Colby Thicknesse
“Slickness”
Colby Thicknesse is ranked 121st of 441 bantamweights by the First Light Rating.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 1,781121st of 441 · Bantamweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.18Fame ahead of skill
▲ +0.07 in 27 days - Career phase
- PrimeCareer-best FLR 1,810, 24 Oct 2026
- Record
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Oct 2026 | Won vs Asaf ChopurovUFC 333 - Volkanovski vs. Evloev · Decision (Split) | +81 | −0.15 |
| 2 May 2026 | Won vs Vince MoralesUFC Fight Night 275 - Della Maddalena vs. Prates · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +55 | — |
| 27 Sept 2025 | Won vs Josias MusasaUFC Fight Night 260 - Ulberg vs. Reyes · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +71 | — |
| 8 Feb 2025 | Lost to Aleksandre TopuriaUFC 312 - Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2 · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | −91 | — |
| 23 Nov 2024 | Won vs Marvin MalunesHFS - Hex Fight Series 33 · KO (Elbows), R1 | +29 | — |
| 27 Oct 2024 | Won vs Norman AgcopraBali MMA - Canggu Fight Night 32 · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R1 | +44 | — |
| 21 Jul 2024 | Won vs Jufri GobelBali MMA - Canggu Fight Night 31 · TKO (Punches), R1 | +38 | — |
| 2 Mar 2024 | Won vs Michael MannuHFS - Hex Fight Series 29 · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +78 | — |
| 24 Feb 2023 | Won vs Michael BarberHFS - Hex Fight Series 25 · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +29 | — |
| 17 Sept 2022 | Won vs Semakadde KakemboEternal MMA 70 - Gold Coast · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +242 | — |
| 21 Nov 2020 | Won vs Shaun JohnsonEternal MMA 55 - Gold Coast · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R1 | — | — |
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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