Modestas Bukauskas
“The Baltic Gladiator”
Modestas Bukauskas is ranked 39th of 208 light heavyweights by the First Light Rating.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 1,87739th of 208 · Light Heavyweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.12Fame ahead of skill
▼ −0.11 in 30 days - Career phase
- PrimeCareer-best FLR 1,878, 5 Sept 2026
- Record
- 21–7Pro
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Sept 2026 | Won vs Oumar SyUFC Fight Night 287 - Hooker vs. Parnasse · TKO (Knee and Punches) | +15 | −0.04 |
| 16 May 2026 | Won vs Christian EdwardsUFC Fight Night 276 - Allen vs. Costa · Decision (Split), R3 | +6 | — |
| 24 Jan 2026 | Lost to Nikita KrylovUFC 324 - Gaethje vs. Pimblett · KO (Punches), R3 | −13 | — |
| 6 Sept 2025 | Won vs Paul CraigUFC Fight Night 258 - Imavov vs. Borralho · KO (Elbow), R1 | +28 | — |
| 10 May 2025 | Won vs Ion CutelabaUFC 315 - Muhammad vs. Della Maddalena · Decision (Split), R3 | +22 | — |
| 22 Feb 2025 | Won vs Raffael CerqueiraUFC Fight Night 252 - Cejudo vs. Song · KO (Punches), R1 | +30 | — |
| 27 Jul 2024 | Won vs Marcin PrachnioUFC 304 - Edwards vs. Muhammad 2 · Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke), R3 | +17 | — |
| 4 Nov 2023 | Lost to Vitor PetrinoUFC Fight Night 231 - Almeida vs. Lewis · KO (Punch), R2 | −8 | — |
| 17 Jun 2023 | Won vs Zac PaugaUFC on ESPN 47 - Vettori vs. Cannonier · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +15 | — |
| 11 Feb 2023 | Won vs Tyson PedroUFC 284 - Makhachev vs. Volkanovski · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +38 | — |
| 31 Dec 2022 | Won vs Chuck CampbellCW 148 - Cage Warriors 148 · KO (Punch), R4 | +46 | — |
| 4 Nov 2022 | Won vs Lee ChadwickCW 145 - Cage Warriors 145 · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +20 | — |
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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