Petr Yan
“No Mercy”
Petr Yan is ranked 3rd of 439 bantamweights by the First Light Rating, and the UFC’s bantamweight champion.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 2,0543rd of 439 · Bantamweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.45Fame ahead of skill
- Career phase
- PrimeCareer-best FLR 2,069, 30 Oct 2021
- Record
- 20–5Pro
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Dec 2025 | Won vs Merab Dvalishvili TitleUFC 323 - Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2 · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | +26 |
| 26 Jul 2025 | Won vs Marcus McGheeUFC on ABC 9 - Whittaker vs. de Ridder · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | 0 |
| 23 Nov 2024 | Won vs Deiveson FigueiredoUFC Fight Night 248 - Yan vs. Figueiredo · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | +24 |
| 9 Mar 2024 | Won vs Yadong SongUFC 299 - O'Malley vs. Vera 2 · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +3 |
| 11 Mar 2023 | Lost to Merab DvalishviliUFC Fight Night 221 - Yan vs. Dvalishvili · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | −26 |
| 22 Oct 2022 | Lost to Sean O'MalleyUFC 280 - Oliveira vs. Makhachev · Decision (Split), R3 | −20 |
| 9 Apr 2022 | Lost to Aljamain Sterling TitleUFC 273 - Volkanovski vs. Korean Zombie · Decision (Split), R5 | −10 |
| 30 Oct 2021 | Won vs Cory Sandhagen TitleUFC 267 - Blachowicz vs. Teixeira · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | +18 |
| 6 Mar 2021 | Lost to Aljamain Sterling TitleUFC 259 - Blachowicz vs. Adesanya · Disqualification (Illegal Knee), R4 | −4 |
| 11 Jul 2020 | Won vs Jose Aldo TitleUFC 251 - Usman vs. Masvidal · TKO (Punches), R5 | +25 |
| 14 Dec 2019 | Won vs Urijah FaberUFC 245 - Usman vs. Covington · KO (Head Kick), R3 | +29 |
| 8 Jun 2019 | Won vs Jimmie RiveraUFC 238 - Cejudo vs. Moraes · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +38 |
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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