Umar Nurmagomedov
Umar Nurmagomedov is ranked 2nd of 439 bantamweights by the First Light Rating, and 4th in the UFC’s own bantamweight rankings.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 2,0612nd of 439 · Bantamweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.39Fame ahead of skill
- Career phase
- PrimeCareer-best FLR 2,085, 24 Jan 2026
- Record
- 20–2Pro
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 29 Aug 2026 | Lost to Yadong SongUFC Fight Night 286 - Nurmagomedov vs. Song · KO (Punch), R2 | −22 |
| 24 Jan 2026 | Won vs Deiveson FigueiredoUFC 324 - Gaethje vs. Pimblett · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +24 |
| 25 Oct 2025 | Won vs Mario BautistaUFC 321 - Aspinall vs. Gane · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +25 |
| 18 Jan 2025 | Lost to Merab Dvalishvili TitleUFC 311 - Makhachev vs. Moicano · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | −12 |
| 3 Aug 2024 | Won vs Cory SandhagenUFC on ABC 7 - Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | +30 |
| 2 Mar 2024 | Won vs Bekzat AlmakhanUFC Fight Night 238 - Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +24 |
| 14 Jan 2023 | Won vs Raoni BarcelosUFC Fight Night 217 - Strickland vs. Imavov · KO (Body Kick and Punch), R1 | +35 |
| 25 Jun 2022 | Won vs Nathan ManessUFC on ESPN 38 - Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +34 |
| 5 Mar 2022 | Won vs Brian KelleherUFC 272 - Covington vs. Masvidal · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R1 | +23 |
| 20 Jan 2021 | Won vs Sergey MorozovUFC on ESPN 20 - Chiesa vs. Magny · Technical Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R2 | +29 |
| 23 Nov 2019 | Won vs Braian GonzalezGFC 20 - Gorilla Fighting 20 · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R1 | +29 |
| 8 Aug 2019 | Won vs Sidemar HonorioProfessional Fighters League - PFL 6: 2019 Regular Season · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +36 |
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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