Who was the first woman to defeat Carla Esparza in professional MMA?? × Create Notifications New User posted their first comment this is comment text Link Approve Reject & ban Delete Log in Manage your profile Editing Story Queue Video Queue Editing Stats Writer Home SEO Redirection Admin Gaming Wiki Edits Taxonomy Home Edit Site Menu Mapping Dashboard Tag Pages Community Social Feed Queue Feed Center Notification Center Affiliate Home Manage Pages Bottom Tagline Dash Timeless Stories Logout MMA UFC News Who was the first woman to beat Carla Esparza in professional MMA Carla Esparza at UFC 274: Oliveira v Gaethje Like Like Excited Happy Anxious Angry Sad Comment Share Brian Heffernan CONTRIBUTOR Follow Modified 27 Sep 2022 Before finally becoming UFC strawweight champion, Carla Esparza had mixed success in her professional MMA career. Megumi Fujii was the first woman to beat Esparza, with the Japanese fighter being well-respected in the MMA world. The loss clearly carried no shame, with Fujii having a 20-0 record at the time of the bout. Esparza lost via submission at Bellator 24 after being caught in an armbar in the second round. 'Mega Megu' finished her MMA career with an impressive 26-3 record and was 22-0 before losing to Zoila Frausto at Bellator 34 in 2010. MMA Junkie@MMAJunkieMegumi Fujii returns to U.S. for Bellator 22, tapped for season-three women's tourney http://bit.ly/acueCt11Megumi Fujii returns to U.S. for Bellator 22, tapped for season-three women's tourney http://bit.ly/acueCt Carla Esparza has only lost six times during her professional MMA career in total. Jessica Aguilar, Joanna Jędrzejczyk, Randa Markos, Cláudia Gadelha and Tatiana Suarez have all managed to beat the current UFC strawweight champion. 'The Cookie Monster' is in the best form of her career, winning her last six bouts in the UFC. Esparza won the women's strawweight belt after scoring a split decision victory against Rose Namajunas at UFC 274: Oliveira vs. Gaethje. Watch the full fight highlights here: Both Rose Namajunas and Carla Esparza failed to impress during the title fight, with neither woman committing to any attacks. However, Esparza has beaten Virna Jandiroba, Alexa Grasso, Michelle Waterson-Gomez, Marina Rodriguez, Xiaonan Yan and Namajunas in back-to-back bouts. Who is Carla Esparza fighting next Carla Esparza is scheduled to face the always tough Weili Zhang at UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira in November. As mentioned, 'The Cookie Monster' is in great form, but Zhang looked great against Joanna Jędrzejczyk in her latest outing. The Chinese fighter managed to knockout Jędrzejczyk via a spinning backfist in round two at UFC 275: Teixeira vs. Procházka. 'Magnum' was on a two-fight losing streak after suffering back-to-back defeats against Rose Namajunas. UFC News@UFCNews#UFC275 Official Result: Zhang Weili (@MmaWeili) defeats Joanna Jedrzejczyk by KO (spinning backfist) at 2:28 in Round 2.All #UFC275 fight results, recaps, and winner interviews :10622#UFC275 Official Result: Zhang Weili (@MmaWeili) defeats Joanna Jedrzejczyk by KO (spinning backfist) at 2:28 in Round 2.All #UFC275 fight results, recaps, and winner interviews : Esparza will have a sizeable height disadvantage when facing Zhang, standing 8 cm shorter than the Chinese fighter. However, both women have the same reach, so despite Zhang's natural striking advantage, 'The Cookie Monster' shouldn't struggle with range. The 34-year-old UFC champion isn't known for finishing fights and will likely look to turn her bout against Zhang into a grappling contest to avoid Zhang's dominant striking. × Rate this story! Thank You! 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