Montel Jackson
“Quik”
Montel Jackson is ranked 11th of 439 bantamweights by the First Light Rating.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 1,97611th of 439 · Bantamweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- −0.29Skill ahead of fame
- Career phase
- PrimeCareer-best FLR 1,977, 26 Sept 2026
- Record
- 16–4Pro
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 | Won vs Ricky SimonUFC Fight Night 289 - Rosas Jr. vs. Barcelos · KO (Punches), R2 | +29 | −0.09 |
| 25 Apr 2026 | Lost to Raoni BarcelosUFC Fight Night 274 - Sterling vs. Zalal · Decision (Split), R3 | −10 | — |
| 11 Oct 2025 | Lost to Deiveson FigueiredoUFC Fight Night 261 - Oliveira vs. Gamrot · Decision (Split), R3 | −11 | — |
| 3 May 2025 | Won vs Daniel MarcosUFC on ESPN 67 - Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +32 | — |
| 13 Jul 2024 | Won vs Da'Mon BlackshearUFC on ESPN 59 - Namajunas vs. Cortez · KO (Punch), R1 | +23 | — |
| 22 Apr 2023 | Won vs Rani YahyaUFC Fight Night 222 - Pavlovich vs. Blaydes · KO (Punches), R1 | +38 | — |
| 12 Nov 2022 | Won vs Julio ArceUFC 281 - Adesanya vs. Pereira · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +27 | — |
| 18 Sept 2021 | Won vs J.P. BuysUFC Fight Night 192 - Smith vs. Spann · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +26 | — |
| 20 Mar 2021 | Won vs Jesse StraderUFC on ESPN 21 - Brunson vs. Holland · TKO (Punches), R1 | +20 | — |
| 18 Jul 2020 | Lost to Brett JohnsUFC Fight Night 172 - Figueiredo vs. Benavidez 2 · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | −7 | — |
| 25 Jan 2020 | Won vs Felipe ColaresUFC Fight Night 166 - Blaydes vs. dos Santos · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +39 | — |
| 13 Apr 2019 | Won vs Andre SoukhamthathUFC 236 - Holloway vs. Poirier · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +45 | — |
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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