Flyweight rankings.
The top 30 flyweights 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. Kyoji Horiguchi leads at 2,039.
Movement since 25 Aug 2026 · Updated · All divisions
Flyweight
| Rank | Fighter | FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill | FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyoji Horiguchi | 2,039 | +0.23— |
| 2 | Alexandre Pantoja | 1,954 | +0.52▲ +0.04 |
| 3 | Bilal Hasan New | 1,954 | +0.43Last 16 days: +0.43 → +0.43 |
| 4 | Joshua Van 3 | 1,944 | +0.63▼ −0.04 |
| 5 | Tatsuro Taira 2 | 1,940 | +0.50▲ +0.02 |
| 6 | Asu Almabayev 2 | 1,939 | +0.27▲ +0.03 |
| 7 | Manel Kape 2 | 1,916 | +0.46— |
| 8 | Aren Akopyan 2 | 1,914 | −0.63Last 16 days: −0.63 → −0.63 |
| 9 | Tagir Ulanbekov 1 | 1,913 | +0.45— |
| 10 | Brandon Moreno | 1,912 | +0.68▼ −0.04 |
| 11 | Hiromasa Ougikubo 2 | 1,904 | +0.20▼ −0.03 |
| 12 | Joshua Pacio 1 | 1,886 | −0.03▼ −0.03 |
| 13 | Zhu Rong New | 1,886 | −0.42▼ −0.06 |
| 14 | Marcos Degli 2 | 1,877 | −0.14Last 7 days: −0.14 → −0.14 |
| 15 | Rei Tsuruya 4 | 1,875 | −0.29Last 16 days: −0.29 → −0.29 |
| 16 | Dias Yerengaipov 3 | 1,872 | −0.46Last 16 days: −0.47 → −0.46 |
| 17 | Imanol Rodriguez 31 | 1,860 | +0.18Last 23 days: +0.30 → +0.18 |
| 18 | Azamat Kerefov 4 | 1,860 | −0.54▼ −0.04 |
| 19 | Joseph Morales 7 | 1,856 | −0.58 |
| 20 | Eduardo Henrique 6 | 1,850 | — |
| 21 | Tim Elliott 6 | 1,848 | +0.37▼ −0.06 |
| 22 | Rashid Vagabov 1 | 1,847 | — |
| 23 | Anatoliy Kondratyev | 1,847 | — |
| 24 | Muhidin Abubakar 7 | 1,844 | — |
| 25 | Yuki Motoya 1 | 1,842 | — |
| 26 | Mansur Malachiev 11 | 1,842 | — |
| 27 | Andre Lima 13 | 1,838 | −0.25▼ −0.05 |
| 28 | Alessandro Costa 8 | 1,838 | −0.06 |
| 29 | Lone’er Kavanagh 12 | 1,836 | +0.44 |
| 30 | Amir Albazi 12 | 1,835 | +0.49▲ +0.03 |
Where the UFC panel disagrees.
- Lone’er KavanaghFLR 29th · panel 6th23 lower here
- Amir AlbaziFLR 30th · panel 9th21 lower here
- Tim ElliottFLR 21st · panel 11th10 lower here
- Manel KapeFLR 7th · panel 2nd5 lower here
- Tagir UlanbekovFLR 9th · panel 14th5 higher here
Better than their audience knows.
- Aren AkopyanFLR 8th−0.63
- Joseph MoralesFLR 19th−0.58
- Azamat KerefovFLR 18th−0.54
Bigger names than their skill predicts.
- Brandon MorenoFLR 10th+0.68
- Joshua VanFLR 4th+0.63
- Alexandre PantojaFLR 2nd+0.52
Data Credit: First Light Observatory.
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