Jacob Malkoun
“Mamba”
Jacob Malkoun is ranked 62nd of 320 middleweights by the First Light Rating.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 1,87562nd of 320 · Middleweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- −0.19Skill ahead of fame
▼ −0.05 in 17 days - Career phase
- PrimeCareer-best FLR 1,861, 2 May 2026
- Record
- 10–3Pro
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: 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 | Lost to Abubakar VagaevUFC 333 - Volkanovski vs. Evloev · Decision (Unanimous) | −12 | +0.04 |
| 2 May 2026 | Won vs Gerald MeerschaertUFC Fight Night 275 - Della Maddalena vs. Prates · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +19 | — |
| 31 Jan 2026 | Won vs Torrez FinneyUFC 325 - Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2 · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +40 | — |
| 30 Mar 2024 | Won vs Andre PetroskiUFC on ESPN 54 - Blanchfield vs. Fiorot · TKO (Soccer Kick to the Body), R2 | +36 | — |
| 23 Sept 2023 | Lost to Cody BrundageUFC Fight Night 228 - Fiziev vs. Gamrot · Disqualification (Illegal Elbow), R1 | −2 | — |
| 15 Oct 2022 | Won vs Nick MaximovUFC Fight Night 212 - Grasso vs. Araujo · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +56 | — |
| 12 Jun 2022 | Lost to Brendan AllenUFC 275 - Teixeira vs. Prochazka · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +11 | — |
| 12 Feb 2022 | Won vs A.J. DobsonUFC 271 - Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2 · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +58 | — |
| 17 Apr 2021 | Won vs Abdul Razak AlhassanUFC on ESPN 22 - Whittaker vs. Gastelum · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +109 | — |
| 24 Oct 2020 | Lost to Phil HawesUFC 254 - Nurmagomedov vs. Gaethje · KO (Punches), R1 | −46 | — |
| 4 Oct 2019 | Won vs Sebastian TemesiEternal MMA 48 - Fitikefu vs. Campbell · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +52 | — |
| 12 Jul 2019 | Won vs Christophe Van DijckWW 7 - Wollongong Wars 7 · TKO (Punches), R3 | +181 | — |
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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