Kyle Daukaus
“The D'Arce Knight”
Kyle Daukaus is ranked 55th of 320 middleweights by the First Light Rating.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 1,88455th of 320 · Middleweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.25Fame ahead of skill
▼ −0.03 in 13 days - Career phase
- PrimeCareer-best FLR 1,947, 15 Nov 2025
- Record
- 17–6Pro, 1 NC
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Oct 2026 | Lost to Marc-Andre BarriaultUFC Fight Night 291 - Buckley vs. Malott · TKO (Elbows) | −37 | +0.12 |
| 14 Jun 2026 | Lost to Bo NickalUFC White House - Freedom 250: Topuria vs. Gaethje · TKO (Punches and Elbows), R1 | −26 | — |
| 15 Nov 2025 | Won vs Gerald MeerschaertUFC 322 - Della Maddalena vs. Makhachev · Submission (Brabo Choke), R1 | +25 | — |
| 23 Aug 2025 | Won vs Michel PereiraUFC Fight Night 257 - Walker vs. Zhang · KO (Punches and Elbows), R1 | +26 | — |
| 14 Jun 2024 | Won vs Keanan PatershukCFFC 132 - Cage Fury Fighting Championships 132: Daukaus vs. Patershuk · KO (Punches), R1 | +28 | — |
| 9 Feb 2024 | Won vs Sean Connor FallonCFFC 129 - Cage Fury Fighting Championships 129: Kline vs. Romero · Submission (Brabo Choke), R3 | +21 | — |
| 2 Sept 2023 | Won vs Gregg EllisCFFC 124 - Cage Fury Fighting Championships 124: Ellis vs. Daukaus · Decision (Unanimous), R4 | +17 | — |
| 16 Jun 2023 | Won vs Robert GidronCFFC 120 - Cage Fury Fighting Championships 120: Ndregjoni vs. Araujo · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R1 | +11 | — |
| 3 Dec 2022 | Lost to Eryk AndersUFC on ESPN 42 - Thompson vs. Holland · TKO (Punches), R2 | −31 | — |
| 18 Jun 2022 | Lost to Roman DolidzeUFC on ESPN 37 - Kattar vs. Emmett · KO (Knee and Punches), R1 | −28 | — |
| 19 Feb 2022 | Won vs Jamie PickettUFC Fight Night 201 - Walker vs. Hill · Submission (Brabo Choke), R1 | +20 | — |
| 2 Oct 2021 | No contest vs Kevin HollandUFC Fight Night 193 - Santos vs. Walker · No Contest (Accidental Clash of Heads), R1 | — | — |
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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