Yan Xiaonan

Women's StrawweightOutfighter
9 - 5

14 UFC Fights | 64% Win Rate | 1 Finishes (11%)

Height
5' 5"
Reach
63"
Weight
115 lbs.
Age
37
Orthodox

Yan Xiaonan UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Yan Xiaonan is 9-5 in the UFC across 14 fights, with 1 win by knockout and 8 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 19-6 (1 NC), 10-1 of it outside the UFC. Xiaonan competes at women's strawweight as an orthodox outfighter, standing 5'5" with a 63" reach at 37 years old. The last bout was a loss to Denise Gomes by knockout in Aug 2026.

Best attribute: knockdown power (knockdowns scored per fight) — 78th percentile among 90 women's strawweight fighters (0.14/fight).

Yan Xiaonan's UFC win rate is 64% (9 of 14 fights), and 11% of those wins came by finish. Xiaonan averages 0.8 takedowns per fight at 73% accuracy and stops 65% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
19-6 (1 NC)
UFC Record
9-5
Height
5'5"
Reach
63"
Age
37
Stance
Orthodox
Last Fight
L vs Denise Gomes · KO/TKO · Aug 2026

Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.

Yan Xiaonan's Last 5 Fights

Xiaonan is 2-3 in the last five UFC fights.

  1. Loss vs Denise Gomes · KO/TKO · R1 4:49 · UFC Fight Night: Nurmagomedov vs. Song · Aug 2026
  2. Loss vs Virna Jandiroba · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 314: Volkanovski vs. Lopes · Apr 2025
  3. Win vs Tabatha Ricci · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Figueiredo · Nov 2024
  4. Loss vs Zhang Weili · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC 300: Pereira vs. Hill · Apr 2024
  5. Win vs Jessica Andrade · KO/TKO · R1 2:20 · UFC 288: Sterling vs. Cejudo · May 2023

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
4.7
+1.4x ratio
Accuracy
45%
Knockdowns / Fight
0.14

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
3.2
0.9x avg
Strike Differential
+1.4
Opp. Accuracy Against
40%
hard to hit

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
0.8
Takedown Accuracy
73%
Takedown Defense
65%
Control Time / Fight
1:08
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.0

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
7% KO
0% Sub
R2
0% KO
0% Sub
R3+
0% KO
0% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Yan Xiaonan vs Average

Yan Xiaonan lands 20.9 strikes in R1 but 25.0 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.

Yan Xiaonan's UFC Fight History

14 UFC fights on record (9-5), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
LDenise GomesKO/TKOR1 · 4:49UFC Fight Night: Nurmagomedov vs. Song2026-08-29
LVirna JandirobaDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 314: Volkanovski vs. Lopes2025-04-12
WTabatha RicciDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Figueiredo2024-11-23
L★Zhang WeiliDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC 300: Pereira vs. Hill2024-04-13
WJessica AndradeKO/TKOR1 · 2:20UFC 288: Sterling vs. Cejudo2023-05-06
WMackenzie DernDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Yan2022-10-01
LMarina RodriguezDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 272: Covington vs. Masvidal2022-03-05
LCarla EsparzaKO/TKOR2 · 2:58UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Garbrandt2021-05-22
WClaudia GadelhaDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Teixeira2020-11-07
WKarolina KowalkiewiczDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Felder vs. Hooker2020-02-22
WAngela HillDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 238: Cejudo vs. Moraes2019-06-08
WSyuri KondoDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Ngannou 22018-11-24
WViviane PereiraDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Edwards2018-06-23
WKailin CurranDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Gastelum2017-11-25

How Xiaonan Ranks at Women's Strawweight

Percentile among the 90 women's strawweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume4.7 sig. strikes/min
77th percentile
Striking accuracy45%
51st percentile
Strikes absorbed3.2/min
71st percentile
Takedowns0.8/fight
43rd percentile
Takedown defense65%
54th percentile
Knockdown power0.14/fight
78th percentile

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