Kevin Vallejos
“El Chino”
Kevin Vallejos is ranked 16th of 491 featherweights by the First Light Rating, and 9th in the UFC’s own featherweight rankings.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 1,95916th of 491 · Featherweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.14Fame ahead of skill
▲ +0.05 in 30 days - Career phase
- DevelopingCareer-best FLR 1,966, 14 Mar 2026
- Record
- 18–1Pro
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 Mar 2026 | Won vs Josh EmmettUFC Fight Night 269 - Emmett vs. Vallejos · TKO (Knees and Punches), R1 | +36 |
| 13 Dec 2025 | Won vs Giga ChikadzeUFC on ESPN 73 - Royval vs. Kape · KO (Spinning Backfist and Elbows), R2 | +24 |
| 2 Aug 2025 | Won vs Danny SilvaUFC on ESPN 71 - Taira vs. Park · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +29 |
| 15 Mar 2025 | Won vs Seung Woo ChoiUFC Fight Night 254 - Vettori vs. Dolidze 2 · TKO (Punches), R1 | +25 |
| 24 Sept 2024 | Won vs Cam TeagueDana White's Contender Series - Contender Series 2024: Week 7 · TKO (Punches), R1 | +34 |
| 2 Mar 2024 | Won vs Gonzalo ContrerasSFH 15 - El Chino vs. La Pantera · KO (Punch), R2 | +43 |
| 22 Dec 2023 | Won vs Maximiliano PerezSFH 14 - Tito vs. El Toro · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R3 | +21 |
| 5 Sept 2023 | Lost to Jean SilvaDana White's Contender Series - Contender Series 2023: Week 5 · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | −27 |
| 13 May 2023 | Won vs Luiz Eduardo GaragorriSFH 11 - Vallejos vs. Garagorri · TKO (Elbows and Punches), R2 | +71 |
| 11 Mar 2023 | Won vs Natanael Aldo EspindolaSFH 10 - El Chino vs. Villalba · TKO (Punches), R1 | +15 |
| 16 Dec 2022 | Won vs Nestor MachadoSFH 8 - Prado vs. Espindola · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +29 |
| 19 Nov 2022 | Won vs Emmanuel VallejosSFH 7 - Campo vs. Taboada · TKO (Punches), R2 | +8 |
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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