Featherweight rankings.
The top 30 featherweights by the First Light Rating, a skill score built from in-cage performance and results, with each one’s First Light Index: fame against what that skill predicts. A.J. McKee leads at 2,141.
Movement since 25 Aug 2026 · Updated · All divisions
Featherweight
| Rank | Fighter | FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill | FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A.J. McKee | 2,141 | −0.47▼ −0.05 |
| 2 | Rajabali Shaidullaev 3 | 2,110 | −0.60Last 23 days: −0.44 → −0.60 |
| 3 | Alexander Volkanovski 1 | 2,077 | +0.70— |
| 4 | Aljamain Sterling 2 | 2,073 | +0.30▼ −0.06 |
| 5 | Movlid Khaybulaev 1 | 2,072 | −0.51— |
| 6 | Islam Omarov 3 | 2,067 | −0.84Last 16 days: −0.84 → −0.84 |
| 7 | Patricio Freire 2 | 2,047 | −0.07 |
| 8 | Movsar Evloev 1 | 2,028 | +0.40— |
| 9 | Timur Khizriev 1 | 2,019 | −0.36— |
| 10 | Losene Keita New | 2,015 | −0.26▼ −0.20 |
| 11 | Aaron Pico 1 | 1,999 | +0.05— |
| 12 | Mehdi Baydulaev 1 | 1,984 | −0.17Last 16 days: −0.18 → −0.17 |
| 13 | Rustam Kerimov 2 | 1,963 | +0.23Last 16 days: +0.10 → +0.23 |
| 14 | Yadier Del Valle 6 | 1,962 | −0.57Last 16 days: −0.57 → −0.57 |
| 15 | Pat Sabatini 3 | 1,959 | −0.32▲ +0.11 |
| 16 | Kevin Vallejos 2 | 1,959 | +0.14▲ +0.05 |
| 17 | Brendan Loughnane 1 | 1,957 | −0.28▲ +0.03 |
| 18 | Diego Lopes | 1,954 | +0.46Last 37 days: +0.44 → +0.46 |
| 19 | Arnold Allen | 1,952 | +0.25— |
| 20 | Jean Silva 2 | 1,951 | +0.41▼ −0.09 |
| 21 | Lerone Murphy 4 | 1,945 | +0.28▲ +0.03 |
| 22 | Abdul-Rakhman Dudaev New | 1,938 | — |
| 23 | Luke Riley 13 | 1,937 | — |
| 24 | Elbek Alyshov 9 | 1,936 | — |
| 25 | Mochamed Machaev | 1,935 | −0.64Last 37 days: −0.62 → −0.64 |
| 26 | Zhora Ayvazyan 3 | 1,928 | — |
| 27 | Alikhan Suleymanov | 1,926 | — |
| 28 | Juan Archuleta 7 | 1,925 | +0.32— |
| 29 | Alexander Grozin 1 | 1,921 | — |
| 30 | Kleber Koike Erbst 3 | 1,920 | +0.22▼ −0.03 |
Where the UFC panel disagrees.
- Lerone MurphyFLR 21st · panel 3rd18 lower here
- Diego LopesFLR 18th · panel 2nd16 lower here
- Jean SilvaFLR 20th · panel 5th15 lower here
- Arnold AllenFLR 19th · panel 7th12 lower here
- Patricio FreireFLR 7th · panel 14th7 higher here
Better than their audience knows.
- Islam OmarovFLR 6th−0.84
- Mochamed MachaevFLR 25th−0.64
- Rajabali ShaidullaevFLR 2nd−0.60
Bigger names than their skill predicts.
- Alexander VolkanovskiFLR 3rd+0.70
- Diego LopesFLR 18th+0.46
- Jean SilvaFLR 20th+0.41
Data Credit: First Light Observatory.
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