Katlyn Cerminara

Overview

Eleven of Katlyn Cerminara's twelve UFC wins went the distance. The twelfth, her most recent, ended in the first round.

Cerminara is a Women's Flyweight out of Marquez MMA, 12-6 in the UFC and 19-6-0 across all promotions. She has no title shot on her resume, but she has been a fixture of the division since her 2016 debut, and the fight list shows how: judges decided 15 of her 18 UFC fights, and she has never been submitted.

UFC Career

Cerminara debuted in July 2016 with a unanimous decision over Lauren Murphy. Her first loss came four months later, a split decision to Liz Carmouche at UFC 205. She bounced back with a split-decision win over Irene Aldana in April 2017.

The best run of her career came next. Starting in January 2018, she beat Mara Romero Borella, Alexis Davis, Joanne Wood and Jennifer Maia. That is a four-fight win streak, her longest in the UFC, with a split-decision loss to Jessica Eye in December 2018 sitting in the middle of it.

The step up in competition in 2020 was where she got hurt. She lost by TKO to Valentina Shevchenko in the third round at UFC 247, then to Jessica Andrade at 4:55 of the first round that October. Both opponents rate as strong in our model. Those are her only two losses by stoppage through the end of her 2022 run.

She answered with another stretch of wins, over Cynthia Calvillo, Viviane Araujo, Maia again and Amanda Ribas. Calvillo and Ribas both rate as strong opponents. Then came two straight decision losses, to Manon Fiorot in 2022 and Maycee Barber in March 2024.

After that came the first-round finish: a TKO of Mackenzie Stiller at 4:46, her only stoppage win in the UFC. She carries a one-fight win streak into her next bout.

Fighting Style

Cerminara is a busy striker who is hard to hit. She throws more than most UFC fighters and defends better than most, and the volume she absorbs sits about where you'd expect. Her accuracy is the soft spot. She wins by piling up attempts, not by landing the one clean shot.

Her grappling is quiet. She rarely shoots for takedowns and rarely hunts submissions, and her takedown defense is about average.

Her UFC record backs that up. She has no submission wins and one finish in 18 fights, a first-round TKO. Most of her wins have come on the scorecards, with 11 by decision. Fights with her tend to go the distance, and that has cut both ways: four of her six losses were decisions.

Notable Wins

• Cynthia Calvillo — unanimous decision, round 3, UFC 255 (2020)
• Amanda Ribas — split decision, round 3, UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Rakic (2022)
• Mackenzie Stiller — KO/TKO, round 1, 4:46, UFC Fight Night: Buckley vs. Malott (2026)

Quick Facts

• Division: Women's Flyweight
• UFC record: 12-6
• Professional record (all promotions): 19-6-0
• UFC debut: 2016
• Stance: Orthodox
• Height and reach: 5'9", 68" reach
• Team: Marquez MMA
• Born: Quakertown, United States