Punahele Soriano
“Story Time”
Punahele Soriano is ranked 69th of 426 welterweights by the First Light Rating.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 1,87469th of 426 · Welterweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.03Fame ahead of skill
▲ +0.09 in 30 days - Career phase
- PrimeCareer-best FLR 1,910, 16 Jan 2021
- Record
- 13–5Pro
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 | Lost to Daniil DonchenkoUFC Fight Night 287 - Hooker vs. Parnasse · Decision (Unanimous) | −25 | +0.08 |
| 21 Feb 2026 | Won vs Ramiz BrahimajUFC Fight Night 267 - Strickland vs. Hernandez · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +14 | — |
| 4 Oct 2025 | Won vs Nikolay VeretennikovUFC 320 - Ankalaev vs. Pereira 2 · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +30 | — |
| 11 Jan 2025 | Won vs Uros MedicUFC Fight Night 249 - Dern vs. Ribas 2 · KO (Punches), R1 | +40 | — |
| 8 Jun 2024 | Won vs Miguel BaezaUFC on ESPN 57 - Cannonier vs. Imavov · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +40 | — |
| 2 Dec 2023 | Lost to Dustin StoltzfusUFC on ESPN 52 - Dariush vs. Tsarukyan · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R2 | −42 | — |
| 14 Jan 2023 | Lost to Roman KopylovUFC Fight Night 217 - Strickland vs. Imavov · TKO (Body Kick and Punches), R2 | −27 | — |
| 16 Jul 2022 | Won vs Dalcha LungiambulaUFC on ABC 3 - Ortega vs. Rodriguez · KO (Punches), R2 | +6 | — |
| 5 Feb 2022 | Lost to Nick MaximovUFC Fight Night 200 - Hermansson vs. Strickland · Decision (Split), R3 | −37 | — |
| 24 Jul 2021 | Lost to Brendan AllenUFC on ESPN 27 - Sandhagen vs. Dillashaw · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | −32 | — |
| 16 Jan 2021 | Won vs Dusko TodorovicUFC on ABC 1 - Holloway vs. Kattar · TKO (Punches), R1 | +71 | — |
| 14 Dec 2019 | Won vs Oskar PiechotaUFC 245 - Usman vs. Covington · KO (Punch), R1 | +90 | — |
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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