Melissa Amaya
“Mamba”
Melissa Amaya is ranked 68th of 156 women's strawweights by the First Light Rating.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 1,59768th of 156 · Women's Strawweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.02Fame ahead of skill
▲ +0.11 in 18 days - Career phase
- PrimeCareer-best FLR 1,643, 19 Jun 2025
- Record
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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 | FLI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Sept 2026 | Lost to Valesca MachadoUFC Fight Night 289 - Rosas Jr. vs. Barcelos · TKO (Punches) | −46 | +0.11 |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Won vs Megumi SugimotoCombate Global - Combate Female 2 · TKO (Punches), R1 | +42 | — |
| 8 Jun 2024 | Won vs Samantha Jean-FrancoisCombate Global - Amaya vs. Jean-Francois · TKO (Punches), R2 | +61 | — |
| 1 Apr 2023 | Won vs Gillian NollCombate Global - Greyson vs. Dayron · Decision (Majority), R3 | +60 | — |
| 30 Oct 2022 | Won vs Alitzel MariscalCombate Global - Horror in La Jaula · Submission (Triangle Choke), R3 | +47 | — |
| 1 Jul 2022 | Won vs Naomi TatarogluCombate Global - Jimenez vs. Sewell · Decision (Split), R3 | +92 | — |
| 24 Mar 2022 | Won vs Yessica OrtegaCombate Global - Mexico vs. USA · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +51 | — |
| 12 Nov 2021 | Won vs Andrea AmaroCombate Global - USA vs. Mexico Tournament · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R1 | +209 | — |
| 22 Oct 2021 | Won vs Gisselle Garcia VillanuevaCombate Global - Montanez vs. Hernandez · TKO (Punches), R1 | — | — |
FLR is the First Light Rating points the fight earned or cost them.
FLI is what the fight did to their fame against their skill.
How it is measured.
Data Credit: First Light Observatory.
How these numbers are made.
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