Amanda
Lemos
has designs on someday challenging for the
Ultimate Fighting Championship women’s strawweight crown, and
those ambitions now bring her face to face with one of the
division’s most formidable and accomplished competitors.
The Marajo Brothers Team export will put her five-fight winning
streak on the line when she tackles onetime champion
Jessica
Andrade in the
UFC Fight Night 205 main event on Saturday at the UFC Apex in
Las Vegas. Lemos has compiled a 5-1 record since she joined the UFC
roster in 2017. The former
Jungle
Fight titleholder last appeared at UFC Fight Night 199, where
she was awarded a contentious split decision over
Angela Hill
on Dec. 18. Andrade, meanwhile, has lost three of her past five
bouts. She last fought on Sept. 25, when she struck down
Cynthia
Calvillo with punches in the first round of their UFC 266
pairing.
In advance of the Lemos-Andrade showdown at 115 pounds, a look at
some of the numbers that have accompanied them to this point:
34: Years of age for Lemos, who was born on May 22, 1987 in Belem,
Brazil.
7: Lemos wins by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 64%
of her career total (11). Her list of victims includes
Montserrat
Ruiz,
Livinha
Souza and
Mayra
Cantuaria Rodrigues. Lemos holds two other wins by submission
and two more by decision.
8: First-round finishes on the Lemos resume, with three of them
having taken place inside the Octagon. She put
Miranda
Granger to sleep with a rear-naked choke in 3:43 at UFC Fight
Night 165, cut down Souza with punches in 3:29 at UFC 259 and
buried Ruiz with punches in 35 seconds at UFC on ESPN 26.
22: Rounds started by Lemos as a professional mixed martial artist.
She has gone the distance on three different occasions and carries
a 2-0-1 record in those bouts.
5: Knockdowns landed by Lemos as a UFC women’s strawweight, placing
her first on the promotion’s all-time list at 115 pounds. She also
leads in knockdowns per 15 minutes (1.98).
30: Years of age for Andrade, who was born in Umuarama, Brazil, on
Sept. 25, 1991.
9: Andrade victories by knockout or technical knockout, accounting
for 41% of her career total (22). Her list of victims includes
Calvillo,
Katlyn
Chookagian,
Rose
Namajunas,
Karolina
Kowalkiewicz and
Jessica
Penne. Andrade owns seven other victories by submission and six
more by decision.
112: Days spent by Andrade as undisputed UFC women’s strawweight
champion. She held the title from May 11, 2019 to Aug. 31, 2019—the
shortest title reign in the history of the 115-pound weight
class.
74: Seconds needed for Andrade to submit
Juliana
Silva with a guillotine choke at Ring of Fire 4 on Aug. 28,
2012. Having occurred nearly a decade ago, it remains her fastest
finish to date.
.717: Cumulative winning percentage between the nine
women—Namajunas,
Valentina
Shevchenko,
Weili
Zhang,
Joanna
Jedrzejczyk,
Raquel
Pennington,
Marion
Reneau,
Liz
Carmouche,
Jennifer
Maia and
Kinberly
Tanaka Novaes—who have defeated Andrade. They boast a combined
record of 137-52-2.