Daniel Santos
“Willycat”
Daniel Santos is ranked 88th of 480 featherweights by the First Light Rating.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 1,84688th of 480 · Featherweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- −0.01Skill ahead of fame
▼ −0.04 in 17 days - Career phase
- PrimeCareer-best FLR 1,864, 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 Bolaji OkiUFC 333 - Volkanovski vs. Evloev · Decision (Unanimous) | +30 | −0.08Won, but drew very little attention |
| 16 May 2026 | Lost to Doo Ho ChoiUFC Fight Night 276 - Allen vs. Costa · TKO (Punches), R2 | −8 | — |
| 4 Oct 2025 | Won vs Joo Sang YooUFC 320 - Ankalaev vs. Pereira 2 · TKO (Punches), R2 | +15 | — |
| 10 May 2025 | Won vs Jeong Yeong LeeUFC 315 - Muhammad vs. Della Maddalena · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +31 | — |
| 3 Jun 2023 | Won vs Johnny Munoz Jr.UFC on ESPN 46 - Kara-France vs. Albazi · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +38 | — |
| 1 Oct 2022 | Won vs John CastanedaUFC Fight Night 211 - Dern vs. Yan · KO (Punches and Knee), R2 | +31 | — |
| 9 Apr 2022 | Lost to Julio ArceUFC 273 - Volkanovski vs. Korean Zombie · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | −38 | — |
| 14 Dec 2019 | Won vs Nizambek AbdrashitovWEF 91 / Brave CF 32 - Brave Combat Federation 32 · Submission (Armbar), R1 | +22 | — |
| 28 Jun 2019 | Won vs Henrique FantiniFuture FC 6 - Cado vs. Giacomo · TKO (Spinning Back Kick), R1 | +28 | — |
| 26 Jan 2019 | Lost to Murad KalamovACA 91 - Grozny · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | −36 | — |
| 16 Feb 2018 | Won vs Dukvaha AstamirovACB 80 - Krasnodar · Decision (Majority), R3 | +28 | — |
| 11 Sept 2016 | Won vs Cleverson SilvaFighten - Decagon MMA Championship 3 · TKO (Spinning Back Kick to the Body), R1 | +80 | — |
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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