweightUpdated

Cody Durden

“Custom Made”

Cody Durden is ranked 50th of 278 flyweights by the First Light Rating.

FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
1,79450th of 278 · Flyweight
FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
+0.24Fame ahead of skill
▼ −0.02 in 30 days
Career phase
DecliningCareer-best FLR 1,827, 5 Aug 2023
Record
19–11–1Pro

Fame against skill.

9001,1001,3001,5001,7001,9002,100 Skill (FLR) → Fame ↑ Cody Durden
Source: First Light Observatory.

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.

1,2001,4001,6001,8002,0002,200 SkillPrimeDecliningAttentionPeakPeakRisingPeak SkillAttention 2017 (25)2019 (27)2021 (29)2023 (31)2025 (33)2027 (35)2029 (37)
Source: First Light Observatory.

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.

DateFightFLRFLI
31 Oct 2026 Won vs Ode OsbourneUFC Fight Night 292 - Moicano vs. Nolan · Decision (Unanimous) +9 −0.01
11 Jul 2026 Lost to Alessandro CostaUFC 329 - McGregor vs. Holloway 2 · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R2 −3 —
25 Apr 2026 Won vs Jafel FilhoUFC Fight Night 274 - Sterling vs. Zalal · Decision (Unanimous), R3 +28 —
7 Mar 2026 Lost to Nyamjargal TumendemberelUFC 326 - Holloway vs. Oliveira 2 · Decision (Unanimous), R3 −12 —
1 Nov 2025 Lost to Allan NascimentoUFC Fight Night 263 - Garcia vs. Onama · Submission (Anaconda Choke), R2 +2 —
14 Jun 2025 Lost to Jose OchoaUFC on ESPN 69 - Usman vs. Buckley · KO (Punches), R2 −15 —
7 Dec 2024 Lost to Joshua VanUFC 310 - Pantoja vs. Asakura · Decision (Unanimous), R3 −14 —
7 Sept 2024 Won vs Matt SchnellUFC Fight Night 242 - Burns vs. Brady · Submission (Ninja Choke), R2 +7 —
20 Jul 2024 Lost to Bruno SilvaUFC on ESPN 60 - Lemos vs. Jandiroba · TKO (Punches), R2 −15 —
16 Dec 2023 Lost to Tagir UlanbekovUFC 296 - Edwards vs. Covington · Submission (Face Crank), R2 −19 —
5 Aug 2023 Won vs Jake HadleyUFC on ESPN 50 - Sandhagen vs. Font · Decision (Unanimous), R3 +31 —
29 Apr 2023 Won vs Charles JohnsonUFC on ESPN 45 - Song vs. Simon · Decision (Unanimous), R3 +30 —

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.
First Light may hold interests in athletes covered by the Index.