Sam Hughes

🇺🇸

(1992-06-28)

Statistics

UFC Record: 6-6

By Method:

KO/TKO: 1-1
Submission: 1-0
Decision: 4-5

By Elo:

As Favorite: 2-0
As Underdog: 4-6

By Weight Class:

Women's Strawweight: 6-6

By Round:

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

By Type:

Ranked Opponent: 0-1

UFC Roster Status: Active

Last 5: LWWWL

Elo: 2622 (#485)

Peak Elo: 2721 (2025-09-06) (#1183)

Avg Opponent Elo: 2617 (#1520)

Bonuses: 0 (0 FOTN, 0 Performance)

Avg Fight Time: 13m 24s

Total Fight Time: 2h 40m 50s (#294)

Avg Time Between Fights: 175 days

Avg Card Slot: 10.5 (#2120)

Avg Age: 30.9 years

Avg Opp Age: 28.6 years

Elo Rating

Bout History

2026-03-14
UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Vallejos

Piera Rodriguez (33)

🇻🇪

WLLWW • 4-2
Elo: 2725 (51%)
30

WOMEN'S STRAWWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00
🤖

🇺🇸

Sam Hughes (33)
6-5 • WWWLW
Elo: 2721 (49%)
27

Meta Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸

2025-09-06
UFC Fight Night: Imavov vs. Borralho

Sam Hughes (33)

🇺🇸

WWLWL • 5-5
Elo: 2643 (61%)

WOMEN'S STRAWWEIGHT
SUB
R2
1:58

🇮🇪

Shauna Bannon (31)
2-1 • LWW
Elo: 2564 (39%)

Accor Arena
Paris
France🇫🇷

2025-03-15
UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Dolidze 2

Sam Hughes (32)

🇺🇸

WLWLW • 4-5
Elo: 2619 (55%)
28

WOMEN'S STRAWWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00
🤖

🇧🇷

Stephanie Luciano (25)
1-0 • W
Elo: 2584 (45%)
29

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸

2024-08-03
UFC on ABC: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov

Sam Hughes (32)

🇺🇸

LWLWW • 3-5
Elo: 2532 (23%)
30

WOMEN'S STRAWWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00
🤖

🇷🇺

Viktoriia Dudakova (25)
2-0 • WW
Elo: 2737 (77%)
27

Etihad Arena
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates🇦🇪

2024-02-24
UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2

Yazmin Jauregui (24)

🇲🇽

WWL • 2-1
Elo: 2641 (52%)
29

WOMEN'S STRAWWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00
🤖

🇺🇸

Sam Hughes (31)
3-4 • WLWWL
Elo: 2629 (48%)
28

Arena CDMX
Mexico City
Mexico🇲🇽

2023-04-08
UFC 287: Pereira vs. Adesanya 2

Sam Hughes (30)

🇺🇸

LWWLL • 2-4
Elo: 2494 (32%)
29

WOMEN'S STRAWWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00
🤖

🇧🇷

Jaqueline Amorim (27)
🔰 Debut
Elo: 2620 (68%)
27

Kaseya Center
Miami, Florida
United States🇺🇸

2022-10-15
UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Araújo

Piera Rodriguez (29)

🇻🇪

W • 1-0
Elo: 2756 (78%)
28

WOMEN'S STRAWWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00
🤖

🇺🇸

Sam Hughes (30)
2-3 • WWLLL
Elo: 2539 (22%)
29

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸

2022-05-21
UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Vieira

Sam Hughes (29)

🇺🇸

WLLL • 1-3
Elo: 2397 (29%)

WOMEN'S STRAWWEIGHT
TKO
R3
3:52

🇺🇸

Elise Reed (29)
1-1 • LW
Elo: 2552 (71%)

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸

2022-04-16
UFC on ESPN: Luque vs. Muhammad 2

Sam Hughes (29)

🇺🇸

LLL • 0-3
Elo: 2289 (29%)

WOMEN'S STRAWWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇧🇷

Istela Nunes (29)
0-1 • L
Elo: 2444 (71%)

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸

2021-11-20
UFC Fight Night: Vieira vs. Tate

Luana Pinheiro (29)

🇧🇷

W • 1-0
Elo: 2624 (86%)

WOMEN'S STRAWWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇺🇸

Sam Hughes (29)
0-2 • LL
Elo: 2318 (14%)

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸

2021-05-01
UFC on ESPN: Reyes vs. Procházka

Loma Lookboonmee (25)

🇹🇭

WLW • 2-1
Elo: 2471 (61%)

WOMEN'S STRAWWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇺🇸

Sam Hughes (28)
0-1 • L
Elo: 2398 (39%)

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸

2020-12-12
UFC 256: Figueiredo vs. Moreno

Tecia Pennington (31)

🇵🇷

🇺🇸

LLLLW • 7-5
UFC rank: #10 • Elo: 2697 (82%)

WOMEN'S STRAWWEIGHT
TKO
R1
5:00

🇺🇸

Sam Hughes (28)
🔰 Debut
Elo: 2434 (18%)

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸