Kanako Murata
Kanako Murata is ranked 25th of 156 women's strawweights by the First Light Rating.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 1,74125th of 156 · Women's Strawweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- −0.10Skill ahead of fame
▼ −0.07 in 18 days - Career phase
- PrimeCareer-best FLR 1,763, 14 Nov 2020
- Record
- 14–3Pro
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 5 Sept 2026 | Won vs Sofiia BagishviliJue Cheng King - JCK Kings 016 · Technical Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke), R1 | +21 |
| 23 Jul 2025 | Won vs Ediana SilvaUAE Warriors 61 - AlQaisi vs. Chipfumbu · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +21 |
| 7 Oct 2023 | Lost to Vanessa DemopoulosUFC Fight Night 229 - Dawson vs. Green · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | −53 |
| 19 Jun 2021 | Lost to Virna JandirobaUFC on ESPN 25 - Korean Zombie vs. Ige · TKO (Arm Injury), R2 | −9 |
| 14 Nov 2020 | Won vs Randa MarkosUFC Fight Night 182 - Felder vs. dos Anjos · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +33 |
| 1 Nov 2019 | Won vs Emily DucoteInvicta FC 38 - Murata vs. Ducote · Decision (Split), R5 | +11 |
| 7 Jun 2019 | Won vs Liana Ferreira PirosinInvicta FC 35 - Bennett vs. Rodriguez · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R1 | +47 |
| 21 Apr 2019 | Won vs Saray OrozcoRizin FF - Rizin 15 · Technical Submission (Shoulder Choke), R2 | +51 |
| 12 Aug 2018 | Won vs Angela MaganaRizin FF - Rizin 12 · Submission (Shoulder Choke), R2 | +48 |
| 6 May 2018 | Won vs Lanchana GreenRizin FF - Rizin 10 · Submission (Anaconda Choke), R1 | +42 |
| 16 Sept 2017 | Won vs Yukari NabeDeep - 79 Impact · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +44 |
| 2 Jul 2017 | Won vs Claire FryerPancrase - 288 · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +46 |
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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