Esteban Ribovics
“El Gringo”
Esteban Ribovics is ranked 27th of 506 lightweights by the First Light Rating.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 1,96927th of 506 · Lightweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- −0.03Skill ahead of fame
▼ −0.12 in 23 days - Career phase
- PrimeCareer-best FLR 1,970, 3 Oct 2026
- Record
- 17–3Pro
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Oct 2026 | Won vs King GreenUFC 332 - Silva vs. Wang · TKO (Punches) | +40 | −0.09 |
| 15 Aug 2026 | Won vs Edson BarbozaUFC 330 - Makhachev vs. Garry · TKO (Punches), R2 | +33 | — |
| 11 Apr 2026 | Lost to Mateusz GamrotUFC 327 - Prochazka vs. Ulberg · Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke), R2 | −23 | — |
| 2 Aug 2025 | Won vs Elves BrenerUFC on ESPN 71 - Taira vs. Park · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +25 | — |
| 1 Mar 2025 | Lost to Nasrat HaqparastUFC Fight Night 253 - Kape vs. Almabayev · Decision (Split), R3 | −13 | — |
| 14 Sept 2024 | Won vs Daniel ZellhuberUFC 306 - Noche UFC: O'Malley vs. Dvalishvili · Decision (Split), R3 | +26 | — |
| 11 May 2024 | Won vs Terrance McKinneyUFC on ESPN 56 - Lewis vs. Nascimento · KO (Head Kick), R1 | +43 | — |
| 8 Jul 2023 | Won vs Kamuela KirkUFC 290 - Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +22 | — |
| 4 Mar 2023 | Lost to Loik RadzhabovUFC 285 - Jones vs. Gane · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | −11 | — |
| 16 Aug 2022 | Won vs Thomas PaullDana White's Contender Series - Contender Series 2022: Week 4 · KO (Punches), R1 | +40 | — |
| 12 Feb 2022 | Won vs Franco ArandaSFH 3 - Prado vs. Basualdo · KO (Punch), R1 | +10 | — |
| 10 Dec 2020 | Won vs Javier BasurtoFFC 44 - Basurto vs. Ribovics · KO (Punches), R1 | +39 | — |
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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