Michelle Waterson-Gomez Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	#15Gillian Robertson Women's Strawweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 303: Pereira vs. Prochazka 2	Jun 29, 2024
L	#9Marina Rodriguez Women's Strawweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Mount	R2	2:42	UFC Fight Night: Fiziev vs. Gamrot	Sep 23, 2023
L	#15Luana Pinheiro Women's Strawweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 287: Pereira vs. Adesanya 2	Apr 8, 2023
L	#11Amanda Lemos Women's Strawweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke After Drop to Guard	R2	1:48	UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Rodriguez	Jul 16, 2022
L	Marina Rodriguez Women's Flyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Waterson	May 8, 2021
W	#13Angela Hill Women's Strawweight	Decision	Split	R5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Waterson vs. Hill	Sep 12, 2020
L	#7Carla Esparza Women's Strawweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje	May 9, 2020
L	#5Joanna Jedrzejczyk Women's Strawweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Joanna vs. Waterson	Oct 12, 2019
W	#6Karolina Kowalkiewicz Women's Strawweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Gaethje	Mar 30, 2019
W	#9Felice Herrig Women's Strawweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 229: Khabib vs. McGregor	Oct 6, 2018
W	#10Cortney Casey Women's Strawweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Gaethje	Apr 14, 2018
L	Tecia Pennington Women's Strawweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 218: Holloway vs. Aldo 2	Dec 2, 2017
L	#4Rose Namajunas Women's Strawweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R2	2:47	UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Reis	Apr 15, 2017
W	#8Paige VanZant Women's Strawweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	3:21	UFC on FOX: VanZant vs. Waterson	Dec 17, 2016
W	Angela Magana Women's Strawweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R3	2:38	The Ultimate Fighter: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians Finale	Jul 12, 2015

Outside the UFC

12-4across 16 bouts · 13 promotions · wins by 3 KO · 7 sub · 2 decInvicta · JMMAS · Crowbar MMA · EB · AG +8

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Herica Tiburcio11-5	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R3	1:04	Invicta	Dec 5, 2014
W	Yasuko Tamada18-13-4	KO/TKO	Knee and Punch	R3	4:58	Invicta	Sep 6, 2014
W	Jessica Penne14-8	Submission	Armbar	R4	2:31	Invicta	Apr 5, 2013
W	Lacey Sears12-10	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	Invicta	Oct 6, 2012
W	Diana Rael5-5	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:12	JMMAS	Jan 21, 2012
W	Masako Yoshida18-21-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:17	Crowbar MMA	Apr 24, 2010
W	Rosary Califano1-1	Submission	Flying Armbar	R1	0:15	EB	Feb 13, 2010
L	Elena Reid4-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	1:50	AG	Apr 11, 2009
W	Karina Taylor2-4	Submission	Armbar	R1	2:36	DCMMAS	Mar 14, 2009
W	Tyra Parker4-5	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:20	Strikeforce	Oct 3, 2008
W	Krystal Macatol0-1	Submission	Armbar	R1	0:22	SCA	Aug 23, 2008
W	Thricia Poovey8-6	KO/TKO	Corner Stoppage	R2	5:00	KOTC	Jul 12, 2008
L	Lynn Alvarez6-5	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	1:19	ROF 31	Dec 1, 2007
W	Jaime Cook0-1	Submission	Armbar	R1	1:33	ROF 30	Sep 15, 2007
L	Alicia Gumm2-1	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	RMBB	Jun 30, 2007
W	Andrea Miller3-8	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	ROF 28	Feb 16, 2007

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

3 wins, 2 losses

W3

L2

Submission

9 wins, 4 losses

W9

L4

Decision

6 wins, 7 losses

W6

L7

Finishes

UFC KOs

0

Below avg · 6%Strawweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.00

UFC submissions

2

Above avg · 8%Strawweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.53

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Michelle Waterson-Gomez

PowerChin

Knockout rate

0%

0 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

0

0.00 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

1

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

1

0.19 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Decision behavior

Judging

10 scorecards on file

Michelle Waterson-Gomez

Scorecard luck

Even on close calls

Split their 4 coin-flip decisions evenly — no edge either way on the cards. Judges have given them 5 of 11 rounds they disagreed on (45%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

2–2

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

5–6

Won – Lost

45% went their way

Unanimous6 decisions · 60%

2W4L

Split4 decisions · 40%

2W2L

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

2 rounds total

1

Won

1

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallD34th

46%780 / 1,703

Striking accuracy

48%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.83 differential

Landed3.42

Absorbed4.25

59%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-6%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head47%—366
Body28%—222
Leg25%—192

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

70%Standing

Standing70%546
Clinch19%146
Ground11%88

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Michelle Waterson-Gomez

Landed per 15

Head

25.2

Body

15.3

Leg

13.2

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

36.8

Body

18.1

Leg

13.2

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	25.2	366	1,097	33%
Body	15.3	222	330	67%
Leg	13.2	192	276	70%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	36.8	536	1,292	41%
Body	18.1	263	362	73%
Leg	13.2	192	251	76%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Michelle Waterson-Gomez

30%

Takedown accuracy

70%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-0.7 min net

On top2.7

On bottom3.5

Offense

Takedowns

1.3

TD accuracy

30%

Sub attempts

0.5

Control

2.7 min

Defense

TD defense

70%

Controlled

3.5 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	19 / 63
Submission attempts	8
Control time	39:47

Defense

TDs defended	26 / 37
Control absorbed	50:31

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (218min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Michelle Waterson-Gomez

15 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 218 min

126%

R3 pace · 11 bouts

Waterson-Gomez builds (+8% per round through round 5). Within fights that reached round 3, Waterson-Gomez lifts to 126% of round-1 output by round 3 (11 bouts).

Waterson-Gomez ▲ BUILDSOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Waterson-Gomezlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Waterson-Gomezattempts / min

Control time

Waterson-Gomez% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.5	3.1	4.4	0.27	15%	15
R2	5.3	3.5	4.2	0.26	24%	14
R3	5.3	3.9	4.3	0.25	17%	11
R4	6.1	3.5	5.0	0.53	26%	3
R5	6.4	4.8	6.9	0.40	9%	3

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Michelle Waterson-Gomez

15 resolved UFC bouts · 12 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

57/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

94th

73%

94th

Win quality

F

12th

26%

12th

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

3

4

6

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	3	0-3	0%
Top-5	4	1-3	25%
Top-15	6	4-2	67%
Cross-div ranked	1	0-1	0%
Unproven	1	1-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Gillian Robertson#15	Top-5	72	Jun 29, 2024
L	Marina Rodriguez#9	Top-5	82	Sep 23, 2023
L	Luana Pinheiro#15	Top-15	67	Apr 8, 2023
L	Amanda Lemos#11	Top-5	81	Jul 16, 2022
L	Marina Rodriguez	Cross-div ranked	45	May 8, 2021
W	Angela Hill#13	Top-15	68	Sep 12, 2020
L	Carla Esparza#7	Champion	91	May 9, 2020
L	Joanna Jedrzejczyk#5	Champion	92	Oct 12, 2019
W	Karolina Kowalkiewicz#6	Top-5	83	Mar 30, 2019
W	Felice Herrig#9	Top-15	71	Oct 6, 2018
W	Cortney Casey#10	Top-15	68	Apr 14, 2018
L	Tecia Pennington	Top-15	52	Dec 2, 2017
L	Rose Namajunas#4	Champion	93	Apr 15, 2017
W	Paige VanZant#8	Top-15	74	Dec 17, 2016
W	Angela Magana	Unproven	8	Jul 12, 2015

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

15 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

—

Typical camp

100–180 days

4-2

6 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

1-7

8 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

2-6

8 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

3-3

6 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

—

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

—

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

0-1

1 bout

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

0-1

1 bout

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

2 years

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Michelle Waterson-Gomez

Extended layoff

2 yearssince last bout

vs Gillian Robertson · Jun 29, 2024

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 1-1As underdog 4-8

52.7

DK avg

47.5

Median

93.3

Ceiling

17.6

Floor

27%

Boom

33%

Bust

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