Rizvan Kuniev
Rizvan Kuniev is ranked 35th of 231 heavyweights by the First Light Rating, and 7th in the UFC’s own heavyweight rankings.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 1,90735th of 231 · Heavyweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.14Fame ahead of skill
▲ +0.02 in 30 days - Career phase
- PrimeCareer-best FLR 1,907, 25 Jul 2026
- Record
- 14–3–1Pro, 1 NC
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Oct 2026 | Lost to Alexander VolkovUFC 333 - Volkanovski vs. Evloev · Decision (Unanimous) | −5 | +0.03 |
| 25 Jul 2026 | Won vs Tyrell FortuneUFC Fight Night 282 - Ankalaev vs. Guskov · TKO (Knees), R3 | +56 | — |
| 7 Feb 2026 | Won vs Jailton AlmeidaUFC Fight Night 266 - Bautista vs. Oliveira · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +58 | — |
| 21 Jun 2025 | Lost to Curtis BlaydesUFC on ABC 8 - Hill vs. Rountree · Decision (Split), R3 | +9 | — |
| 20 Aug 2024 | Won vs Hugo CunhaDana White's Contender Series - Contender Series 2024: Week 2 · TKO (Knee to the Body and Punches), R1 | +41 | — |
| 7 Apr 2023 | No contest vs Renan FerreiraProfessional Fighters League - PFL 2: 2023 Regular Season · No Contest (Overturned), R3 | — | — |
| 11 Mar 2022 | Won vs Anthony HamiltonEFC 46 - Eagle FC 46: Lee vs. Sanchez · Submission (Guillotine Choke), R1 | +44 | — |
| 28 Sept 2021 | Won vs Edivan Mineiro SantosDana White's Contender Series - Contender Series 2021: Week 5 · TKO (Punches), R3 | +41 | — |
| 19 Dec 2020 | Won vs Vladimir DainekoEFC 31 - Eagle Fighting Championship 31 · TKO (Corner Stoppage), R3 | +57 | — |
| 15 Feb 2020 | Won vs Ruud VernooijEagles FC - Next Level · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +12 | — |
| 30 Aug 2019 | Won vs Shamil AbasovGFC 16 - Gorilla Fighting 16 · TKO (Punches), R3 | +77 | — |
| 6 Jul 2019 | Won vs Navid YadegariGorets FC - For The Prizes Of V. Zolotov · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R1 | +46 | — |
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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