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The Clinch

United States of America “Cookie Monster” 2014-2024 · 47 rounds on file

Carla Esparza

10-6-0 W-L-D in this database

Carla Esparza, photograph by Startup to Storefront
Strike accuracy 492/1,247
Takedown accuracy 49/135
Sig. strikes / round 10.5
Control / round 1:21
Inside the distance 20% 2 of 10 wins
Height
5′1″154.9 cm
Reach
63″160 cm
Leg reach
--
Stance
Orthodox
Age
3910 OCT 1987
Listed weight
115 lb52.2 kg
Positional Controller Automatically assigned from data across 16 fights - 8.6 takedown attempts and 27% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

Every completed bout, grouped by the opponent's style.

Hybrid 7 4-3-0 vs 1554 avg
Well-Rounded 7 4-3-0
Grappling 5 3-2-0 vs 1549 avg
Positional Controller 3 2-1-0
Submission Grappler 2 1-1-0
Striking 4 3-1-0 vs 1563 avg
Distance Striker 3 2-1-0
Pressure Striker 1 1-0-0

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 7 bouts, the largest group.

The career, in order

One bar per bout, oldest on the left. Height is the significant strikes landed in that fight.

12 DEC 2014 - beat Rose Namajunas · Submission 14 MAR 2015 - lost to Joanna Jedrzejczyk · Technical Knockout 23 APR 2016 - beat Juliana Lima · Decision (Unanimous) 19 FEB 2017 - lost to Randa Markos · Decision (Split) 25 JUN 2017 - beat Maryna Moroz · Decision (Unanimous) 30 DEC 2017 - beat Cynthia Calvillo · Decision (Unanimous) 09 JUN 2018 - lost to Claudia Gadelha · Decision (Split) 08 SEP 2018 - lost to Tatiana Suarez · Technical Knockout 27 APR 2019 - beat Virna Jandiroba · Decision (Unanimous) 21 SEP 2019 - beat Alexa Grasso · Decision (Majority) 09 MAY 2020 - beat Michelle Waterson-Gomez · Decision (Split) 25 JUL 2020 - beat Marina Rodriguez · Decision (Split) 22 MAY 2021 - beat Yan Xiaonan · Technical Knockout 07 MAY 2022 - beat Rose Namajunas · Decision (Split) 12 NOV 2022 - lost to Zhang Weili · Submission 05 OCT 2024 - lost to Tecia Pennington · Decision (Unanimous)

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 47 rounds across 16 of 16 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 10.5
Sig. strikes absorbed 13.7
Takedowns landed 1.0
Knockdowns 0.0
Sub. attempts 0.1
Control time 1:21 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 39% 492/1,247
Takedowns 36% 49/135
Opponents’ accuracy 46% 644/1,412

Where the strikes land

Head 74% 363
Body 14% 71
Leg 12% 58

And from where

At distance 57% 280
In the clinch 13% 63
On the ground 30% 149

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 1 won Technical Knockout · 1-2
Submission 1 won Submission · 1-1
Decision 8 won Decision (Split) · 3-2 Decision (Unanimous) · 4-1 Decision (Majority) · 1-0

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
05 OCT 2024 Tecia Pennington Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 39 80 UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree Jr.
12 NOV 2022 Zhang Weili Lost Submission R2 1:05 6 37 UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira
07 MAY 2022 Rose Namajunas Won Decision (Split) R5 5:00 30 37 UFC 274: Oliveira vs. Gaethje
22 MAY 2021 Yan Xiaonan Won Technical Knockout R2 2:58 27 5 UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Garbrandt
25 JUL 2020 Marina Rodriguez Won Decision (Split) R3 5:00 33 40 UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Till
09 MAY 2020 Michelle Waterson-Gomez Won Decision (Split) R3 5:00 45 44 UFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje
21 SEP 2019 Alexa Grasso Won Decision (Majority) R3 5:00 44 45 UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Stephens
27 APR 2019 Virna Jandiroba Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 25 17 UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs. Hermansson
08 SEP 2018 Tatiana Suarez Lost Technical Knockout R3 4:33 6 82 UFC 228: Woodley vs. Till
09 JUN 2018 Claudia Gadelha Lost Decision (Split) R3 5:00 43 26 UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2
30 DEC 2017 Cynthia Calvillo Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 48 38 UFC 219: Cyborg vs. Holm
25 JUN 2017 Maryna Moroz Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 40 38 UFC Fight Night: Chiesa vs. Lee
19 FEB 2017 Randa Markos Lost Decision (Split) R3 5:00 32 48 UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Browne
23 APR 2016 Juliana Lima Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 28 26 UFC 197: Jones vs Saint Preux
14 MAR 2015 Joanna Jedrzejczyk Lost Technical Knockout R2 4:17 4 53 UFC 185: Pettis vs Dos Anjos
12 DEC 2014 Rose Namajunas Won Submission R3 1:26 42 28 The Ultimate Fighter: A Champion Will Be Crowned Finale

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