Tatiana Suarez

Overview

Eleven UFC fights, one loss, and that loss went five rounds against an elite opponent. Tatiana Suarez, a Women's Strawweight, sits at 10-1 in the UFC and carries a three-fight win streak into her next fight.

Five of her ten wins came by submission, and she has six finishes in all. The other four wins went to the scorecards. Her 14-1-0 professional record covers all promotions, but the UFC number is the one that matters here: 10-1.

She is not the champion. She is a grappler whose submission count says what her gameplan is.

UFC Career

Her run opened on the finale card of The Ultimate Fighter: Team Joanna vs. Team Cláudia, where she submitted Amanda Cooper in the first round at 3:43. She went back to the cage in November 2017 and beat Viviane Pereira by unanimous decision.

2018 was the busy stretch. She submitted Alexa Grasso in 2:44 of the first round in May, then stopped Carla Esparza by KO/TKO at 4:33 of the third in September. A decision over Nina Nunes at UFC 238 in June 2019 made it five straight.

Then came a gap of nearly four years. She returned in February 2023 and submitted Montana De La Rosa in the second round, and six months later she finished Jessica Andrade, an opponent our model rates as strong, by submission at 1:31 of the second. That was seven wins in a row, her longest streak.

The streak ended at UFC 312 in February 2025. She lost a unanimous decision to Zhang Weili over five rounds, the only loss on her UFC record and a fight against an opponent our model places among the elite. She went the distance. She did not get finished.

Three wins have followed. A unanimous decision over Amanda Lemos at Noche UFC in September 2025 came first, then a second-round submission of Loopy Godinez at UFC 327 at 2:29. The most recent entry on her record is a unanimous decision over Virna Jandiroba, another opponent rated strong.

One loss. Three wins since.

Fighting Style

Suarez is a grappler first. She shoots for takedowns constantly and hunts for submissions more than most fighters do. She also defends takedowns well, so she is tough to take down and tough to stay away from.

On the feet she throws less than most and isn't hard to hit when she does. Still, she takes little punishment overall, and the strikes she throws tend to land. She uses them to set up the clinch and the shot rather than to trade.

Her finishes follow the same pattern. Five of her six come by submission, two in round one and three in round two. Her lone KO/TKO came late, at 4:33 of the third round against Esparza. Four of her wins went to the scorecards, so she can also win a full fight without a finish.

Notable Wins

• Jessica Andrade — submission, round 2 (1:31), UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Font (2023)
• Carla Esparza — KO/TKO, round 3 (4:33), UFC 228 (2018)
• Alexa Grasso — submission, round 1 (2:44), UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Usman (2018)
• Virna Jandiroba — unanimous decision, round 3, UFC Fight Night: Cortes Acosta vs Walker (2026)

Quick Facts

• Division: Women's Strawweight
• UFC record: 10-1 (6 finishes: 5 submissions, 1 KO/TKO)
• Professional record (all promotions): 14-1-0
• UFC debut: July 2016
• Longest UFC win streak: 7
• Height: 5'5", reach: 66"
• Team: Millennia MMA - Rancho Cucamonga, CA
• Born: Bellflower, CA, United States