Conor McCarthy
“The Hotstepper”
Conor McCarthy is ranked 318th of 506 lightweights by the First Light Rating.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 1,656318th of 506 · Lightweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- −0.44Skill ahead of fame
▲ +0.03 in 18 days - Career phase
- DevelopingCareer-best FLR 1,657, 26 Sept 2026
- Record
- 6–1Pro
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 | FLI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Sept 2026 | Won vs Dumitru GirleanCW 210 - Cage Warriors 210: Dublin · TKO (Punches) | +83 | −0.08 |
| 20 Jun 2026 | Lost to George StainesCW 207 - Cage Warriors 207: Manchester · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R2 | −13 | — |
| 21 Feb 2026 | Won vs Edilson Souza da SilvaCW 200 - Cage Warriors 200: Dublin · TKO (Punches), R1 | +47 | — |
| 27 Sept 2025 | Won vs Diego VisanzayCW 194 - Cage Warriors 194: Dublin · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +61 | — |
| 26 Apr 2025 | Won vs Joshua OnwordiCW 188 - Cage Warriors 188: Dublin · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +101 | — |
| 2 Nov 2024 | Won vs Gianluca RoccaCW 179 - Cage Warriors 179: Rome · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +150 | — |
| 27 Jul 2024 | Won vs Gabriel Claudio LanzaCLFC 23 - Cage Legacy 23 · TKO (Punch), R1 | +137 | — |
| 17 Feb 2024 | Won vs Rafael OliveiraCLFC 20 - Cage Legacy 20 · TKO (Head Kick), R1 | — | — |
FLR is the First Light Rating points the fight earned or cost them.
FLI is what the fight did to their fame against their skill.
How it is measured.
Data Credit: First Light Observatory.
How these numbers are made.
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