Carla Esparza
16 UFC Fights | 63% Win Rate | 2 Finishes (20%)
Carla Esparza UFC Record & Pro MMA Record
Carla Esparza is 10-6 in the UFC across 16 fights, with 1 win by knockout, 1 by submission and 8 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 19-8, 9-2 of it outside the UFC. Esparza competes at women's strawweight as an orthodox wrestler, standing 5'1" with a 63" reach at 38 years old. The last bout was a loss to Tecia Pennington by decision in Oct 2024.
Best attribute: takedown offense (takedowns landed per fight) — 97th percentile among 90 women's strawweight fighters (3.1/fight).
Carla Esparza's UFC win rate is 63% (10 of 16 fights), and 20% of those wins came by finish. Esparza averages 3.1 takedowns per fight at 36% accuracy and stops 47% of opponents' takedown attempts.
- Pro MMA Record
- 19-8
- UFC Record
- 10-6
- Height
- 5'1"
- Reach
- 63"
- Age
- 38
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Last Fight
- L vs Tecia Pennington · Decision · Oct 2024
Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.
Carla Esparza's Last 5 Fights
Esparza is 3-2 in the last five UFC fights.
- Loss vs Tecia Pennington · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree Jr. · Oct 2024
- Loss vs Zhang Weili · Submission · R2 1:05 · UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira · Nov 2022
- Win vs Rose Namajunas · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC 274: Oliveira vs. Gaethje · May 2022
- Win vs Yan Xiaonan · KO/TKO · R2 2:58 · UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Garbrandt · May 2021
- Win vs Marina Rodriguez · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Till · Jul 2020
Striking
Fighter Profile
Offensive Output
Defensive
Strike Targets
Position Breakdown
Grappling
Takedowns & Control
Win Methods
Finish Probability by Round
Round-by-Round Output
Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Carla Esparza vs Average
Carla Esparza lands 8.5 strikes in R1 but 12.4 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.
Carla Esparza's UFC Fight History
16 UFC fights on record (10-6), most recent first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Tecia Pennington | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree Jr. | 2024-10-05 |
| L★ | Zhang Weili | Submission | R2 · 1:05 | UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira | 2022-11-12 |
| W★ | Rose Namajunas | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 274: Oliveira vs. Gaethje | 2022-05-07 |
| W | Yan Xiaonan | KO/TKO | R2 · 2:58 | UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Garbrandt | 2021-05-22 |
| W | Marina Rodriguez | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Till | 2020-07-25 |
| W | Michelle Waterson-Gomez | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje | 2020-05-09 |
| W | Alexa Grasso | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Stephens | 2019-09-21 |
| W | Virna Jandiroba | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs. Hermansson | 2019-04-27 |
| L | Tatiana Suarez | KO/TKO | R3 · 4:33 | UFC 228: Woodley vs. Till | 2018-09-08 |
| L | Claudia Gadelha | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2 | 2018-06-09 |
| W | Cynthia Calvillo | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 219: Cyborg vs. Holm | 2017-12-30 |
| W | Maryna Moroz | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Chiesa vs. Lee | 2017-06-25 |
| L | Randa Markos | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Browne | 2017-02-19 |
| W | Juliana Lima | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 197: Jones vs Saint Preux | 2016-04-23 |
| L★ | Joanna Jedrzejczyk | KO/TKO | R2 · 4:17 | UFC 185: Pettis vs Dos Anjos | 2015-03-14 |
| W★ | Rose Namajunas | Submission | R3 · 1:26 | The Ultimate Fighter: A Champion Will Be Crowned Finale | 2014-12-12 |
How Esparza Ranks at Women's Strawweight
Percentile among the 90 women's strawweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).
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