Professional Record
11-9-0
Current Elo Rating
1393
True Contender System
Women’s Strawweight Ranking
#42
Pound-for-Pound Ranking
#99
About Vanessa Demopoulos
Jiu-jitsu, survival and a hard-earned career
Vanessa Demopoulos took years to reach the UFC and has built much of her career around overcoming difficult situations inside fights.
Fighting style
'Lil Monster' has a clear jiu-jitsu base. Her armbars are especially dangerous, and she has repeatedly shown the ability to attack submissions even after taking damage or finding herself in seemingly bad positions.
A defining win
Her win over Silvana Gómez Juárez, after surviving a knockdown, sums up that identity perfectly. That ability to turn around lost situations defines her career at 115 pounds. Her most recent fights brought decision losses to Talita Alencar and Jamey-Lyn Horth and, in September 2026, a TKO loss to Yazmin Jauregui.
Tale of the tape
- Height
- 157 cm
- Reach
- 151 cm
- Weight
- 57.2 kg
- Age
- 38 years
- Place of birth
- Cleveland, United States
- UFC debut
- August 28, 2021
- Team / gym
- Lil’ Monster’s Academy of Pain
Activity
Next fight
No bout announced
Vanessa Demopoulos has no next fight confirmed by the UFC yet.
This section updates automatically as soon as one is announced.
Last fight
Vanessa Demopoulosvs.Yazmin Jauregui
L · tko
- Date
- September 26, 2026
- Elo change
- -40
Career Statistics
Professional career
11-9-0
Wins · Losses · Draws
20 fights
Wins by method
- KO/TKO
- 0
- Submissions
- 1
- Decisions
- 4
1 Finishes
20% of 5 wins
Of these 11 wins, 6 have no method recorded in our history.
In the UFC
5-6-0
Wins · Losses · Draws
11 fights
Wins by method
- KO/TKO
- 0
- Submissions
- 1
- Decisions
- 4
1 Finishes
20% of 5 wins
Elo
Current Elo
1,393
Peak Elo
1,572
From peak
-179
Streak4 Losses
Biggest Elo gain
Silvana Gómez Juárez
Achievements and career
- Current streak: 4 straight losses
- Best recorded streak: 3 straight wins
- 3 division changes on record in the Elo history
Elo History
11 recorded UFC fights
UFC Start
1500
Current
1393
Peak Elo
1572
Total
-107
UFC Fight History
| Date | Result | Opponent | Method | Elo | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 2026 | L | Yazmin Jauregui | TKO | Elo1393 | Change-40 |
| Jun 14, 2025 | L | Jamey-Lyn Horth | Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Elo1433 | Change-32 |
| Apr 05, 2025 | L | Talita Alencar | Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Elo1465 | Change-47 |
| Sep 07, 2024 | L | Jaqueline Amorim | Submission · R1 · 3:28 | Elo1512 | Change-52 |
| May 18, 2024 | W | Emily Ducote | Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Elo1564 | Change+20 |
| Oct 07, 2023 | W | Kanako Murata | Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Elo1544 | Change+25 |
| May 20, 2023 | L | Karolina Kowalkiewicz | Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Elo1520 | Change-52 |
| Nov 19, 2022 | W | Maria Oliveira | Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Elo1572 | Change+30 |
| Jun 25, 2022 | W | Jinh Yu Frey | Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Elo1542 | Change+21 |
| Jan 22, 2022 | W | Silvana Gómez Juárez | Submission · R1 · 2:25 | Elo1521 | Change+61 |
| Aug 28, 2021 | L | JJ Aldrich | Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Elo1460 | Change-40 |
Competitive Profile
Vanessa Demopoulos’s position is calculated by the True Contender MMA Elo system from real results and strength of opposition. The profile updates with the rankings after new fights are processed.