Vanessa Melo

“Miss Simpatia”

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11-13RECORD

0KO / TKO WINS

2SUBMISSION WINS

9DECISION WINS

Profile

Full name	Vanessa de Melo Silva
Nickname	Miss Simpatia
Date of birth	27 Mar 1988
Nationality	Brazilian
Birthplace	Taboão da Serra, Brazil
Lives in	São Paulo, Brazil
Division	Women's Bantamweight
Team	Babuino Gold Team
Height	165 cm (5′5″)
Reach	165 cm (65″)
Stance	Not added yet
Years active	since 2011
Status	Active
Pro debut	14 Sep 2011
Last fight	Loss vs Alana Cook, 13 Sep 2025

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Titles and honours

Former SFT Flyweight Champion

Background

Brazilian bantamweight from Taboão da Serra, São Paulo, who won the SFT flyweight title in 2018 before joining the UFC in 2019. She later fought in the PFL and on regional shows in Brazil and Canada, and trains with Babuino Gold Team.

Fight history

24 professional fights. Newest first.

Result	Opponent	Method	Round	Time	Event	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	Alana Cook	Decision (split)	3	5:00	BTC 32	13 Sep 2025	Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
Loss	Fernanda Barbosa	Decision (split)	3	5:00	Standout Fighting Tournament 48	8 Jun 2024	São Paulo, Brazil
Loss	Sidy Rocha	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	Standout Fighting Tournament 44	18 Nov 2023	São Paulo, Brazil
Loss	Olena Kolesnyk	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	PFL 6 (2022)	1 Jul 2022	Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Loss	Martina Jindrová	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	PFL 3 (2022)	6 May 2022	Arlington, Texas, USA	Lightweight debut
Win	Sarah Moras	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Kattar	16 Jan 2021	Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Loss	Karol Rosa	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal	11 Jul 2020	Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Catchweight (141 lb); Melo missed weight
Loss	Tracy Cortez	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Jacare	16 Nov 2019	Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Loss	Irene Aldana	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Stephens	21 Sep 2019	Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico	Catchweight (140 lb); Melo missed weight
Win	Jan Finney	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	Battlefield FC 2	27 Jul 2019	Macau, China
Win	Mariana Morais	Decision (split)	3	5:00	Future FC 5	24 May 2019	São Paulo, Brazil
Win	Nilde Trindade	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	Future FC 2	22 Feb 2019	São Paulo, Brazil
Win	Daiane Firmino	Decision (split)	3	5:00	SFT 6	27 Oct 2018	São Paulo, Brazil	Won the vacant SFT Flyweight Championship
Win	Núbia Santos do Nascimento	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	SFT 5	29 Sep 2018	São Paulo, Brazil
Loss	Suvi Salmimies	Decision (split)	3	5:00	Cage 37	26 Nov 2017	Helsinki, Finland
Win	Molly McCann	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	XFC International 12	28 Nov 2015	São Paulo, Brazil
Win	Juliana Leite	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	4:01	Gold Fight 7	26 Sep 2015	São Paulo, Brazil
Loss	Silvana Gómez Juárez	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	XFC International 8	13 Dec 2014	Campinas, Brazil
Loss	Vanessa Guimarães	Decision (split)	3	5:00	XFC International 6	27 Sep 2014	São Paulo, Brazil	For the XFC Strawweight Championship
Win	Gloria Bravo	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	XFC International 3	29 Mar 2014	São Paulo, Brazil
Win	Suelen Pereira	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	3:37	Circuito Talent de MMA 5	23 Nov 2013	São Paulo, Brazil
Loss	Juliana Werner	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	MMA Super Heroes 1	13 Jul 2013	São Paulo, Brazil
Loss	Camila Lima	TKO (punches)	1	3:46	CT Fight	19 May 2012	São Paulo, Brazil
Win	Natalie Santos	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	Fight Stars	14 Sep 2011	São Paulo, Brazil	Pro debut