Featherweight rankings.
The top 30 featherweights by the First Light Rating, a skill score built from in-cage performance and results, with each one’s First Light Index: fame against what that skill predicts. A.J. McKee leads at 2,141.
Movement since 24 Sep 2026 · Updated · All divisions
Featherweight
| Rank | Fighter | FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill | FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A.J. McKee | 2,141 | −0.42▼ −0.05 |
| 2 | Rajabali Shaidullaev | 2,111 | −0.59Last 31 days: −0.56 → −0.59 |
| 3 | Alexander Volkanovski | 2,076 | +0.73— |
| 4 | Aljamain Sterling 2 | 2,073 | +0.35▼ −0.05 |
| 5 | Movlid Khaybulaev | 2,072 | −0.50— |
| 6 | Islam Omarov 2 | 2,066 | −0.83Last 29 days: −0.83 → −0.83 |
| 7 | Patricio Freire | 2,047 | −0.01— |
| 8 | Timur Khizriev 1 | 2,044 | −0.42▼ −0.06 |
| 9 | Movsar Evloev 1 | 2,028 | +0.41— |
| 10 | Losene Keita | 2,014 | −0.19▼ −0.03 |
| 11 | Aaron Pico | 1,998 | +0.06▲ +0.04 |
| 12 | Mehdi Baydulaev 2 | 1,983 | −0.16Last 29 days: −0.16 → −0.16 |
| 13 | Rustam Kerimov 1 | 1,962 | +0.24Last 29 days: +0.11 → +0.24 |
| 14 | Yadier Del Valle 9 | 1,962 | −0.55Last 29 days: −0.55 → −0.55 |
| 15 | Pat Sabatini 2 | 1,959 | −0.30▲ +0.13 |
| 16 | Kevin Vallejos 1 | 1,959 | +0.15▲ +0.06 |
| 17 | Brendan Loughnane | 1,957 | −0.27▲ +0.04 |
| 18 | Diego Lopes 2 | 1,954 | +0.47Last 31 days: +0.45 → +0.47 |
| 19 | Arnold Allen 2 | 1,951 | +0.25— |
| 20 | Jean Silva 2 | 1,951 | +0.42— |
| 21 | Lerone Murphy 3 | 1,944 | +0.28▲ +0.05 |
| 22 | Abdul-Rakhman Dudaev New | 1,938 | — |
| 23 | Luke Riley 16 | 1,937 | — |
| 24 | Elbek Alyshov 8 | 1,936 | — |
| 25 | Erick Visconde 19 | 1,935 | −0.79Last 31 days: −0.77 → −0.79 |
| 26 | Mochamed Machaev 2 | 1,934 | −0.62Last 31 days: −0.61 → −0.62 |
| 27 | Zhora Ayvazyan 1 | 1,927 | — |
| 28 | Alikhan Suleymanov 1 | 1,925 | — |
| 29 | Juan Archuleta 4 | 1,925 | +0.33▲ +0.02 |
| 30 | Kleber Koike Erbst 6 | 1,921 | +0.22— |
Where the UFC panel disagrees.
- Lerone MurphyFLR 21st · panel 3rd18 lower here
- Diego LopesFLR 18th · panel 2nd16 lower here
- Jean SilvaFLR 20th · panel 5th15 lower here
- Arnold AllenFLR 19th · panel 7th12 lower here
- Movsar EvloevFLR 9th · panel 1st8 lower here
Better than their audience knows.
- Islam OmarovFLR 6th−0.83
- Erick ViscondeFLR 25th−0.79
- Mochamed MachaevFLR 26th−0.62
Bigger names than their skill predicts.
- Alexander VolkanovskiFLR 3rd+0.73
- Diego LopesFLR 18th+0.47
- Jean SilvaFLR 20th+0.42
Data Credit: First Light Observatory.
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