Montel Jackson
“Quik”
Montel Jackson is ranked 11th of 439 bantamweights by the First Light Rating.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 1,97711th of 439 · Bantamweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- −0.31Skill ahead of fame
▼ −0.05 in 23 days - Career phase
- PrimeCareer-best FLR 1,977, 26 Sept 2026
- 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 | Won vs Ricky SimonUFC Fight Night 289 - Rosas Jr. vs. Barcelos · KO (Punches), R2 | +29 | −0.08 |
| 25 Apr 2026 | Lost to Raoni BarcelosUFC Fight Night 274 - Sterling vs. Zalal · Decision (Split), R3 | −10 | — |
| 11 Oct 2025 | Lost to Deiveson FigueiredoUFC Fight Night 261 - Oliveira vs. Gamrot · Decision (Split), R3 | −11 | — |
| 3 May 2025 | Won vs Daniel MarcosUFC on ESPN 67 - Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +32 | — |
| 13 Jul 2024 | Won vs Da'Mon BlackshearUFC on ESPN 59 - Namajunas vs. Cortez · KO (Punch), R1 | +23 | — |
| 22 Apr 2023 | Won vs Rani YahyaUFC Fight Night 222 - Pavlovich vs. Blaydes · KO (Punches), R1 | +38 | — |
| 12 Nov 2022 | Won vs Julio ArceUFC 281 - Adesanya vs. Pereira · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +27 | — |
| 18 Sept 2021 | Won vs J.P. BuysUFC Fight Night 192 - Smith vs. Spann · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +26 | — |
| 20 Mar 2021 | Won vs Jesse StraderUFC on ESPN 21 - Brunson vs. Holland · TKO (Punches), R1 | +20 | — |
| 18 Jul 2020 | Lost to Brett JohnsUFC Fight Night 172 - Figueiredo vs. Benavidez 2 · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | −7 | — |
| 25 Jan 2020 | Won vs Felipe ColaresUFC Fight Night 166 - Blaydes vs. dos Santos · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +39 | — |
| 13 Apr 2019 | Won vs Andre SoukhamthathUFC 236 - Holloway vs. Poirier · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +45 | — |
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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