Istela Nunes
BrazilIstela Nunes is a Women's Strawweight from Brazil with an official record of 6-6 (1 NC). The 6 wins came 2 by knockout and 4 by decision. The most recent bout on file is a decision loss to Loma Lookboonmee at UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Murphy on 5 April 2025, the fifth defeat in a row.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 2025 | Loma Lookboonmee | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Murphy |
| Jul 15, 2023 | Viktoriia Dudakova | LOSS | KOKO/TKO | R1 · 0:34 | UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Bueno Silva |
| Dec 4, 2022 | Yazmin Jauregui | LOSS | KOPunches | R2 · 4:06 | UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland |
| Apr 16, 2022 | Sam Hughes | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Luque vs. Muhammad 2 |
| Oct 16, 2021 | Ariane Carnelossi | LOSS | SUBRear Naked Choke | R3 · 2:57 | UFC Fight Night: Ladd vs. Dumont |
| Jul 7, 2018 | Gina Iniong | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 | FWX MMA - Guerra de Naciones |
| May 26, 2017 | Angela LeeTitle | LOSS | SUBSubmission (Anaconda Choke) | R2 | ONE Championship 55: Dynasty of Heroes |
| Aug 13, 2016 | Mei Yamaguchi | WIN | DECDecision - Split | R3 | ONE Championship 45: Heroes of the World |
| Apr 21, 2016 | Karoline Martins | WIN | KOKO | R3 · 3:00 | FLC 2: CUFA Fight Festival 2 |
| Jan 30, 2016 | Thais Camila de Oliveira | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | NCE 4: New Corpore Extreme 4 |
| Dec 13, 2015 | Caroline Silva | NC | NCNo Contest | R1 · - | Imortal FC 2: Kamikaze |
| Nov 21, 2015 | Maria Vega | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 | 3FC: 3 Frontier Challenge |
| Oct 18, 2015 | Cynthia Candido | WIN | KOKO | R1 | PRVT: Cascavel Top Fight 2 |
Wins, losses and draws are Istela Nunes’s official record. Everything else is counted from the 13 bouts we hold a full result for — method, round and time. Per-fight striking and grappling statistics are not published in our data source, so they are not shown.
Istela Nunes’s record, in numbers
Istela Nunes’s record is 6-6 (1 NC), and Cage Brothers holds a full result for all 13 bouts in it. Every figure below is counted from them.
The 6 wins break down as 2 by knockout and 4 by decision — 2 of 6 inside the distance, a finish rate of 33%. Across the 12 of 13 bouts with a recorded finishing round, the average bout lasted 9 minutes 38 seconds.
Istela Nunes has been stopped 4 times in the 13 bouts on file — 2 by knockout and 2 by submission — which is 31% of them. The last 5 bouts on file are all losses.
Of the 13 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for, 1 was for a title and 1 was the main event of the card. One of them has come since October 2024.
Set against the 162 Women's Strawweight fighters Cage Brothers holds eight or more bouts for, Istela Nunes has a finish rate above 19% of them, a record of avoiding stoppage above 11% of them and a two-year bout count above 53% of them. The comparison is made inside the division rather than across the whole roster, because how often a division finishes depends heavily on what it weighs.
Istela Nunes is listed at 5ft 4in with a reach of 66in, fights orthodox and is 34, born 22 July 1992.
These figures are recomputed from Istela Nunes’s bout history each time results are synced, so they follow the record rather than a fixed snapshot.