UFC Women's Strawweight - 2025

Last Modified Mar 30, 2025 07:46 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 - 2025

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

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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
March 29, 2025Loopy Godinez vs. Julia PolastriDecision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)35:00
Loopy Godinez def. Julia Polastri

UFC Strawweight Rankings 2025

RankFighterRecordMWin StreakResultLast fightNext fight
CZhang Weili26–3 5 (3 def)WinUFC 312 Tatiana SuarezTBD
1Yan Xiaonan18–4(1 NC) 1WinUFC Fight Night 248 Tabatha Ricci
UFC 314 Virna Jandiroba
2Tatiana Suarez10–1 0LossUFC 312 Zhang WeiliTBD
3Virna Jandiroba21–3 4WinUFC on ESPN 60 Amanda Lemos
UFC 314 Yan Xiaonan
4Jéssica Andrade26–13 0LossUFC Fight Night 242 Natália Silva
UFC 315 Jasmine Jasudavicius
5Amanda Lemos15–4–1 1WinUFC 313 Iasmin LucindoTBD
6Mackenzie Dern15–5 2WinUFC Fight Night 249 Amanda RibasTBD
7Amanda Ribas13–6 0LossUFC Fight Night 249 Mackenzie DernTBD
8Iasmin Lucindo17–6 0LossUFC 313 Amanda LemosTBD
9Marina Rodriguez17–5–2 0LossUFC 307 Iasmin Lucindo
UFC Fight Night 256 Gillian Robertson
10Tabatha Ricci11–3 0LossUFC Fight Night 248 Yan XiaonanTBD
11Loopy Godinez12–5 0LossUFC on ABC 7 Mackenzie Dern
UFC on ESPN 64 Julia Polastri
12Gillian Robertson15–8 3WinUFC Fight Night 247 Luana Pinheiro
UFC Fight Night 256 Marina Rodriguez
13Angela Hill18–14 1WinUFC Fight Night 251 Ketlen SouzaTBD
14Luana Pinheiro11–4 0LossUFC Fight Night 247 Gillian Robertson
UFC Fight Night 257 Tecia Pennington
15Tecia Pennington14–7 1WinUFC 307 Carla Esparza
UFC Fight Night 257 Luana Pinheiro

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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

FAQs On UFC Women's Strawweight

Zhang Weili is the current UFC strawweight champion.

Yan Xiaonan 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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