Kamaru Usman
“The Nigerian Nightmare”
Kamaru Usman is ranked 6th of 317 middleweights by the First Light Rating, and 9th in the UFC’s own welterweight rankings.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 2,0486th of 317 · Middleweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.53Fame ahead of skill
▲ +0.02 in 23 days - Career phase
- DecliningCareer-best FLR 2,137, 6 Nov 2021
- Record
- 21–5Pro
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 18 Jul 2026 | Lost to Dricus Du PlessisUFC Fight Night 281 - Du Plessis vs. Usman · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | −30 |
| 14 Jun 2025 | Won vs Joaquin BuckleyUFC on ESPN 69 - Usman vs. Buckley · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | −3 |
| 21 Oct 2023 | Lost to Khamzat ChimaevUFC 294 - Makhachev vs. Volkanovski 2 · Decision (Majority), R3 | −11 |
| 18 Mar 2023 | Lost to Leon Edwards TitleUFC 286 - Edwards vs. Usman 3 · Decision (Majority), R5 | −24 |
| 20 Aug 2022 | Lost to Leon Edwards TitleUFC 278 - Usman vs. Edwards 2 · KO (Head Kick), R5 | −19 |
| 6 Nov 2021 | Won vs Colby Covington TitleUFC 268 - Usman vs. Covington 2 · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | +11 |
| 24 Apr 2021 | Won vs Jorge Masvidal TitleUFC 261 - Usman vs. Masvidal 2 · KO (Punch), R2 | +10 |
| 13 Feb 2021 | Won vs Gilbert Burns TitleUFC 258 - Usman vs. Burns · TKO (Punches), R3 | +24 |
| 11 Jul 2020 | Won vs Jorge Masvidal TitleUFC 251 - Usman vs. Masvidal · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | +20 |
| 14 Dec 2019 | Won vs Colby Covington TitleUFC 245 - Usman vs. Covington · TKO (Punches), R5 | +15 |
| 2 Mar 2019 | Won vs Tyron Woodley TitleUFC 235 - Jones vs. Smith · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | +37 |
| 30 Nov 2018 | Won vs Rafael dos AnjosUFC - The Ultimate Fighter 28 Finale · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | +26 |
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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