Vanessa Melo Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
W	#14Sarah Moras Women's Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Kattar	Jan 16, 2021
L	Karol Rosa Women's Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal	Jul 11, 2020
L	Tracy Cortez Women's Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Jacare	Nov 16, 2019
L	#10Irene Aldana Women's Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Stephens	Sep 21, 2019

Outside the UFC

10-10across 20 bouts · 16 promotions · wins by 2 sub · 8 decXFCI · PFL · BTC 32 · SFT 48 · SFT 44 +11

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Alana Cook6-2	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	BTC 32	Sep 13, 2025
L	Fernanda Barbosa10-6	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	SFT 48	Jun 8, 2024
L	Sidy Rocha14-9-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	SFT 44	Nov 18, 2023
L	Olena Kolesnyk9-6	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	PFL	Jul 1, 2022
L	Martina Jindrova6-5	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	PFL	May 6, 2022
W	Jan Finney11-14	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Battlefield FC 2	Jul 27, 2019
W	Mariana Morais18-12	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	Future FC 5	May 24, 2019
W	Filonilda Trindade da Conceicao6-2-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Future FC 2	Feb 22, 2019
W	Daiane Firmino10-5	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	SFT 6	Oct 27, 2018
W	Nubia Santos do Nascimento8-10-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	SFT 5	Sep 29, 2018
L	Suvi Salmimies13-6-1	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	Cage	Nov 26, 2016
W	Molly McCann14-8	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	XFCI	Nov 28, 2015
W	Juliana Leite0-2	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	4:01	Gold Fight 7	Sep 26, 2015
L	Silvana Gomez Juarez12-6	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	XFCI	Dec 13, 2014
L	Vanessa Guimaraes5-5	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	XFCI	Sep 27, 2014
W	Gloria Bravo6-6	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	XFCI	Mar 29, 2014
W	Suelen Pereira1-3	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	3:37	Talent MMA Circuit 5	Nov 23, 2013
L	Juliana Werner8-6	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	MMASH	Jul 13, 2013
L	Camila Lima8-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:46	CTF	May 19, 2012
W	Natalie Santos0-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	FS	Sep 14, 2011

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

0 wins, 1 loss

W0

L1

Submission

2 wins, 0 losses

W2

L0

Decision

9 wins, 12 losses

W9

L12

KO history

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

Vanessa Melo

PowerChin

Knockout rate

0%

0 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

0

0.00 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

0

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

0

0.00 per 100 head

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

Never finished by strikes · Never submittedin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

4 scorecards on file

Vanessa Melo

Scorecard luck

Wrong end of the cards

No split or majority decisions on file — this read comes from contested rounds alone. Judges have given them 0 of 3 rounds they disagreed on (0%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

None on file

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

0–3

Won – Lost

0% went their way

Unanimous4 decisions · 100%

1W3L

Split

None

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

7 rounds total

0

Won

7

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallD32nd

30%209 / 679

Striking accuracy

59%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-2.65 differential

Landed3.48

Absorbed6.13

65%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-11%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head69%56th145
Body14%38th30
Leg16%58th34

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

Sig. strikes by position

95%Standing

Standing95%199
Clinch4%8
Ground1%2

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Vanessa Melo

Landed per 15

Head

B

59th

36.3

59th

Body

D

27th

7.5

27th

Leg

B

59th

8.5

59th

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

F

13th

56.5

13th

Body

D

35th

13.8

35th

Leg

F

3rd

21.8

3rd

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	36.3	145	577	25%
Body	7.5	30	59	51%
Leg	8.5	34	43	79%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	56.5	226	722	31%
Body	13.8	55	79	70%
Leg	21.8	87	100	87%

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

Vanessa Melo

0%

Takedown accuracy

71%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-3.5 min net

On top0.1

On bottom3.6

Offense

Takedowns

D

30th

0.0

30th

TD accuracy

0%

Sub attempts

C

48th

0.0

48th

Control

D

27th

0.1 min

27th

Defense

TD defense

B

65th

71%

65th

Controlled

3.6 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	0 / 3
Submission attempts	0
Control time	0:25

Defense

TDs defended	10 / 14
Control absorbed	14:36

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (60min 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

Vanessa Melo

4 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 60 min

115%

R3 pace · 4 bouts

Melo builds (+7% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Melo lifts to 115% of round-1 output by round 3 (4 bouts).

Melo ▲ 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

Melolanded / min

Takedown attempts

Meloattempts / min

Control time

Melo% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	3.7	3.7	7.2	0.00	0%	4
R2	3.0	2.7	5.3	0.10	1%	4
R3	4.2	4.0	6.0	0.05	1%	4

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

Vanessa Melo

4 resolved UFC bouts · 2 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

39/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A

84th

56%

84th

Win quality

F

10th

23%

10th

Limited UFC sample (4 bouts). The headline Schedule Score is held toward a rookie baseline until a fighter has 6+ UFC bouts — a thin UFC résumé hasn’t yet proven a strong schedule. The component bars above are not down-weighted.

Opponent quality distribution

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

1

2

1

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

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-5	1	0-1	0%
Top-15	2	1-1	50%
Cross-div ranked	1	0-1	0%

Highest-quality opponents

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

Pre-UFC opposition

Moderate

Opponents' combined record

165-120-5

.579 win rate

Winning-record opponents

13 of 20

carried winning pro records

Pro bouts faced

20

all opponents have records on file

A descriptive read of the non-UFC slate from opponents’ full career pro records — not a UFC-grade Schedule Score.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
W	Sarah Moras#14	Top-15	63	Jan 16, 2021
L	Karol Rosa	Top-15	49	Jul 11, 2020
L	Tracy Cortez	Cross-div ranked	32	Nov 16, 2019
L	Irene Aldana#10	Top-5	81	Sep 21, 2019

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

4 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

0-1

1 bout

Typical camp

100–180 days

—

Long layoff

> 180 days

1-1

2 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

0-1

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

1-2

3 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

—

First UFC bout

no precedent

0-1

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

—

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

9 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Vanessa Melo

Within a year

9 monthssince last bout

vs Alana Cook · Sep 13, 2025

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs underdog 1-3

32.0

DK avg

27.6

Median

52.5

Ceiling

23.3

Floor

0%

Boom

0%

Bust

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