Carla Esparza

🇺🇸

(1987-10-10)

Statistics

UFC Record: 10-6

By Method:

KO/TKO: 1-2
Submission: 1-1
Decision: 8-3

By Elo:

As Favorite: 8-4
As Underdog: 2-2

By Weight Class:

Women's Strawweight: 10-6

By Round:

Round 2: 1-2
Round 3: 8-4
Round 5: 1-0

By Type:

Main Event: 1-0
Title Fight: 2-2
Ranked Opponent: 8-4

UFC Roster Status: Inactive

Last 5: W W W L L

Peak Elo: 3033 (2022-05-07)

Avg Opponent Elo: 2761 (#557)

Bonuses: 3 (1 FOTN, 2 Performance)

Avg Fight Time: 14m 1s

Total Fight Time: 3h 44m 19s

Avg Time Between Fights: 189 days

Avg Card Placement: 5.3

Peak Rankings:

#3 Women's Pound-for-Pound

🏅 Women's Strawweight Champion

Elo Rating & UFC Rankings

Bout History

2024-10-05
UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree Jr.

Tecia Pennington (35) 🇵🇷 🇺🇸
W W W L L • 9-7
Elo: 2745
28

WOMEN'S STRAWWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00
🤖

🇺🇸 Carla Esparza (36)
10-5 • L W W W W
Elo: 2938
29

Delta Center
Salt Lake City, Utah
United States 🇺🇸

2022-11-12
UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira

⭐ Zhang Weili (33) 🇨🇳
W W L L W • 6-2
UFC rank: #2 • Elo: 3049

WOMEN'S STRAWWEIGHT Title Fight

SUB
R2
1:05

🇺🇸 Carla Esparza (35)
10-4 • W W W W W
Elo: 3033 • UFC rank: Champ

Madison Square Garden
New York City, New York
United States 🇺🇸

2022-05-07
UFC 274: Oliveira vs. Gaethje

Carla Esparza (34) 🇺🇸
W W W W W • 9-4
UFC rank: #2 • Elo: 2958

WOMEN'S STRAWWEIGHT Title Fight

DEC
R5
5:00

🇱🇹 🇺🇸 Rose Namajunas (29)
9-3 • W L W W W
Elo: 3109 • UFC rank: Champ

Footprint Center
Phoenix, Arizona
United States 🇺🇸

2021-05-22
UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Garbrandt

⭐ Carla Esparza (33) 🇺🇸
W W W W L • 8-4
UFC rank: #4 • Elo: 2860

WOMEN'S STRAWWEIGHT
TKO
R2
2:58

🇨🇳 Yan Xiaonan (31)
6-0 • W W W W W
Elo: 2853 • UFC rank: #3

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States 🇺🇸

2020-07-25
UFC on ESPN: Whittaker vs. Till

Carla Esparza (32) 🇺🇸
W W W L L • 7-4
UFC rank: #7 • Elo: 2842

WOMEN'S STRAWWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇧🇷 Marina Rodriguez (33)
2-0-2 • D W W D
Elo: 2786 • UFC rank: #9

du Forum
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪

2020-05-09
UFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje

Carla Esparza (32) 🇺🇸
W W L L W • 6-4
UFC rank: #7 • Elo: 2846

WOMEN'S STRAWWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇺🇸 Michelle Waterson-Gomez (34)
5-3 • L W W W L
Elo: 2709 • UFC rank: #8

VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena
Jacksonville, Florida
United States 🇺🇸

2019-09-21
UFC Fight Night: Rodríguez vs. Stephens

Carla Esparza (31) 🇺🇸
W L L W W • 5-4
UFC rank: #8 • Elo: 2823

WOMEN'S STRAWWEIGHT

⭐DEC⭐

R3
5:00

🇲🇽 Alexa Grasso (26)
3-2 • W L W L W
Elo: 2662 • UFC rank: #9

Mexico City Arena
Mexico City
Mexico 🇲🇽

2019-04-27
UFC Fight Night: Jacaré vs. Hermansson

Carla Esparza (31) 🇺🇸
L L W W L • 4-4
UFC rank: #9 • Elo: 2717

WOMEN'S STRAWWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇧🇷 Virna Jandiroba (30)
🔰 Debut
Elo: 2738

BB&T Center
Sunrise, Florida
United States 🇺🇸

2018-09-08
UFC 228: Woodley vs. Till

Tatiana Suarez (27) 🇺🇸
W W W • 3-0
UFC rank: #9 • Elo: 2868

WOMEN'S STRAWWEIGHT
TKO
R3
4:33

🇺🇸 Carla Esparza (30)
4-3 • L W W L W
Elo: 2796 • UFC rank: #6

American Airlines Center
Dallas, Texas
United States 🇺🇸

2018-06-09
UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2

Claudia Gadelha (29) 🇧🇷
W L W W L • 4-3
UFC rank: #3 • Elo: 2760

WOMEN'S STRAWWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇺🇸 Carla Esparza (30)
4-2 • W W L W L
Elo: 2858 • UFC rank: #6

United Center
Chicago, Illinois
United States 🇺🇸

2017-12-30
UFC 219: Cyborg vs. Holm

Carla Esparza (30) 🇺🇸
W L W L W • 3-2
UFC rank: #9 • Elo: 2769

WOMEN'S STRAWWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇲🇽 🇺🇸 Cynthia Calvillo (30)
3-0 • W W W
Elo: 2730 • UFC rank: #6

T-Mobile Arena
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States 🇺🇸

2017-06-25
UFC Fight Night: Chiesa vs. Lee

Carla Esparza (29) 🇺🇸
L W L W • 2-2
UFC rank: #8 • Elo: 2682

WOMEN'S STRAWWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇺🇦 Maryna Moroz (25)
3-1 • W L W W
Elo: 2637 • UFC rank: #10

Chesapeake Energy Arena
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
United States 🇺🇸

2017-02-19
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Browne

Randa Markos (31) 🇨🇦 🇮🇶
L W L W L • 2-3
Elo: 2444

WOMEN'S STRAWWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇺🇸 Carla Esparza (29)
2-1 • W L W
Elo: 2792 • UFC rank: #3

Scotiabank Centre
Halifax
Canada 🇨🇦

2016-04-23
UFC 197: Jones vs. Saint Preux

Carla Esparza (28) 🇺🇸
L W • 1-1
UFC rank: #2 • Elo: 2721

WOMEN'S STRAWWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇧🇷 Juliana Lima (34)
2-1 • L W W
Elo: 2619 • UFC rank: #14

MGM Grand Garden Arena
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States 🇺🇸

2015-03-14
UFC 185: Pettis vs. dos Anjos

⭐ Joanna Jedrzejczyk (27) 🇵🇱
W W • 2-0
UFC rank: #1 • Elo: 2739

WOMEN'S STRAWWEIGHT Title Fight

TKO
R2
4:17

🇺🇸 Carla Esparza (27)
1-0 • W
Elo: 2852 • UFC rank: Champ

American Airlines Center
Dallas, Texas
United States 🇺🇸

2014-12-12
The Ultimate Fighter: A Champion Will Be Crowned

⭐ Carla Esparza (27) 🇺🇸
Debut 🔰
Elo: 2763

WOMEN'S STRAWWEIGHT Title Fight

SUB
R3
1:26

🇱🇹 🇺🇸 Rose Namajunas (22)
🔰 Debut
Elo: 2724

Palms Casino Resort
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States 🇺🇸