Marcus McGhee
“The Maniac”
Marcus McGhee is ranked 53rd of 439 bantamweights by the First Light Rating, and 13th in the UFC’s own bantamweight rankings.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 1,86253rd of 439 · Bantamweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.23Fame ahead of skill
▼ −0.18 in 30 days - Career phase
- PrimeCareer-best FLR 1,862, 3 Oct 2026
- Record
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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 Anthony RomeroUFC 332 - Silva vs. Wang · TKO (Punches) | +31 | −0.07 |
| 6 Jun 2026 | Won vs John YannisUFC Fight Night 278 - Muhammad vs. Bonfim · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +21 | — |
| 26 Jul 2025 | Lost to Petr YanUFC on ABC 9 - Whittaker vs. de Ridder · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +3 | — |
| 16 Nov 2024 | Won vs Jonathan MartinezUFC 309 - Jones vs. Miocic · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +37 | — |
| 13 Jan 2024 | Won vs Gaston BolanosUFC Fight Night 234 - Ankalaev vs. Walker 2 · TKO (Spinning Wheel Kick and Punches), R3 | +39 | — |
| 12 Aug 2023 | Won vs J.P. BuysUFC on ESPN 51 - Luque vs. dos Anjos · KO (Punch), R1 | +47 | — |
| 29 Apr 2023 | Won vs Journey NewsonUFC on ESPN 45 - Song vs. Simon · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R2 | +60 | — |
| 6 Jan 2023 | Won vs Luciano RamosLFA 149 - Bunes vs. Horiuchi · TKO (Punches), R3 | +37 | — |
| 10 Nov 2022 | Won vs Abram SellersGoat Promotions - Cajuns vs. Cowboys 3 · TKO (Punches), R3 | +53 | — |
| 8 Jul 2022 | Lost to Rafael do NascimentoLFA 135 - Leyva vs. Reis · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R1 | −56 | — |
| 14 May 2022 | Won vs Rodney MondalaRUF MMA 47 - Road To One Finals · KO, R1 | +75 | — |
| 31 Jul 2021 | Won vs Raphael Montini de LimaRUF MMA 42 - Road to One: Summer Showdown · KO, R2 | +147 | — |
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.
First Light may hold interests in athletes covered by the Index.