Valesca Machado
“Tina Black”
Valesca Machado is ranked 24th of 156 women's strawweights by the First Light Rating.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 1,74424th of 156 · Women's Strawweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- −0.35Skill ahead of fame
- Career phase
- PrimeCareer-best FLR 1,744, 26 Sept 2026
- Record
- 16–4Pro, 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: where the most similar careers went next.
Recent fights.
| Date | Fight | FLR | FLI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Sept 2026 | Won vs Melissa AmayaUFC Fight Night 289 - Rosas Jr. vs. Barcelos · TKO (Punches) | +26 | +0.11 |
| 13 Dec 2024 | Won vs Yasmin CastanhoInvicta FC 59 - Bernardo vs. Maia · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +23 | — |
| 9 Aug 2024 | Won vs Yulia OstroverkhovaInvicta FC 56 - Maia vs. Cantuaria · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +23 | — |
| 23 Feb 2024 | Won vs Taylor MauldinUrijah Faber A1 Combat 18 - Mauldin vs. Machado · KO (Punch), R1 | +33 | — |
| 15 Mar 2023 | Lost to Danni McCormackInvicta FC 52 - Machado vs. McCormack · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | −30 | — |
| 16 Nov 2022 | Won vs Karolina WojcikInvicta FC 50 - Strawweight Title Tournament · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +86 | — |
| 16 Nov 2022 | Won vs Ediana SilvaInvicta FC 50 - Strawweight Title Tournament · Decision (Split), R3 | +86 | — |
| 28 Sept 2022 | Won vs Liz TracyInvicta FC 49 - Delboni vs. DeCoursey · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +48 | — |
| 19 Feb 2022 | Won vs Janelice MoraesArena Global - Arena Global 16 · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R1 | +11 | — |
| 19 Oct 2021 | Lost to Piera RodriguezDana White's Contender Series - Contender Series 2021: Week 8 · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | −11 | — |
| 26 Jul 2020 | Won vs Karen ThalitaShooto Brazil - Solidariedade · TKO (Punches), R1 | +18 | — |
| 28 Jun 2019 | Won vs Maria RibeiroFuture FC 6 - Cado vs. Giacomo · TKO (Punches), R3 | +76 | — |
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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