Esteban Ribovics
“El Gringo”
Esteban Ribovics is ranked 27th of 506 lightweights by the First Light Rating.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 1,96927th of 506 · Lightweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- −0.02Skill ahead of fame
▼ −0.10 in 30 days - Career phase
- PrimeCareer-best FLR 1,970, 3 Oct 2026
- Record
- 17–3Pro
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Oct 2026 | Won vs King GreenUFC 332 - Silva vs. Wang · TKO (Punches) | +40 | −0.09 |
| 15 Aug 2026 | Won vs Edson BarbozaUFC 330 - Makhachev vs. Garry · TKO (Punches), R2 | +33 | — |
| 11 Apr 2026 | Lost to Mateusz GamrotUFC 327 - Prochazka vs. Ulberg · Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke), R2 | −23 | — |
| 2 Aug 2025 | Won vs Elves BrenerUFC on ESPN 71 - Taira vs. Park · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +25 | — |
| 1 Mar 2025 | Lost to Nasrat HaqparastUFC Fight Night 253 - Kape vs. Almabayev · Decision (Split), R3 | −13 | — |
| 14 Sept 2024 | Won vs Daniel ZellhuberUFC 306 - Noche UFC: O'Malley vs. Dvalishvili · Decision (Split), R3 | +26 | — |
| 11 May 2024 | Won vs Terrance McKinneyUFC on ESPN 56 - Lewis vs. Nascimento · KO (Head Kick), R1 | +43 | — |
| 8 Jul 2023 | Won vs Kamuela KirkUFC 290 - Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +22 | — |
| 4 Mar 2023 | Lost to Loik RadzhabovUFC 285 - Jones vs. Gane · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | −11 | — |
| 16 Aug 2022 | Won vs Thomas PaullDana White's Contender Series - Contender Series 2022: Week 4 · KO (Punches), R1 | +40 | — |
| 12 Feb 2022 | Won vs Franco ArandaSFH 3 - Prado vs. Basualdo · KO (Punch), R1 | +10 | — |
| 10 Dec 2020 | Won vs Javier BasurtoFFC 44 - Basurto vs. Ribovics · KO (Punches), R1 | +39 | — |
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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