Diego Lopes
Diego Lopes is ranked 18th of 491 featherweights by the First Light Rating, and 2nd in the UFC’s own featherweight rankings.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 1,95418th of 491 · Featherweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.46Fame ahead of skill
- Career phase
- PrimeCareer-best FLR 1,964, 13 Sept 2025
- Record
- 28–8Pro
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Jun 2026 | Won vs Steve GarciaUFC White House - Freedom 250: Topuria vs. Gaethje · KO (Punches), R2 | +4 |
| 31 Jan 2026 | Lost to Alexander Volkanovski TitleUFC 325 - Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2 · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | −10 |
| 13 Sept 2025 | Won vs Jean SilvaUFC Fight Night 259 - Noche UFC: Lopes vs. Silva · TKO (Spinning Back Elbow and Punches), R2 | +29 |
| 12 Apr 2025 | Lost to Alexander Volkanovski TitleUFC 314 - Volkanovski vs. Lopes · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | −7 |
| 14 Sept 2024 | Won vs Brian OrtegaUFC 306 - Noche UFC: O'Malley vs. Dvalishvili · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +28 |
| 29 Jun 2024 | Won vs Dan IgeUFC 303 - Pereira vs. Prochazka 2 · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +21 |
| 13 Apr 2024 | Won vs Sodiq YusuffUFC 300 - Pereira vs. Hill · TKO (Punches), R1 | +36 |
| 11 Nov 2023 | Won vs Pat SabatiniUFC 295 - Prochazka vs. Pereira · KO (Punches), R1 | +40 |
| 5 Aug 2023 | Won vs Gavin TuckerUFC on ESPN 50 - Sandhagen vs. Font · Submission (Armbar), R1 | +31 |
| 6 May 2023 | Lost to Movsar EvloevUFC 288 - Sterling vs. Cejudo · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | −2 |
| 18 Nov 2022 | Won vs Angel RodriguezLUX 028 - Monterrey · TKO (Punches), R2 | +7 |
| 11 Feb 2022 | Won vs Kenn GlennFury FC 57 - Fury Fighting Championship 57 · KO (Punches), R3 | +17 |
FLR is the First Light Rating points the fight earned or cost them.
How it is measured.
Data Credit: First Light Observatory.
How these numbers are made.
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