Ashley Yoder

Overview

Eleven UFC fights, eleven trips to the scorecards. Ashley Yoder, "Spider Monkey," has never finished a fight in the UFC and has never been finished in one. That is the whole career in a sentence.

She fights at women's strawweight out of Team Quest and stands 5'7" with a 69.5" reach, a southpaw born in Indianapolis. Her UFC record is 3-8, and her professional record across all promotions is 8-9-0. She goes into her next fight on a three-fight losing streak.

Every fight went the distance. Close ones, mostly.

UFC Career

Yoder debuted in December 2016 against Justine Kish and lost a unanimous decision. Her second UFC fight came at The Ultimate Fighter: Redemption Finale, where she dropped another unanimous decision to Angela Hill. In March 2018 at UFC 222, she lost a split decision to Mackenzie Dern.

Three fights, three losses, and then the turnaround. A split decision over Amanda Cooper in November 2018 gave her the first UFC win, and a unanimous decision over Syuri Kondo in June 2019 made it two in a row. That two-fight run is the longest win streak of her UFC career.

It ended in October 2019 with a split-decision loss to Randa Markos. A unanimous loss to Livinha Souza at UFC 252 followed, then a unanimous win over Miranda Granger in November 2020. She dropped a rematch with Hill in March 2021 and lost to Jinh Yu Frey that July. Her most recent fight in this data is a unanimous decision loss to Emily Ducote in October 2023.

Eight of her 11 UFC fights ended in losses, and all eight were decisions. Three were split decisions, so the scorecards were not always lopsided.

Fighting Style

Yoder is a decision fighter. She has no knockouts or submissions in the UFC, and none have been scored against her either. All three of her wins and all eight of her losses have gone to the judges.

On the feet, she lands and absorbs at a typical pace for the UFC average, but she is not precise and she is easier to hit than most. That tends to cost her in close exchanges.

The mat is where she is most reliable. She is very hard to take down, and she rarely shoots for takedowns herself. She is happy to stay upright and make opponents work for everything. She does hunt for submissions at a normal rate, though none of them have turned into finishes.

Notable Wins

• Amanda Cooper — split decision, round 3, UFC Fight Night: Korean Zombie vs. Rodriguez (2018)
• Syuri Kondo — unanimous decision, round 3, UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. The Korean Zombie (2019)
• Miranda Granger — unanimous decision, round 3, UFC Fight Night: Felder vs. Dos Anjos (2020)

Quick Facts

• Division: Women's Strawweight
• UFC record: 3-8
• Professional record (all promotions): 8-9-0
• UFC debut: 2016
• Stance: Southpaw
• Height / reach: 5'7" / 69.5"
• Team: Team Quest
• Born: Indianapolis, United States