Punahele Soriano
“Story Time”
Punahele Soriano is ranked 69th of 426 welterweights by the First Light Rating.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 1,87569th of 426 · Welterweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.01Fame ahead of skill
▲ +0.12 in 30 days - Career phase
- PrimeCareer-best FLR 1,910, 16 Jan 2021
- Record
- 13–5Pro
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 | FLI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Sept 2026 | Lost to Daniil DonchenkoUFC Fight Night 287 - Hooker vs. Parnasse · Decision (Unanimous) | −25 | +0.08 |
| 21 Feb 2026 | Won vs Ramiz BrahimajUFC Fight Night 267 - Strickland vs. Hernandez · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +14 | — |
| 4 Oct 2025 | Won vs Nikolay VeretennikovUFC 320 - Ankalaev vs. Pereira 2 · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +30 | — |
| 11 Jan 2025 | Won vs Uros MedicUFC Fight Night 249 - Dern vs. Ribas 2 · KO (Punches), R1 | +40 | — |
| 8 Jun 2024 | Won vs Miguel BaezaUFC on ESPN 57 - Cannonier vs. Imavov · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +40 | — |
| 2 Dec 2023 | Lost to Dustin StoltzfusUFC on ESPN 52 - Dariush vs. Tsarukyan · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R2 | −42 | — |
| 14 Jan 2023 | Lost to Roman KopylovUFC Fight Night 217 - Strickland vs. Imavov · TKO (Body Kick and Punches), R2 | −27 | — |
| 16 Jul 2022 | Won vs Dalcha LungiambulaUFC on ABC 3 - Ortega vs. Rodriguez · KO (Punches), R2 | +6 | — |
| 5 Feb 2022 | Lost to Nick MaximovUFC Fight Night 200 - Hermansson vs. Strickland · Decision (Split), R3 | −37 | — |
| 24 Jul 2021 | Lost to Brendan AllenUFC on ESPN 27 - Sandhagen vs. Dillashaw · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | −32 | — |
| 16 Jan 2021 | Won vs Dusko TodorovicUFC on ABC 1 - Holloway vs. Kattar · TKO (Punches), R1 | +71 | — |
| 14 Dec 2019 | Won vs Oskar PiechotaUFC 245 - Usman vs. Covington · KO (Punch), R1 | +90 | — |
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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