UFC Women's Strawweight - 2024

Last Modified Sep 9, 2024 05:13 GMT

The Strawweight Division in MMA generally refers to competitors weighing between 106 and 115 lb (48 to 52 kg).

Let's look at all you need to know about the UFC Strawweight Division.


Current UFC Strawweight Champion - 2024

The current UFC Women's Strawweight Champion is Zhang Weili.


UFC 281: Adesanya v Pereira
UFC strawweight champion Zhang Weili at UFC 281: Adesanya v Pereira


Zhang Weili became the UFC women's strawweight champion by defeating the former champion Carla Esparza on November 12, 2022, at UFC 281 at Madison Square Garden, New York, U.S.


Latest Results from UFC Strawweight Division


DateFight MethodRound TimeResult
September 9, 2024Jaqueline Amorim vs. Vanessa DemopoulosSubmission (armbar)13:28
Jaqueline Amorim def. Vanessa Demopoulos



UFC Strawweight Rankings 2024

RankFighterRecordMWin StreakResultLast fightNext fight
CZhang Weili25–3 4
(2 def)
WinUFC 300 Yan XiaonanTBD
1Tatiana Suarez10–0 10WinUFC on ESPN 50 Jéssica AndradeTBD
2Yan Xiaonan17–4
(1 NC)
0LossUFC 300 Zhang WeiliTBD
3Virna Jandiroba21–3 4WinUFC on ESPN 60 Amanda LemosTBD
4Jéssica Andrade26–13 0LossUFC Fight Night 242 Natália SilvaTBD
5Amanda Lemos14–4–1 0LossUFC on ESPN 60 Virna JandirobaTBD
6Marina Rodriguez17–4–2 0LossUFC 300 Jéssica Andrade
UFC 307 Iasmin Lucindo
7Mackenzie Dern14–511WinUFC on ABC 7 Loopy Godinez
UFC Fight Night 249 Amanda Ribas
8Amanda Ribas13–5−10LossUFC on ESPN 53 Rose Namajunas
UFC Fight Night 249 Mackenzie Dern
9Tabatha Ricci11–222WinUFC on ESPN 62 Angela HillTBD
10Loopy Godinez12–5 0LossUFC on ABC 7 Mackenzie DernTBD
11Angela Hill17–14−20LossUFC on ESPN 62 Tabatha RicciTBD
12Luana Pinheiro11–3 0LossUFC Fight Night 241 Angela Hill
UFC Fight Night 247 Gillian Robertson
13Gillian Robertson14–8 2WinUFC 303 Michelle Waterson-Gomez
UFC Fight Night 247 Luana Pinheiro
14Iasmin Lucindo16–5 3WinUFC 301 Karolina Kowalkiewicz
UFC 307 Marina Rodriguez
15Karolina Kowalkiewicz16–8 0LossUFC 301 Iasmin LucindoTBD

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History of UFC Strawweight

The inaugural UFC Strawweight Champion was Carla Esparza, who defeated Rose Namajunas in 2014 in the tournament finale for The Ultimate Fighter: A Champion Will Be Crowned.


At UFC 185, Joanna Jedrzejczyk won the Strawweight Championship and held the title for 966 days before losing it to Rose Namajunas at UFC 217.


Jessica Andrade defeated Rose Namajunas at UFC 237 to win the UFC Women's Strawweight Championship but lost it to Zhang Weili at UFC Fight Night: Shenzhen, China. Weili faced former champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk in her first title defense and won via split decision at UFC 248.


Rose Namajunas defeated Zhang Weili at UFC 261.


However, Carla Esparza won over Rose Namajunas at UFC 274 and became the Women's Strawweight Champion on May 7, 2022.


The current holder of the UFC strawweight title is China's Zhang Weili, who defeated Esparza at UFC 281 to become the champion.



UFC Weight Divisions


Men

  1. Heavyweight
  2. Light Heavyweight
  3. Middleweight
  4. Welterweight
  5. Lightweight
  6. Featherweight
  7. Bantamweight
  8. Flyweight


Women

  1. Featherweight
  2. Bantamweight
  3. Flyweight
  4. Strawweight



* Last Updated: September 8, 2024.

FAQs On UFC Women's Strawweight

Zhang Weili is the current UFC strawweight champion.

Tatiana Suarez is the No.1 contender in the women's strawweight division. 

The UFC strawweight division weighs between 106 and 115 lb (48 to 52 kg).

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