Virna Jandiroba

Overview

Nine UFC wins, and only four of them ended before the final bell. Virna Jandiroba is a Women's Strawweight whose numbers say submission artist while her record says decision grinder, and both are true.

She is 9-5 in the UFC and 23-5-0 across all promotions, and she carries a one-fight losing streak into her next fight. Her five losses are all unanimous decisions, one of them a five-round title fight against Mackenzie Dern. Nobody has finished her in the UFC.

UFC Career

Jandiroba debuted in April 2019 against Carla Esparza and lost a unanimous decision. She answered with two straight submissions: Mallory Martin in the second round at 1:16, then Felice Herrig in the first at 1:44.

Then came a rough patch. She lost a unanimous decision to Dern in December 2020, beat Kanako Murata by TKO in the second round in June 2021, and dropped another decision to Amanda Ribas that October.

That loss to Ribas started her best run. She won five straight, her longest streak, beginning with a decision over Angela Hill in May 2022. In May 2023 she took a decision from Marina Rodriguez, an opponent our model tiers as strong, and followed with a decision over Loopy Godinez. In July 2024 she headlined against Amanda Lemos, another strong opponent, and submitted her in the second round at 4:48. A decision over Yan Xiaonan in April 2025 made it five in a row.

The streak ended in October 2025, when Jandiroba met Dern again in a five-round title fight and lost a unanimous decision. She rebounded with a decision win over Tabatha Ricci in April 2026, then lost a unanimous decision to Tatiana Suarez in November.

Her last four fights all went to the scorecards: two wins, two losses. The finishes came earlier in her run.

Fighting Style

Virna Jandiroba is a grappler first. She takes opponents down far more than most, rarely gets taken down herself, and hunts for submissions constantly. Her wrestling is the engine of her game.

Her striking is the quieter side. She lands less than most fighters and is not especially accurate, but she is hard to hit and absorbs little in return. None of her five UFC losses ended by KO/TKO or submission.

The finishing record fits the profile. Three of her four UFC finishes are submissions, and the other is a second-round TKO. One came in the first round and the other three in the second.

Notable Wins

• Amanda Lemos — submission, round 2 (4:48), UFC Fight Night: Lemos vs Jandiroba (2024), in a main event
• Yan Xiaonan — unanimous decision, UFC 314 (2025)
• Marina Rodriguez — unanimous decision, UFC 288 (2023)
• Felice Herrig — submission, round 1 (1:44), UFC 252 (2020)

Quick Facts

• Division: Women's Strawweight
• UFC record: 9-5 (4 finishes: 3 submissions, 1 TKO)
• Professional record, all promotions: 23-5-0
• UFC debut: 2019
• Height: 5'3", reach: 64"
• Team: Academia Fight House
• Born: State of Bahia, Brazil