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Carla Esparza
“Cookie Monster”
United States
20-8-0W-L-D
- Age
- 39
- Height
- 5'1"
- ReachArm span, fingertip to fingertip.
- 63"
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Weight class
- Women's StrawweightWomen's Strawweight: Up to 115 lb (52 kg). The lightest women's division. Fighters weigh in the day before the fight and must make the limit. In non-title fights they get 1 lb of leeway; miss it and they usually forfeit part of their purse.
- Gym
- Team Oyama
- Power IndexUFCalendar's strength rating, built from every pro fight: beating strong opponents raises it, losing lowers it. The best in the UFC are around 2000.
- 1659
Scouting Report
- L
- L
- W
- W
- W
Lost 2 straight
Last 5, newest first.
- How They Win
- Esparza lives on the scorecards. Her wins come from 11 decisions, 5 submissions and 3 KO/TKOs, a 42% finish rate. When she ends it early, she's more likely to make them tap than put them to sleep.
- Recent Form
- Last out, she dropped a unanimous decision to Tecia Pennington (15-8-0). Before that, Zhang Weili (26-4-0) submitted her in round 2. Before that, she beat Rose Namajunas (15-8-0) by split decision over five rounds.
- Style
- Orthodox at 5'1" with a 63" reach. Esparza lands 2.19 significant strikes a minute at 39% accuracy and absorbs 2.87. She averages 3.28 takedowns per 15 minutes, but only 36% accuracy and 47% takedown defense.
Written by AI from stored stats. Not a prediction.
Winning Strategy
- 3 KO/TKO (16%)
- 5 Submission (26%)
- 11 Decision (58%)
- Finish rateShare of pro wins that came by knockout or submission instead of the judges.
- 42%
- Streak
- 2-fight losing streak
- Last fought
- 2 years ago
19 pro wins.
Last 5 Fights
Opponents' combined record todayThe current pro records of their last 5 opponents, added together. Tougher opponents mean a bigger win total.: 92-32-2
Opponents' average Power IndexAverage Power Index of their last 5 opponents. Higher means tougher competition.: 1757
- Lossvs Tecia Pennington15-8-0 · Power Index 1673Decision - Unanimous · R3 · 5:00Oct 6, 2024 · UFC 307: Pereira vs Rountree Jr.
- Lossvs Zhang Weili26-4-0 · Power Index 1865Submission · R2 · 1:05Nov 13, 2022 · UFC 281: Adesanya vs Pereira
- Winvs Rose Namajunas15-8-0 · Power Index 1771Decision - Split · R5 · 5:00May 8, 2022 · UFC 274: Oliveira vs Gaethje
- Winvs Yan Xiaonan19-6-0 · Power Index 1703KO/TKO · R2 · 2:58May 22, 2021 · UFC Fight Night: Font vs Garbrandt
- Winvs Marina Rodriguez17-6-2 · Power Index 1771Decision - Split · R3 · 5:00Jul 26, 2020 · UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs Till
Career Stats
Based on 16 UFC fights.
- Significant strikes landed per minute
- 2.19
- Striking accuracy
- 39%
- Significant strikes absorbed per minute
- 2.87
- Striking defense
- 54%
- Takedowns per 15 minutes
- 3.28
- Takedown accuracy
- 36%
- Takedown defense
- 47%
- Submission attempts per 15 minutes
- 0.30