Darya Zheleznyakova
“Iron Lady”
Darya Zheleznyakova is ranked 23rd of 67 women's bantamweights by the First Light Rating.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 1,64723rd of 67 · Women's Bantamweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- −0.03Skill ahead of fame
▲ +0.04 in 19 days - Career phase
- DecliningCareer-best FLR 1,724, 23 Mar 2024
- Record
- 10–4Pro
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Oct 2026 | Lost to Alice PereiraUFC Fight Night 290 - Allen vs. Duncan · TKO (Retirement) | −40 | +0.06 |
| 18 Apr 2026 | Lost to Melissa CrodenUFC Fight Night 273 - Burns vs. Malott · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | −37 | — |
| 21 Jun 2025 | Won vs Melissa MullinsUFC on ABC 8 - Hill vs. Rountree · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +51 | — |
| 28 Sept 2024 | Lost to Ailin PerezUFC Fight Night 243 - Moicano vs. St. Denis · Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke), R1 | −52 | — |
| 23 Mar 2024 | Won vs Montserrat RendonUFC on ESPN 53 - Ribas vs. Namajunas · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +51 | — |
| 7 Apr 2023 | Won vs Marie LoiseauAres 14 - Lebout vs. Staropoli · TKO (Punches), R1 | +16 | — |
| 3 Nov 2022 | Lost to Melissa MullinsAres 9 - Lapilus vs. Ayoub 2 · TKO (Elbows and Punches), R1 | −54 | — |
| 20 May 2022 | Won vs Liana JojuaAres 6 - Damiani vs. Tulshaev · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +30 | — |
| 19 Dec 2021 | Won vs Meruert IbraevaOFC 15 - Open Fighting Championship 15 · TKO (Punches), R2 | +60 | — |
| 24 Jul 2021 | Won vs Andreina Reis RepolhoOFC 7 - Open Fighting Championship 7 · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +3 | — |
| 26 Sept 2020 | Won vs Gozel ZutovaMMA Series 15 - Time of New Heroes 10 · TKO (Punches), R2 | +152 | — |
| 1 Mar 2020 | Won vs Iryna KyselovaMMA Series 1 - Time of New Heroes 4 · TKO (Punches), R1 | +162 | — |
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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