Fighter profile

Vanessa Demopoulos

“Lil Monster”

Women's Strawweight · UFC record 5-6 · 11 detailed UFC fights · Last fight Sat 26 Sep 2026

Balanced / Hybrid

Fighter ratings

Ratings V2Rated

Striking (offense)66

Power69

Striking defense58

Takedown defense58

WrestlingProvisional measure60

Ratings V2 descriptive 0–100 scores (11 detailed fights; as of Sat 26 Sep 2026). Not win probabilities or rankings. Missing values stay unavailable.

Chin and Cardio · Frozen through October 17, 2026

R1 research scale

ChinEvidence: ESTABLISHED83.9

CardioEvidence: DEVELOPING73.0

Source: R1 public_candidate_display · status: Research candidate · as of Sat 17 Oct 2026. Separate frozen research scale; fights after October 17, 2026 are not reflected.

About these ratings

Ratings are domain-specific descriptive scales. Equal point differences across different domains do not imply equal absolute skill differences.

Striking (offense) · Ratings V2: Ratings V2 striking-offense score built from recorded significant strikes landed per round, significant-strike accuracy and significant-strike differential.
Power · Ratings V2: Recorded knockdown and KO/TKO-win threat under the Ratings V2 contract (knockdowns per round, KO/TKO win rate); not literal measured punching force.
Striking defense · Ratings V2: Recorded strike avoidance (striking defense) and bounded absorption (strikes absorbed per round) under the Ratings V2 contract.
Takedown defense · Ratings V2: Recorded defense against incoming takedown attempts (takedown defense rate) under the Ratings V2 contract.
Wrestling · Ratings V2: Ratings V2 wrestling-offense score: recorded takedowns landed per round and takedown accuracy. Not ground control or complete grappling.
Chin · R1 research scale: Exposure-adjusted recorded knockdown resistance. This is not a direct biological measurement of chin, recovery, or injury resistance.
Cardio · R1 research scale: Recorded later-round striking activity and effectiveness retention. This is not a direct physiological fitness measurement.

Ratings V2 scores follow each fighter's latest recorded state; R1 research-scale scores are frozen through 17 Oct 2026. Recovery is separate metadata, not a rating. No combined rating exists.

Profile

Height: 157 cm (5'2")
Reach: 150 cm (4'11")
Stance: Orthodox
Age: 38

Last 3: L L L (most recent last)

Career statistics

Descriptive

11 detailed UFC fights · 27 rounds of recorded statistics. Exact totals from recorded UFC fights through Sat 26 Sep 2026; not opponent-adjusted and not model inputs.

Strikes landed17.0significant, per round

Strikes absorbed27.6per round

Striking differential-10.7per round

Takedown attempts1.07per round

Takedown defense26.3%of attempts stopped

Finish rate20.0%of UFC wins

Striking

Significant strikes landed per round: 17.0
Significant strikes absorbed per round: 27.6
Differential per round (landed − absorbed): -10.7
Striking accuracy: 39.8%
Striking defense (opponent strikes avoided): 40.6%
Knockdowns per round: 0.04
Target: head / body / leg: 64.0% / 25.1% / 10.9%
Position: distance / clinch / ground: 75.1% / 13.8% / 11.1%

Per-round figures divide recorded totals by rounds with statistics. Shares are of significant strikes landed.

Wrestling and grappling

Takedown attempts per round: 1.07
Takedowns landed per round: 0.11
Takedown accuracy: 10.3%
Takedown defense: 26.3%
Control time per round: 0:35
Submission attempts per round: 0.07
Reversals per round: 0.04

Attempts and landed takedowns are counted separately; accuracy is landed ÷ attempted.

Outcomes and durability

UFC record (W-L-D, NC): 5-6-0
Finish rate (wins by KO/TKO or submission): 20.0%
Wins by KO/TKO · submission · decision: 0 · 1 · 4
Losses by KO/TKO · submission · decision: 1 · 1 · 4
Knockdowns scored / suffered: 1 / 1
Average fight time: 11:12 (over 10 bouts)

Results as recorded by UFCStats. Fight time is elapsed time (completed rounds plus ending time) and includes draws and no-contests. These are outcomes, not biological measurements.

UFC fight history

Vanessa Demopoulos — most recent UFC fights
Date	Opponent	Result	Method	End	Event
Sat 26 Sep 2026	Yazmin Jauregui	L	KO/TKO Punches	R1 1:02	UFC Fight Night: Rosas Jr. vs. Barcelos
Sat 14 Jun 2025	Jamey-Lyn Horth	L	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Usman vs. Buckley
Sat 5 Apr 2025	Talita Alencar	L	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Murphy
Sat 7 Sep 2024	Jaqueline Amorim	L	SUB Armbar	R1 3:28	UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Brady
Sat 18 May 2024	Emily Ducote	W	S-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Murphy

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Vanessa Demopoulos — earlier UFC fights
Date	Opponent	Result	Method	End	Event
Sat 7 Oct 2023	Kanako Murata	W	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Dawson vs. Green
Sat 20 May 2023	Karolina Kowalkiewicz	L	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Hill
Sat 19 Nov 2022	Maria Oliveira	W	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Nzechukwu vs. Cutelaba
Sat 25 Jun 2022	Jinh Yu Frey	W	S-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot
Sat 22 Jan 2022	Silvana Gomez Juarez	W	SUB Armbar	R1 2:25	UFC 270: Ngannou vs. Gane
Sat 28 Aug 2021	JJ Aldrich	L	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Chikadze

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