Carla Esparza
“Cookie Monster”
Women's StrawweightActive
Career record
20–8–0
wins–losses–draws
UFC record
10–6–0
as stored in the database
Wins by
1KO1SUB8DEC
knockout · submission · decision
Losses by
2KO1SUB3DEC
knockout · submission · decision
Bio & physicals
- Date of birth
- 1987-10-10 · age 38
- Height
- 5′ 1″ (61 in)
- Reach
- 63 in
- Leg reach
- 35 in
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Country
- United States
- Hometown
- Los Angeles, United States
- Gym / team
- Team Oyama - Irvine, CA
- Octagon debut
- Dec. 12, 2014
Striking & grappling
- Strikes landed per minute
- 2.19
- Striking accuracy
- 39%
- Strikes absorbed per minute
- 2.87
- Striking defence
- 54%
- Takedown average
- 3.28
- Takedown accuracy
- 36%
- Takedown defence
- 47%
- Submission average
- 0.30
Career averages as stored. A dash is a value the database does not hold; a zero is a recorded zero. Nothing on this page is computed from the bouts below.
Bout history
16 recorded · newest first| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Weight class | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-10-05 | Tecia Pennington | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Women's Strawweight | UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree Jr. |
| 2022-11-12 | Zhang Weilititle | Loss | Submission · R2 · 1:05 | Women's Strawweight | UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira |
| 2022-05-07 | Rose Namajunastitle | Win | Split Decision · R5 · 5:00 | Women's Strawweight | UFC 274: Oliveira vs. Gaethje |
| 2021-05-22 | Yan Xiaonan | Win | TKO · R2 · 2:58 | Women's Strawweight | UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Garbrandt |
| 2020-07-25 | Marina Rodriguez | Win | Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Women's Strawweight | UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Till |
| 2020-05-09 | Michelle Waterson-Gomez | Win | Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Women's Strawweight | UFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje |
| 2019-09-21 | Alexa Grasso | Win | Majority Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Women's Strawweight | UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Stephens |
| 2019-04-27 | Virna Jandiroba | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Women's Strawweight | UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs. Hermansson |
| 2018-09-08 | Tatiana Suarez | Loss | TKO · R3 · 4:33 | Women's Strawweight | UFC 228: Woodley vs. Till |
| 2018-06-09 | Claudia Gadelha | Loss | Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Women's Strawweight | UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2 |
| 2017-12-30 | Cynthia Calvillo | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Women's Strawweight | UFC 219: Cyborg vs. Holm |
| 2017-06-25 | Maryna Moroz | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Women's Strawweight | UFC Fight Night: Chiesa vs. Lee |
| 2017-02-19 | Randa Markos | Loss | Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Women's Strawweight | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Browne |
| 2016-04-23 | Juliana Lima | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Women's Strawweight | UFC 197: Jones vs Saint Preux |
| 2015-03-14 | Joanna Jedrzejczyktitle | Loss | TKO · R2 · 4:17 | Women's Strawweight | UFC 185: Pettis vs Dos Anjos |
| 2014-12-12 | Rose Namajunastitle | Win | Submission · R3 · 1:26 | Women's Strawweight | The Ultimate Fighter: A Champion Will Be Crowned Finale |
Bouts are matched to this fighter on ID, never on name — 16 rows in the archive list Carla Esparza as one of the two fighters. The bout count here is a count of rows in this archive and will not always equal the career record above, which is a separate stored field. The database also holds an Elo rating for each fighter; it is a current rating that already contains the results below, so it is not published on this page.
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