Melissa Amaya
“Mamba”
Melissa Amaya is ranked 65th of 151 women's strawweights by the First Light Rating.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 1,59665th of 151 · Women's Strawweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.02Fame ahead of skill
▲ +0.11 in 31 days - Career phase
- PrimeCareer-best FLR 1,643, 19 Jun 2025
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Sept 2026 | Lost to Valesca MachadoUFC Fight Night 289 - Rosas Jr. vs. Barcelos · TKO (Punches) | −46 | +0.11 |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Won vs Megumi SugimotoCombate Global - Combate Female 2 · TKO (Punches), R1 | +42 | — |
| 8 Jun 2024 | Won vs Samantha Jean-FrancoisCombate Global - Amaya vs. Jean-Francois · TKO (Punches), R2 | +61 | — |
| 1 Apr 2023 | Won vs Gillian NollCombate Global - Greyson vs. Dayron · Decision (Majority), R3 | +60 | — |
| 30 Oct 2022 | Won vs Alitzel MariscalCombate Global - Horror in La Jaula · Submission (Triangle Choke), R3 | +47 | — |
| 1 Jul 2022 | Won vs Naomi TatarogluCombate Global - Jimenez vs. Sewell · Decision (Split), R3 | +92 | — |
| 24 Mar 2022 | Won vs Yessica OrtegaCombate Global - Mexico vs. USA · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +51 | — |
| 12 Nov 2021 | Won vs Andrea AmaroCombate Global - USA vs. Mexico Tournament · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R1 | +209 | — |
| 22 Oct 2021 | Won vs Gisselle Garcia VillanuevaCombate Global - Montanez vs. Hernandez · TKO (Punches), R1 | — | — |
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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