Raoni Barcelos
Raoni Barcelos is ranked 19th of 439 bantamweights by the First Light Rating, and 14th in the UFC’s own bantamweight rankings.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 1,95319th of 439 · Bantamweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.11Fame ahead of skill
▲ +0.21 in 16 days - Career phase
- PrimeCareer-best FLR 1,962, 25 Apr 2026
- Record
- 22–6Pro
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 Raul Rosas Jr.UFC Fight Night 289 - Rosas Jr. vs. Barcelos · KO (Slam) | −8 | +0.11Lost, but drew a lot of attention |
| 25 Apr 2026 | Won vs Montel JacksonUFC Fight Night 274 - Sterling vs. Zalal · Decision (Split), R3 | +15 | — |
| 8 Nov 2025 | Won vs Ricky SimonUFC Fight Night 264 - Bonfim vs. Brown · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +16 | — |
| 14 Jun 2025 | Won vs Cody GarbrandtUFC on ESPN 69 - Usman vs. Buckley · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +17 | — |
| 18 Jan 2025 | Won vs Payton TalbottUFC 311 - Makhachev vs. Moicano · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +31 | — |
| 24 Feb 2024 | Won vs Cristian QuinonezUFC Fight Night 237 - Moreno vs. Royval 2 · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R3 | +10 | — |
| 5 Aug 2023 | Lost to Kyler PhillipsUFC on ESPN 50 - Sandhagen vs. Font · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | −17 | — |
| 14 Jan 2023 | Lost to Umar NurmagomedovUFC Fight Night 217 - Strickland vs. Imavov · KO (Body Kick and Punch), R1 | −20 | — |
| 1 Oct 2022 | Won vs Trevin JonesUFC Fight Night 211 - Dern vs. Yan · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +11 | — |
| 22 Jan 2022 | Lost to Victor HenryUFC 270 - Ngannou vs. Gane · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | −30 | — |
| 26 Jun 2021 | Lost to Timur ValievUFC Fight Night 190 - Gane vs. Volkov · Decision (Majority), R3 | −10 | — |
| 7 Nov 2020 | Won vs Khalid TahaUFC on ESPN 17 - Santos vs. Teixeira · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +18 | — |
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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