Melissa Amaya
UFC DebutNickname“Mamba”
Record
Streak
W8
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Spokane, Washington
- Born
- United States
- Camp
- Sikjitsu
- Weight class
- Women's Strawweight
- Height
- 5'4" · 163 cm
Before the UFC
Melissa Amaya makes their UFC debut
Our striking, grappling, and schedule metrics are measured from UFC fights, so they come online after this bout. Here is the career they bring in — and how live the opposition has been.
Pre-UFC opposition
ModerateOpponents' combined record
44-35-3
.557 win rate
Winning-record opponents
4 of 7
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
8
7 opponents with records on file
A descriptive read of the non-UFC slate from opponents’ full career pro records — not a UFC-grade Schedule Score.
UFC fight history
Outside the UFC
across 8 bouts · 1 promotion · wins by 3 KO · 2 sub · 3 decCombate Global
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Megumi Sugimoto12-7-3 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 3:51 | Combate Global | Jun 19, 2025 |
| W | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 3:44 | Combate Global | Jun 8, 2024 | |
| W | Gillian Noll3-3 | Decision | Majority | R3 | 5:00 | Combate Global | Apr 1, 2023 |
| W | Alitzel Mariscal2-4 | Submission | Triangle Choke | R3 | 3:12 | Combate Global | Oct 30, 2022 |
| W | Decision | Split | R3 | 5:00 | Combate Global | Jul 1, 2022 | |
| W | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Combate Global | Mar 24, 2022 | |
| W | Andrea Amaro7-4 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 4:00 | Combate Global | Nov 12, 2021 |
| W | Gisselle Garcia Villanueva | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 2:11 | Combate Global | Oct 22, 2021 |
Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.
In the news
All news →- Melissa Amaya survived insane submission sequence to advance to TUF 34 finals: ‘I could feel my arm doing things it’s not supposed to’mmafighting · Aug 10, 2026
- The Ultimate Fighter 34’s Melissa Amaya won’t shy away from mental health battle: ‘I felt like I was losing my mind’mmafighting · Jun 22, 2026


