Malcolm Wellmaker
“The Machine”
Malcolm Wellmaker is ranked 131st of 439 bantamweights by the First Light Rating.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 1,769131st of 439 · Bantamweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.41Fame ahead of skill
▲ +0.10 in 15 days - Career phase
- DecliningCareer-best FLR 1,854, 14 Jun 2025
- Record
- 10–3Pro
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: 2,000 careers simulated from today, fight by fight; the dashed line is the middle one.
Recent fights.
| Date | Fight | FLR | FLI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Oct 2026 | Lost to Otari TanziloviUFC Fight Night 290 - Allen vs. Duncan · TKO (Head Kick and Punches) | −27 | +0.06 |
| 16 May 2026 | Lost to Juan DiazUFC Fight Night 276 - Allen vs. Costa · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R2 | −26 | — |
| 15 Nov 2025 | Lost to Ethyn EwingUFC 322 - Della Maddalena vs. Makhachev · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | −31 | — |
| 14 Jun 2025 | Won vs Kris MoutinhoUFC on ESPN 69 - Usman vs. Buckley · KO (Punch), R1 | +43 | — |
| 26 Apr 2025 | Won vs Cameron SaaimanUFC on ESPN 66 - Garry vs. Prates · KO (Punch), R1 | +42 | — |
| 27 Aug 2024 | Won vs Adam BramhaldDana White's Contender Series - Contender Series 2024: Week 3 · KO (Punch), R1 | +65 | — |
| 20 Jan 2024 | Won vs Chase BoutwellNFC 161 - National Fighting Championship 161 · TKO (Punches), R2 | +69 | — |
| 14 Oct 2023 | Won vs Taylor MooreConflict MMA 59 - 912 Campus Chaos · Decision (Majority), R5 | +67 | — |
| 24 Jun 2023 | Won vs Justin HughesConflict MMA 58 - Fight Night in the SCRA · TKO (Punches), R1 | +40 | — |
| 5 May 2023 | Won vs Zakariya CamaraB2 Fighting Series 181 - Covington, KY Night One · Decision (Split), R3 | +186 | — |
| 14 Oct 2022 | Won vs Christopher WingateiFC 5 - Jorge Masvidal's iKon Fighting Championship 5 · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R1 | +69 | — |
| 5 Aug 2022 | Won vs Langston SykesiFC 4 - Jorge Masvidal's iKon Fighting Championship 4 · KO (Punch), R1 | +114 | — |
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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