Kyle Nelson
“The Monster”
Kyle Nelson is ranked 167th of 506 lightweights by the First Light Rating.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 1,784167th of 506 · Lightweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- −0.22Skill ahead of fame
▲ +0.08 in 15 days - Career phase
- DecliningCareer-best FLR 1,845, 30 Mar 2024
- Record
- 17–8–1Pro
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: 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 Cristian PerezUFC Fight Night 291 - Buckley vs. Malott · KO (Punches) | −22 | +0.05 |
| 28 Mar 2026 | Lost to Terrance McKinneyUFC Fight Night 271 - Adesanya vs. Pyfer · TKO (Head Kick and Punches), R1 | −27 | — |
| 18 Oct 2025 | Won vs Matt FrevolaUFC Fight Night 262 - De Ridder vs. Allen · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +16 | — |
| 7 Sept 2024 | Lost to Steve GarciaUFC Fight Night 242 - Burns vs. Brady · TKO (Elbows and Punches), R1 | −29 | — |
| 30 Mar 2024 | Won vs Bill AlgeoUFC on ESPN 54 - Blanchfield vs. Fiorot · TKO (Punches), R1 | +33 | — |
| 16 Sept 2023 | Won vs Fernando PadillaUFC Fight Night 227 - Grasso vs. Shevchenko 2 · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +34 | — |
| 10 Jun 2023 | Won vs Blake BilderUFC 289 - Nunes vs. Aldana · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +43 | — |
| 4 Feb 2023 | Draw vs Doo Ho ChoiUFC Fight Night 218 - Lewis vs. Spivak · Draw (Majority), R3 | +7 | — |
| 23 Jul 2022 | Lost to Jai HerbertUFC Fight Night 208 - Blaydes vs. Aspinall · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | −16 | — |
| 12 Sept 2020 | Lost to Billy QuarantilloUFC Fight Night 177 - Waterson vs. Hill · KO (Punch), R3 | −22 | — |
| 21 Sept 2019 | Won vs Marco Polo ReyesUFC Fight Night 159 - Rodriguez vs. Stephens · TKO (Punches), R1 | +29 | — |
| 4 May 2019 | Lost to Matt SaylesUFC Fight Night 151 - Iaquinta vs. Cowboy · Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke), R3 | −16 | — |
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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