Women's Strawweight Bout

Carla Esparza

“Cookie Monster”

Record: 10-6-0
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 5' 1"
Reach: 63"
Weight: 115 lbs.
Born: Oct 10, 1987

UFCStats profile

Career snapshot

Fights: 16
Minutes: 224.3
Knockdowns: 0
Sig. accuracy: 39.5%
Sig. landed / 15: —
Absorbed / 15: —
TD accuracy: 36.3%
TD defense: —
Sub attempts: 4
Control / 15: 4:15

Striking

Offense

Landed / attempted492/1247

Accuracy39.5%

Landed per 15—

Target

Head73.8%
Body14.4%
Leg11.8%

Position

Distance56.9%
Clinch12.8%
Ground30.3%

Defense

Absorbed / faced—

Strike defense—

Absorbed per 15—

Target absorbed

Head73.4%
Body14.0%
Leg12.6%

Position absorbed

Distance63.5%
Clinch8.2%
Ground28.3%

Grappling

For

Takedowns49/135

TD accuracy36.3%

TD per 153.3

Sub attempts4

Subs per 150.3

Reversals5

Control63:28

Control per 154:15

Against

Takedowns absorbed19/—

TD defense—

Sub attempts faced4

Control conceded32:35

Control against / 15—

By round

Averages by round
Round	Fights	Sig.	Acc.	Sig/15	Abs/15	TD	TD acc	Ctrl/15
R1	—	—	—	—	—	1.1/2.3	45.9%	—
R2	—	—	—	—	—	0.9/2.9	30.6%	—
R3	—	—	—	—	—	1.2/3.5	35.5%	—
R4	—	—	—	—	—	2/5	40.0%	—
R5	—	—	—	—	—	0/2	0.0%	—

Recent fights

Loss vs Tecia Pennington
Decision - Unanimous · Round 3 · 5:00
UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree Jr.Oct 5, 2024
KD 0 · Sig 39/123 · TD 4/7 · Ctrl 3:40
Loss vs Zhang Weili
Submission · Round 2 · 1:05
UFC 281: Adesanya vs. PereiraNov 12, 2022
KD 0 · Sig 6/32 · TD 1/4 · Ctrl 0:55
Win vs Rose Namajunas
Decision - Split · Round 5 · 5:00
UFC 274: Oliveira vs. GaethjeMay 7, 2022
KD 0 · Sig 30/133 · TD 2/11 · Ctrl 0:22
Win vs Yan Xiaonan
KO/TKO · Round 2 · 2:58
UFC Fight Night: Font vs. GarbrandtMay 22, 2021
KD 0 · Sig 27/33 · TD 3/3 · Ctrl 7:18
Win vs Marina Rodriguez
Decision - Split · Round 3 · 5:00
UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. TillJul 25, 2020
KD 0 · Sig 33/60 · TD 5/9 · Ctrl 8:54
Win vs Michelle Waterson-Gomez
Decision - Split · Round 3 · 5:00
UFC 249: Ferguson vs. GaethjeMay 9, 2020
KD 0 · Sig 45/103 · TD 1/10 · Ctrl 0:46
Win vs Alexa Grasso
Decision - Majority · Round 3 · 5:00
UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. StephensSep 21, 2019
KD 0 · Sig 44/80 · TD 4/11 · Ctrl 7:12
Win vs Virna Jandiroba
Decision - Unanimous · Round 3 · 5:00
UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs. HermanssonApr 27, 2019
KD 0 · Sig 25/51 · TD 4/10 · Ctrl 5:25
Loss vs Tatiana Suarez
KO/TKO · Round 3 · 4:33
UFC 228: Woodley vs. TillSep 8, 2018
KD 0 · Sig 6/10 · TD 0/2 · Ctrl 0:04
Loss vs Claudia Gadelha
Decision - Split · Round 3 · 5:00
UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2Jun 9, 2018
KD 0 · Sig 43/103 · TD 2/4 · Ctrl 3:36

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