Fighter profile

Karolina Kowalkiewicz

Women's Strawweight · UFC record 9-10 · 19 detailed UFC fights · Last fight Sat 11 Oct 2025

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Fighter ratings

Ratings V2Rated

Striking (offense)78

Power61

Striking defense68

Takedown defense86

WrestlingProvisional measure61

Ratings V2 descriptive 0–100 scores (19 detailed fights; as of Sat 11 Oct 2025). Not win probabilities or rankings. Missing values stay unavailable.

Chin and Cardio · Frozen through October 17, 2026

R1 research scale

ChinEvidence: ESTABLISHED88.7

CardioEvidence: ESTABLISHED76.1

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: 160 cm (5'3")
Reach: 163 cm (5'4")
Stance: Orthodox
Age: 41

Last 3: W L L (most recent last)

Career statistics

Descriptive

19 detailed UFC fights · 52 rounds of recorded statistics. Exact totals from recorded UFC fights through Sat 11 Oct 2025; not opponent-adjusted and not model inputs.

Strikes landed26.8significant, per round

Strikes absorbed27.9per round

Striking differential-1.1per round

Takedown attempts0.50per round

Takedown defense74.6%of attempts stopped

Finish rate11.1%of UFC wins

Striking

Significant strikes landed per round: 26.8
Significant strikes absorbed per round: 27.9
Differential per round (landed − absorbed): -1.1
Striking accuracy: 43.0%
Striking defense (opponent strikes avoided): 56.9%
Knockdowns per round: 0.00
Target: head / body / leg: 61.1% / 26.5% / 12.3%
Position: distance / clinch / ground: 79.0% / 18.1% / 2.9%

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

Wrestling and grappling

Takedown attempts per round: 0.50
Takedowns landed per round: 0.12
Takedown accuracy: 23.1%
Takedown defense: 74.6%
Control time per round: 0:30
Submission attempts per round: 0.06
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): 9-10-0
Finish rate (wins by KO/TKO or submission): 11.1%
Wins by KO/TKO · submission · decision: 0 · 1 · 8
Losses by KO/TKO · submission · decision: 2 · 2 · 6
Knockdowns scored / suffered: 0 / 1
Average fight time: 13:02 (over 17 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

Karolina Kowalkiewicz — most recent UFC fights
Date	Opponent	Result	Method	End	Event
Sat 11 Oct 2025	Julia Polastri	L	KO/TKO Punches	R3 2:56	UFC Fight Night: Oliveira vs. Gamrot
Sat 9 Nov 2024	Denise Gomes	L	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Prates
Sat 4 May 2024	Iasmin Lucindo	L	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC 301: Pantoja vs. Erceg
Sat 7 Oct 2023	Diana Belbita	W	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Dawson vs. Green
Sat 20 May 2023	Vanessa Demopoulos	W	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Hill

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Karolina Kowalkiewicz — earlier UFC fights
Date	Opponent	Result	Method	End	Event
Sat 12 Nov 2022	Silvana Gomez Juarez	W	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira
Sat 4 Jun 2022	Felice Herrig	W	SUB Rear Naked Choke	R2 4:01	UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik
Sat 7 Aug 2021	Jessica Penne	L	SUB Armbar	R1 4:32	UFC 265: Lewis vs. Gane
Sat 22 Feb 2020	Yan Xiaonan	L	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Felder vs. Hooker
Sat 8 Jun 2019	Alexa Grasso	L	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC 238: Cejudo vs. Moraes
Sat 30 Mar 2019	Michelle Waterson-Gomez	L	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Gaethje
Sat 8 Sep 2018	Jessica Andrade	L	KO/TKO Punch	R1 1:58	UFC 228: Woodley vs. Till
Sat 7 Apr 2018	Felice Herrig	W	S-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC 223: Khabib vs. Iaquinta
Sat 21 Oct 2017	Jodie Esquibel	W	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Cerrone vs. Till
Sat 3 Jun 2017	Claudia Gadelha	L	SUB Rear Naked Choke	R1 3:03	UFC 212: Aldo vs. Holloway
Sat 12 Nov 2016	Joanna Jedrzejczyk	L	U-DEC	R5 5:00	UFC 205: Alvarez vs McGregor
Sat 30 Jul 2016	Rose Namajunas	W	S-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC 201: Lawler vs. Woodley
Sun 8 May 2016	Heather Clark	W	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs Arlovski
Sat 19 Dec 2015	Randa Markos	W	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC on FOX: Dos Anjos vs. Cowboy 2

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