Nikita Krylov
“The Miner”
Nikita Krylov is ranked 18th of 208 light heavyweights by the First Light Rating, and 15th in the UFC’s own light heavyweight rankings.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 1,95718th of 208 · Light Heavyweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.12Fame ahead of skill
▼ −0.05 in 30 days - Career phase
- DecliningCareer-best FLR 2,031, 11 Mar 2023
- Record
- 31–12Pro
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 11 Jul 2026 | Lost to Robert WhittakerUFC 329 - McGregor vs. Holloway 2 · TKO (Jaw Injury), R3 | −5 |
| 24 Jan 2026 | Won vs Modestas BukauskasUFC 324 - Gaethje vs. Pimblett · KO (Punches), R3 | +18 |
| 26 Jul 2025 | Lost to Bogdan GuskovUFC on ABC 9 - Whittaker vs. de Ridder · KO (Punches), R1 | −37 |
| 12 Apr 2025 | Lost to Dominick ReyesUFC 314 - Volkanovski vs. Lopes · KO (Punch), R1 | −48 |
| 11 Mar 2023 | Won vs Ryan SpannUFC Fight Night 221 - Yan vs. Dvalishvili · Submission (Triangle Choke), R1 | +22 |
| 22 Oct 2022 | Won vs Volkan OezdemirUFC 280 - Oliveira vs. Makhachev · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +19 |
| 23 Jul 2022 | Won vs Alexander GustafssonUFC Fight Night 208 - Blaydes vs. Aspinall · KO (Punches), R1 | +35 |
| 19 Mar 2022 | Lost to Paul CraigUFC Fight Night 204 - Volkov vs. Aspinall · Submission (Triangle Choke), R1 | −5 |
| 27 Feb 2021 | Lost to Magomed AnkalaevUFC Fight Night 186 - Rozenstruik vs. Gane · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | −10 |
| 14 Mar 2020 | Won vs Johnny WalkerUFC Fight Night 170 - Lee vs. Oliveira · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +11 |
| 14 Sept 2019 | Lost to Glover TeixeiraUFC Fight Night 158 - Cowboy vs. Gaethje · Decision (Split), R3 | −5 |
| 13 Apr 2019 | Won vs Ovince St. PreuxUFC 236 - Holloway vs. Poirier · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R2 | +17 |
FLR is the First Light Rating points the fight earned or cost them.
How it is measured.
Data Credit: First Light Observatory.
How these numbers are made.
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