Modestas Bukauskas
“The Baltic Gladiator”
Modestas Bukauskas is ranked 39th of 204 light heavyweights by the First Light Rating.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 1,87739th of 204 · Light Heavyweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.14Fame ahead of skill
▼ −0.03 in 30 days - Career phase
- PrimeCareer-best FLR 1,878, 5 Sept 2026
- Record
- 21–7Pro
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Sept 2026 | Won vs Oumar SyUFC Fight Night 287 - Hooker vs. Parnasse · TKO (Knee and Punches) | +15 | −0.04Won, but drew very little attention |
| 16 May 2026 | Won vs Christian EdwardsUFC Fight Night 276 - Allen vs. Costa · Decision (Split), R3 | +6 | — |
| 24 Jan 2026 | Lost to Nikita KrylovUFC 324 - Gaethje vs. Pimblett · KO (Punches), R3 | −13 | — |
| 6 Sept 2025 | Won vs Paul CraigUFC Fight Night 258 - Imavov vs. Borralho · KO (Elbow), R1 | +28 | — |
| 10 May 2025 | Won vs Ion CutelabaUFC 315 - Muhammad vs. Della Maddalena · Decision (Split), R3 | +22 | — |
| 22 Feb 2025 | Won vs Raffael CerqueiraUFC Fight Night 252 - Cejudo vs. Song · KO (Punches), R1 | +30 | — |
| 27 Jul 2024 | Won vs Marcin PrachnioUFC 304 - Edwards vs. Muhammad 2 · Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke), R3 | +17 | — |
| 4 Nov 2023 | Lost to Vitor PetrinoUFC Fight Night 231 - Almeida vs. Lewis · KO (Punch), R2 | −8 | — |
| 17 Jun 2023 | Won vs Zac PaugaUFC on ESPN 47 - Vettori vs. Cannonier · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +15 | — |
| 11 Feb 2023 | Won vs Tyson PedroUFC 284 - Makhachev vs. Volkanovski · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +38 | — |
| 31 Dec 2022 | Won vs Chuck CampbellCW 148 - Cage Warriors 148 · KO (Punch), R4 | +46 | — |
| 4 Nov 2022 | Won vs Lee ChadwickCW 145 - Cage Warriors 145 · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +20 | — |
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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