Mike Malott
“Proper”
Mike Malott is ranked 15th of 426 welterweights by the First Light Rating, and 10th in the UFC’s own welterweight rankings.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 2,01615th of 426 · Welterweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- −0.10Skill ahead of fame
▼ −0.09 in 30 days - Career phase
- PrimeCareer-best FLR 2,016, 17 Oct 2026
- Record
- 15–2–1Pro
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Oct 2026 | Won vs Joaquin BuckleyUFC Fight Night 291 - Buckley vs. Malott · KO (Knee and Punch) | +24 | −0.02 |
| 18 Apr 2026 | Won vs Gilbert BurnsUFC Fight Night 273 - Burns vs. Malott · TKO (Punches), R3 | +28 | — |
| 18 Oct 2025 | Won vs Kevin HollandUFC Fight Night 262 - De Ridder vs. Allen · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +22 | — |
| 10 May 2025 | Won vs Charles RadtkeUFC 315 - Muhammad vs. Della Maddalena · KO (Punches), R2 | +26 | — |
| 2 Nov 2024 | Won vs Trevin GilesUFC Fight Night 246 - Moreno vs. Albazi · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +23 | — |
| 20 Jan 2024 | Lost to Neil MagnyUFC 297 - Strickland vs. Du Plessis · TKO (Punches), R3 | −3 | — |
| 10 Jun 2023 | Won vs Adam FugittUFC 289 - Nunes vs. Aldana · Submission (Guillotine Choke), R2 | +46 | — |
| 25 Feb 2023 | Won vs Yohan LainesseUFC Fight Night 220 - Muniz vs. Allen · Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke), R1 | +62 | — |
| 9 Apr 2022 | Won vs Mickey GallUFC 273 - Volkanovski vs. Korean Zombie · TKO (Punches), R1 | +58 | — |
| 5 Oct 2021 | Won vs Shimon SmotritskyDana White's Contender Series - Contender Series 2021: Week 6 · Submission (Guillotine Choke), R1 | +77 | — |
| 18 Dec 2020 | Won vs Solomon RenfroCFFC 91 - Cage Fury Fighting Championships 91 · Technical Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R1 | +86 | — |
| 3 Feb 2017 | Won vs Craig ShintaniXFFC 13 - Future Stars · KO (Punches), R1 | +91 | — |
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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