Ilia Topuria
“El Matador”
Ilia Topuria is ranked 7th of 506 lightweights by the First Light Rating, and 1st in the UFC’s own lightweight rankings.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 2,0427th of 506 · Lightweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.83Fame ahead of skill
- Career phase
- PrimeCareer-best FLR 2,064, 28 Jun 2025
- Record
- 17–1Pro
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Jun 2026 | Lost to Justin Gaethje TitleUFC White House - Freedom 250: Topuria vs. Gaethje · TKO (Corner Stoppage), R4 | −18 |
| 28 Jun 2025 | Won vs Charles Oliveira TitleUFC 317 - Topuria vs. Oliveira · KO (Punches), R1 | +43 |
| 26 Oct 2024 | Won vs Max Holloway TitleUFC 308 - Topuria vs. Holloway · KO (Punches), R3 | +24 |
| 17 Feb 2024 | Won vs Alexander Volkanovski TitleUFC 298 - Volkanovski vs. Topuria · KO (Punch), R2 | +29 |
| 24 Jun 2023 | Won vs Josh EmmettUFC on ABC 5 - Emmett vs. Topuria · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | +39 |
| 10 Dec 2022 | Won vs Bryce MitchellUFC 282 - Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev · Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke), R2 | +38 |
| 19 Mar 2022 | Won vs Jai HerbertUFC Fight Night 204 - Volkov vs. Aspinall · KO (Punches), R2 | +8 |
| 10 Jul 2021 | Won vs Ryan HallUFC 264 - Poirier vs. McGregor 3 · KO (Punches), R1 | +50 |
| 5 Dec 2020 | Won vs Damon JacksonUFC on ESPN 19 - Hermansson vs. Vettori · KO (Punches), R1 | +92 |
| 10 Oct 2020 | Won vs Youssef ZalalUFC Fight Night 179 - Moraes vs. Sandhagen · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +54 |
| 7 Sept 2019 | Won vs Luis GomezBrave CF 26 - Roa vs. Silva · Submission (Triangle Straight Armbar), R1 | +11 |
| 16 Jun 2018 | Won vs Brian BoulandCW 94 - Cage Warriors 94 · Technical Submission (Anaconda Choke), R1 | +83 |
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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