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Denise Gomes

Women's Strawweight · REAL v1.0 (registered) #8; v1.1 (shadow) #7

Descriptive profile. The resume rank is what has been earned; these statistics are context, not a prediction. A test on Oct 20, 2026 found that career statistics add nothing reliable to age, layoff and experience as predictors of the next result (experiments/REGISTER.md, EXP-2026-10-20-14).

Weight band 7-8: the 10th to 90th percentile of her position across weight vectors drawn near the 70/30 weights. Rating 1,629, deviation 135: measured from 9 UFC bouts; a one-bout newcomer sits near 290.

Age 26 (born 1999-12-30) · Height 5 ft 2 in (157 cm) · Reach 63 in (160 cm) · Stance Orthodox · 64 days since last bout (2026-08-29) · Last five 5-0 · Streak W5

Why she is ranked here

Rating 1,629 is the division's 8th highest of 49 board fighters; the ledger stands at +1.2 (+2.2 from quality wins, less 1.0 for other losses outside the top 5; losses count for three years); 3 quality wins in 15 years, 1 over top-10 opponents; no form penalty (5-0 last five). Score +0.38 = +0.27 (rating term, 70% weight) +0.11 (ledger term, 30% weight) -0.00 (form penalty); score order put her at #8.

TermValueDetail
Score+0.3870% rating term + 30% ledger term - form penalty
Rating term+0.27resume rating 1,629, scaled against the division's interdecile range
Ledger term+0.11quality ledger +1.2: +2.2 QW +0.0 proof -0.0 blowout -1.0 weak
Form penalty0.00last five 5-0
Quality wins, 15 years31 over top-10 opponents, 2 over top-15
Placementscore order #8v1.0 (registered)
Shadow board v1.1#7score +0.39; score order #7

Rules, weights and worked examples: methodology.

All 9 UFC bouts

DateEventOpponentOpp. official rankResultMethodRoundModel p
2026-08-29UFC Fight Night: Nurmagomedov vs. SongYan Xiaonan#4WKO/TKO1 (4:49)48%
2025-11-08UFC Fight Night: Bonfim vs. BrownTecia Pennington#13Wunanimous decision3 (5:00)54%
2025-05-17UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. MoralesElise ReedunrankedWKO/TKO2 (0:30)72%
2024-11-09UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. PratesKarolina KowalkiewiczunrankedWunanimous decision3 (5:00)61%
2024-06-08UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. ImavovEduarda MouraunrankedWsplit decision3 (5:00)55%
2023-11-04UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. LewisAngela Hill#12Lunanimous decision3 (5:00)63%
2023-07-08UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. RodriguezYazmin JaureguiunrankedWKO/TKO1 (0:20)45%
2023-04-15UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. AllenBruna BrasilunrankedWKO/TKO2 (2:42)44%
2022-09-17UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. SongLoma LookboonmeeunrankedLunanimous decision3 (5:00)45%

Opp. official rank = the UFC media-panel rank of the opponent on the date (C champion, #1 to #15, unranked; n/a before Feb 2013 or where no official board existed). Model p = the predictive model's pre-fight win chance for her (frozen performance-adjusted Elo; bouts before 2020 were in its tuning sample). Linked opponents have a profile.

Career statistics

Through 2026-10-31, UFC bouts only. Percentile = share of the 49 board fighters at Women's Strawweight at or below this value; high is a position in the division, not a verdict.

Output
Significant strikes landed per minute4.01(47th percentile at Women's Strawweight)
Significant strike accuracy51%(69th percentile at Women's Strawweight)
Knockdowns scored per 15 minutes0.64(94th percentile at Women's Strawweight)
Share of wins by finish57%(74th percentile at Women's Strawweight)
Defence and damage
Significant strikes absorbed per minute3.12(27th percentile at Women's Strawweight)
Significant strike defence48%(22nd percentile at Women's Strawweight)
Knockdowns suffered per 15 minutes0.00(47th percentile at Women's Strawweight)
Significant strikes absorbed, career291(47th percentile at Women's Strawweight)
KO/TKO losses0(57th percentile at Women's Strawweight)
Submission losses0(63rd percentile at Women's Strawweight)
KO/TKO losses per bout over 10 years, each weighted down by the finisher's danger0.000(57th percentile at Women's Strawweight)
Grappling
Takedowns landed per 15 minutes1.61(55th percentile at Women's Strawweight)
Takedown defence66%(58th percentile at Women's Strawweight)
Share of cage time in control29%(76th percentile at Women's Strawweight)
Share of significant strikes landed in the clinch or on the ground38%(90th percentile at Women's Strawweight)
Stylemixed (4.7 takedown attempts per 15 min; 29% control)
Career stage
Age26.8(10th percentile at Women's Strawweight)
Age at UFC debut22.7(8th percentile at Women's Strawweight)
Years since UFC debut4.1(47th percentile at Women's Strawweight)
UFC bouts9(61st percentile at Women's Strawweight)
Cage time, minutes93(57th percentile at Women's Strawweight)
Bouts per year, last three years2.0(80th percentile at Women's Strawweight)
Days since last bout64(33rd percentile at Women's Strawweight)

Board position since Oct 2023

C51015202520252026Oct 2023Oct 20262023-10-06: #17, Women's Strawweight2023-10-13: #17, Women's Strawweight2023-10-20: #17, Women's Strawweight2023-11-03: #17, Women's Strawweight2023-11-10: #25, Women's Strawweight2023-11-17: #25, Women's Strawweight2023-12-01: #25, Women's Strawweight2023-12-08: #24, Women's Strawweight2023-12-15: #24, Women's Strawweight2024-01-12: #24, Women's Strawweight2024-01-19: #23, Women's Strawweight2024-02-02: #22, Women's Strawweight2024-02-09: #22, Women's Strawweight2024-02-16: #22, Women's Strawweight2024-02-23: #22, Women's Strawweight2024-03-01: #19, Women's Strawweight2024-03-08: #19, Women's Strawweight2024-03-15: #19, Women's Strawweight2024-03-22: #20, Women's Strawweight2024-03-29: #19, Women's Strawweight2024-04-05: #19, Women's Strawweight2024-04-12: #19, Women's Strawweight2024-04-26: #19, Women's Strawweight2024-05-03: #19, Women's Strawweight2024-05-10: #18, Women's Strawweight2024-05-17: #19, Women's Strawweight2024-05-31: #19, Women's Strawweight2024-06-07: #19, Women's Strawweight2024-06-14: #18, Women's Strawweight2024-06-21: #18, Women's Strawweight2024-06-28: #18, Women's Strawweight2024-07-12: #18, Women's Strawweight2024-07-19: #18, Women's Strawweight2024-07-26: #18, Women's Strawweight2024-08-02: #18, Women's Strawweight2024-08-09: #17, Women's Strawweight2024-08-16: #18, Women's Strawweight2024-08-23: #18, Women's Strawweight2024-09-06: #18, Women's Strawweight2024-09-13: #18, Women's Strawweight2024-09-27: #18, Women's Strawweight2024-10-04: #18, Women's Strawweight2024-10-11: #18, Women's Strawweight2024-10-18: #18, Women's Strawweight2024-10-25: #18, Women's Strawweight2024-11-01: #18, Women's Strawweight2024-11-08: #18, Women's Strawweight2024-11-15: #17, Women's Strawweight2024-11-22: #17, Women's Strawweight2024-12-06: #18, Women's Strawweight2024-12-13: #18, Women's Strawweight2025-01-10: #17, Women's Strawweight2025-01-17: #17, Women's Strawweight2025-01-31: #16, Women's Strawweight2025-02-07: #16, Women's Strawweight2025-02-14: #17, Women's Strawweight2025-02-21: #17, Women's Strawweight2025-02-28: #17, Women's Strawweight2025-03-07: #17, Women's Strawweight2025-03-14: #16, Women's Strawweight2025-03-21: #16, Women's Strawweight2025-03-28: #16, Women's Strawweight2025-04-04: #16, Women's Strawweight2025-04-11: #16, Women's Strawweight2025-04-25: #16, Women's Strawweight2025-05-02: #16, Women's Strawweight2025-05-09: #16, Women's Strawweight2025-05-16: #16, Women's Strawweight2025-05-30: #15, Women's Strawweight2025-06-06: #15, Women's Strawweight2025-06-13: #15, Women's Strawweight2025-06-20: #15, Women's Strawweight2025-06-27: #15, Women's Strawweight2025-07-11: #15, Women's Strawweight2025-07-18: #15, Women's Strawweight2025-07-25: #15, Women's Strawweight2025-08-01: #15, Women's Strawweight2025-08-08: #15, Women's Strawweight2025-08-15: #15, Women's Strawweight2025-08-22: #16, Women's Strawweight2025-09-05: #16, Women's Strawweight2025-09-12: #16, Women's Strawweight2025-09-26: #15, Women's Strawweight2025-10-03: #16, Women's Strawweight2025-10-10: #16, Women's Strawweight2025-10-17: #16, Women's Strawweight2025-10-24: #15, Women's Strawweight2025-10-31: #14, Women's Strawweight2025-11-07: #15, Women's Strawweight2025-11-14: #11, Women's Strawweight2025-11-21: #11, Women's Strawweight2025-12-05: #10, Women's Strawweight2025-12-12: #10, Women's Strawweight2026-01-23: #10, Women's Strawweight2026-01-30: #10, Women's Strawweight2026-02-06: #10, Women's Strawweight2026-02-20: #10, Women's Strawweight2026-02-27: #10, Women's Strawweight2026-03-06: #10, Women's Strawweight2026-03-13: #10, Women's Strawweight2026-03-20: #9, Women's Strawweight2026-03-27: #9, Women's Strawweight2026-04-03: #10, Women's Strawweight2026-04-10: #10, Women's Strawweight2026-04-17: #10, Women's Strawweight2026-04-24: #10, Women's Strawweight2026-05-01: #10, Women's Strawweight2026-05-08: #11, Women's Strawweight2026-05-15: #11, Women's Strawweight2026-05-29: #11, Women's Strawweight2026-06-05: #11, Women's Strawweight2026-06-13: #11, Women's Strawweight2026-06-19: #11, Women's Strawweight2026-06-26: #10, Women's Strawweight2026-07-10: #10, Women's Strawweight2026-07-17: #9, Women's Strawweight2026-07-24: #9, Women's Strawweight2026-07-31: #9, Women's Strawweight2026-08-07: #10, Women's Strawweight2026-08-14: #10, Women's Strawweight2026-08-21: #10, Women's Strawweight2026-08-28: #10, Women's Strawweight2026-09-04: #7, Women's Strawweight2026-09-11: #7, Women's Strawweight2026-09-18: #7, Women's Strawweight2026-09-25: #7, Women's Strawweight2026-09-26: #7, Women's Strawweight2026-10-03: #6, Women's Strawweight2026-10-10: #7, Women's Strawweight2026-10-17: #7, Women's Strawweight2026-10-24: #8, Women's Strawweight2026-10-31: #8, Women's Strawweight#8

Position on the registered v1.0 board at each weekly snapshot (C = title holder or reserved, drawn at the top; lower is better).

Predictive rating by bout

1,4501,5001,5501,6001,6501,700202420252026Sep 2022Oct 20262022-09-17: 1,456 (L vs Loma Lookboonmee)2023-04-15: 1,560 (W vs Bruna Brasil)2023-07-08: 1,669 (W vs Yazmin Jauregui)2023-11-04: 1,595 (L vs Angela Hill)2024-06-08: 1,617 (W vs Eduarda Moura)2024-11-09: 1,639 (W vs Karolina Kowalkiewicz)2025-05-17: 1,669 (W vs Elise Reed)2025-11-08: 1,673 (W vs Tecia Pennington)2026-08-29: 1,693 (W vs Yan Xiaonan)1,693

Rating after each UFC bout from the frozen predictive model (performance-adjusted Elo, data/processed/elo_history.csv; a debut starts at 1,500). The resume rating's history is not stored, so this is the predictive line, which is a different number from the resume rating in the header.

Trajectory

Recent performances run about 64 points ahead of the rating: fighters this age typically run 30 points ahead of their rating, and her own recent results put her a further 34 points ahead.

ComponentPointsMeaning
Age component+30what fighters aged 26.8 typically run relative to their rating (population curve, all UFC bouts since 2011)
Own recent results+34her recency-weighted mean and trend over 9 bouts, shrunk toward zero; trend +3 points a year
Combined+64the rating's likely distance from her current performance level, in rating points
Readingahead of ratingahead of, in line with (within 30 points), or behind the rating

Performance relative to the rating, by age

-1.0-0.5+0.0+0.5+1.0222324252627282022-09-17 (age 22.7): L vs Loma Lookboonmee, residual -0.322023-04-15 (age 23.3): W vs Bruna Brasil, residual +0.572023-07-08 (age 23.5): W vs Yazmin Jauregui, residual +0.582023-11-04 (age 23.8): L vs Angela Hill, residual -0.202024-06-08 (age 24.4): W vs Eduarda Moura, residual +0.262024-11-09 (age 24.9): W vs Karolina Kowalkiewicz, residual +0.272025-05-17 (age 25.4): W vs Elise Reed, residual +0.322025-11-08 (age 25.9): W vs Tecia Pennington, residual +0.362026-08-29 (age 26.7): W vs Yan Xiaonan, residual +0.53+0.09

Each dot is one decided UFC bout at her age then: the performance score minus the rating's expectation, on the score's own scale from -1 to +1 (filled = win, hollow = loss; above zero is better than the rating implied; a finish as a slight favourite is about +0.45). The dashed line is the population curve for all fighters; the solid line is this fighter's own fitted level and trend as of the data date, weighted toward recent bouts. One unit sustained over many bouts corresponds to about 695 rating points; a single bout's residual is noisy.

Held-out evidence (walk-forward 2016 to 2026, EXP-2026-10-21-01): the age curve held in every test year; the individual component is a weak signal (correlation 0.06 with the next bout's residual; among fighters aged 33 or over, the lowest predicted quartile won 38% of next bouts against 53% expected, the highest 48% against 52%) and adds nothing to bout prediction beyond the shadow model. No board uses any of it: the rankings answer who has earned the place, not who wins next (EXP-2026-10-20-09). Method: src/mmalab/decline.py; settings: config/decline.yaml (expectation from the resume rating; one unit of residual is about 695 rating points).

Context flags

Descriptive only. Each line is a population fact about fighters like her, not a forecast for her; the register entries hold the measurements.

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