Nick Klein
“Blue Collar”
Nick Klein is ranked 147th of 323 middleweights by the First Light Rating.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 1,743147th of 323 · Middleweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- −0.58Skill ahead of fame
▼ −0.12 in 25 days - Career phase
- DecliningCareer-best FLR 1,786, 22 Feb 2025
- Record
- 6–3Pro
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Oct 2026 | Lost to Joseph KropschotUFC Fight Night 292 - Moicano vs. Nolan · Submission (Reverse Triangle Armbar) | −41 | +0.06 |
| 2 Aug 2025 | Lost to Andrey PulyaevUFC on ESPN 71 - Taira vs. Park · TKO (Body Kick and Punches), R2 | −15 | — |
| 22 Feb 2025 | Lost to Mansur Abdul-MalikUFC Fight Night 252 - Cejudo vs. Song · TKO (Knee and Punches), R2 | +8 | — |
| 15 Oct 2024 | Won vs Heraldo SouzaDana White's Contender Series - Contender Series 2024: Week 10 · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R1 | +52 | — |
| 22 Nov 2023 | Won vs Cory SimpsonMCC 69 - Thanksgiving Throwdown 2023 · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R1 | +13 | — |
| 20 May 2023 | Won vs Collin HuckbodyIgnite Fights - No Mercy 11 · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R3 | +70 | — |
| 9 Jul 2022 | Lost to Dorjan DokajBTC 16 - Challenger Series 1 · TKO (Punches), R3 | −61 | — |
| 6 May 2022 | Won vs Tristan OvervigLFA 131 - Argueta vs. Silva · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +73 | — |
| 5 Feb 2022 | Won vs Kacey Joe SandersPure FC 21 - Pure Fighting Championships 21 · TKO (Punches), R1 | 0 | — |
| 27 Jun 2021 | Won vs Dan AlmarioPure FC 19 - Pure Fighting Championships 19 · TKO (Injury), R1 | — | — |
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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