Julija Stoliarenko
Julija Stoliarenko | |||||||||||||
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Born | Kaunas, Lithuania |
8 April 1993 ||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight | 125 lb (57 kg; 8.9 st) | ||||||||||||
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Reach | 66 in (170 cm)[1] | ||||||||||||
Fighting out of | Kaunas, Lithuania[2] | ||||||||||||
Team | Roger Gracie Academy Kaunas / Fighter House[3] | ||||||||||||
Rank | BJJ black belt[lower-alpha 1] | ||||||||||||
Years active | 2012–present | ||||||||||||
Kickboxing record | |||||||||||||
Total | 3 | ||||||||||||
Wins | 3 | ||||||||||||
By knockout | 3 | ||||||||||||
Mixed martial arts record | |||||||||||||
Total | 21 | ||||||||||||
Wins | 11 | ||||||||||||
By submission | 10 | ||||||||||||
By decision | 1 | ||||||||||||
Losses | 8 | ||||||||||||
By knockout | 4 | ||||||||||||
By submission | 1 | ||||||||||||
By decision | 3 | ||||||||||||
Draws | 2 | ||||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||||
University | Lithuanian University of Health Sciences | ||||||||||||
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Julija Stoliarenko (born 8 April 1993) is a Lithuanian mixed martial artist, Lethwei fighter, submission grappler and Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) black belt athlete.[lower-alpha 1]
A two-time European Open champion[lower-alpha 2] and two-time IBJJF World medallist in the lower BJJ belt divisions; Stoliarenko is an ADCC Submission Fighting European medallist and currently competes in MMA in the Bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Stoliarenko is the former Invicta FC Bantamweight Champion and ILFJ Women's Featherweight Lethwei World Champion.
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Background
Stoliarenko's father introduced her to karate when she was 12, eventually progressing towards Brazilian jiu-jitsu and mixed martial arts.[1]
Lethwei career
On June 16, 2017, Stoliarenko made her Lethwei debut at Lethwei in Japan 4: Frontier in Tokyo, Japan[5] and knocked out Burmese Lethwei fighter Su Hlaing Oo.[6]
On November 15, 2017, Stoliarenko faced top female Lethwei fighter in Vero Nika in Lethwei Grand Prix Japan 2017 in Tokyo and ultimately won the Japan Lethwei World Title by TKO.[7][8][9]
On October 2, 2019, Stoliarenko made her first ILFJ title defence at Lethwei in Japan 14[10] and defeated Japanese fighter Yugia by TKO in the first round.[11]
Mixed martial arts career
The Ultimate Fighter
In 2018, Julija Stoliarenko was a contestant on The Ultimate Fighter: Heavy Hitters. In the Ultimate Fighter finale Stoliarenko lost to Leah Letson.[12]
Invicta FC
On March 6, 2020, Julija defeated Liza Verzosa to win Invicta Bantamweight Championship.[13]
Ultimate Fighting Championship
On August 8, 2020, Stoliarenko faced Yana Kunitskaya at UFC Fight Night 174.[14] She lost the fight via unanimous decision.[15]
Stoliarenko was expected to face Julia Avila at UFC on ESPN 21 on March 20, 2021.[16] However at the weigh ins, Stoliarenko suffered a syncopal episode on the scale and the fight was scrapped.[17][18] The pair was rescheduled and took place at UFC Fight Night 190.[19] Stoliarenko lost the fight by submission in the third round.[20]
Stoliarenko faced Alexis Davis at UFC Fight Night 200 on February 5, 2022.[21] She lost the fight via unanimous decision.[22]
Stoliarenko faced Jessica-Rose Clark on July 2, 2022 at UFC 276.[23] She won the fight via armbar submission less than a minute into round one, thus earning her first victory in UFC in the process.[24] This performance earned her the Performance of the Night bonus award.[25]
Stoliarenko, as a replacement for Leah Letson, faced Chelsea Chandler in a catchweight bout of 140 pounds on October 1, 2022 at UFC Fight Night 211.[26] She lost the bout via TKO stoppage at the end of the first round.[27]
Stoliarenko faced Molly McCann in a flyweight bout on July 22, 2023, at UFC Fight Night 224.[28] She won the fight by armbar submission in the first round.[29]
Stoliarenko faced Luana Carolina on February 3, 2024, at UFC Fight Night 235.[30] At the weigh-ins, Luana Carolina weighed in at 128 pounds, two pounds over the women's flyweight non-title fight limit. Her bout proceeded at catchweight with Carolina forfeiting an undisclosed percentage of her purse, which went to Stoliarenko.[31] She lost the fight via technical knockout in the third round.[32]
Brazilian jiu-jitsu & Submission grappling career
Competing as a blue belt at the 2015 European IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship, Stoliarenko won bronze in the middleweight division and silver in open class.[33] As a purple belt, she won bronze at the 2016 European IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship.[34]
Competing at the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam World Tour 2017–2018 – Tokyo in the −70 kg Purple division, she won silver after defeating Miyu Omani via submission.[35] In 2018 Stoliarenko won the European IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship in the medium heavy purple belt division.[36] Promoted to brown belt, she won bronze at the 2018 World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship.[37] In 2019 she won a silver medal at the ADCC Submission Fighting European Championship,[38] the same year she won silver at the World Championship in medium heavy and bronze in open class.[39]
She was promoted to BJJ black belt on 13 November 2021.[40][2] In 2022 Stoliarenko took part in the 2nd ADCC European Trial organised in Luboń, Poland in the +60 kg category, she was defeated by Norwegian Ane Svendsen by points 6x0 in the quarter-finals.[41] In 2022 she failed to win any medals at the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam World Tour 2022 in London after finishing fourth of the −70 kg division.[35]
In 2023 she won the Masters 1 European IBJJF Open Championship in the middleweight division, also winning silver in the openweight.[42][43]
Championships and accomplishments
Mixed martial arts
- Ultimate Fighting Championship
- Performance of the Night (One time) vs. Jessica-Rose Clark.[44]
- Invicta Fighting Championships
- Invicta FC Bantamweight Championship (One time)[13]
- Celtic Gladiator
- CG Bantamweight Champion (One time)
Lethwei
Brazilian jiu-jitsu / Submission grappling
- IBJJF European Open Champion (2018 purple)
- IBJJF Master 1 European Champion (2023 black)
- 2nd place ADCC Submission Fighting European Championship (2019)
- 2nd place IBJJF World Jiu-jitsu Championship (2019 brown)
- 2nd place IBJJF Master 1 European Champion (2023[lower-alpha 3] black)
- 2nd place European IBJJF Jiu-jitsu Championship (2015[lower-alpha 3] blue)
- 2nd place Abu Dhabi Grand Slam World Tour 2017–2018 – Tokyo (2017 purple)
- 3rd place IBJJF World Jiu-jitsu Championship (2018 / 2019 brown)
- 3rd place European IBJJF Jiu-jitsu Championship (2018 purple)
- 3rd place European IBJJF Jiu-jitsu Championship (2015 blue)
Mixed martial arts record
Professional record breakdown | ||
21 matches | 11 wins | 8 losses |
By knockout | 0 | 4 |
By submission | 10 | 1 |
By decision | 1 | 3 |
Draws | 2 |
Res. | Record | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
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Loss | 11–8–2 | Luana Carolina | TKO (punches) | UFC Fight Night: Dolidze vs. Imavov | February 3, 2024 | 3 | 4:52 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | Catchweight (128 lb) bout; Carolina missed weight. |
Win | 11–7–2 | Molly McCann | Submission (armbar) | UFC Fight Night: Aspinall vs. Tybura | July 22, 2023 | 1 | 1:55 | London, England | Flyweight debut. |
Loss | 10–7–2 | Chelsea Chandler | TKO (punches) | UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Yan | October 1, 2022 | 1 | 4:15 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | Catchweight (140 lb) bout. |
Win | 10–6–2 | Jessica-Rose Clark | Submission (armbar) | UFC 276 | July 2, 2022 | 1 | 0:42 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | Performance of the Night. |
Loss | 9–6–2 | Alexis Davis | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Strickland | February 5, 2022 | 3 | 5:00 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |
Loss | 9–5–2 | Julia Avila | Submission (rear-naked choke) | UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Volkov | June 26, 2021 | 3 | 4:19 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |
Loss | 9–4–2 | Yana Kunitskaya | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Oleinik | August 8, 2020 | 3 | 5:00 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |
Win | 9–3–2 | Lisa Verzosa | Decision (split) | Invicta FC: Phoenix Series 3 | March 6, 2020 | 5 | 5:00 | Kansas City, Kansas, United States | Won the vacant Invicta FC Bantamweight Championship. |
Win | 8–3–2 | Maria Tatunashvili | Submission (armbar) | KOK'80 World Series 2019 in Lithuania | November 16, 2019 | 1 | 0:20 | Vilnius, Lithuania | |
Win | 7–3–2 | Victoria Dvaraninovich | Submission (armbar) | KOK'78 World Series 2019 in Kaunas | September 21, 2019 | 1 | 0:19 | Kaunas, Lithuania | |
Win | 6–3–2 | Marta Waliczek | Submission (armbar) | Celtic Gladiator 24 | June 29, 2019 | 1 | 0:30 | Bielsko-Biała, Poland | Won the vacant CG Bantamweight Championship. |
Win | 5–3–2 | Natalya Dyachkova | Submission (armbar) | KOK'69 World Series 2019 in Vilnius | March 16, 2019 | 1 | 0:00 | Vilnius, Lithuania | Return to Bantamweight. |
Loss | 4–3–2 | Leah Letson | Decision (split) | The Ultimate Fighter: Heavy Hitters Finale | November 30, 2018 | 3 | 5:00 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | Featherweight debut. |
Win | 4–2–2 | Alecia Zomkowski | Submission (armbar) | Bushido 74 | May 4, 2018 | 1 | 0:22 | Vilnius, Lithuania | |
Win | 3–2–2 | Tatsiana Firsava | Submission (armbar) | KOK 55 World GP 2018 in Vilnius | March 17, 2018 | 1 | 0:58 | Vilnius, Lithuania | |
Win | 2–2–2 | Tetyana Voznyuk | Submission (armbar) | KOK World Series 2017 in Kaunas | September 23, 2017 | 1 | 0:58 | Kaunas, Lithuania | |
Draw | 1–2–2 | Martyna Czech | Draw (majority) | KOK World Series 2016 in Vilnius | March 19, 2016 | 2 | 5:00 | Vilnius, Lithuania | Catchweight (141 lb) bout. |
Loss | 1–2–1 | Lucie Pudilová | TKO (corner stoppage) | GCF Challenge: Back in the Fight 4 | March 27, 2015 | 2 | 5:00 | Příbram, Czech Republic | Catchweight (143 lb) bout. |
Loss | 1–1–1 | Agnieszka Niedźwiedź | TKO (elbows) | Fighters Arena 9 | June 8, 2014 | 3 | 2:51 | Józefów, Poland | |
Win | 1–0–1 | Eeva Siiskonen | Submission (armbar) | Carelia Fight 9 | September 7, 2013 | 1 | 1:25 | Imatra, Finland | |
Draw | 0–0–1 | Evelyn Adomulyte | Draw | SWAT 30 | April 14, 2012 | 3 | 5:00 | Kaunas, Lithuania | Bantamweight debut. |
Lethwei record
3 Wins, 0 Losses, 0 Draws | ||||||||
Date | Result | Opponent | Event | Location | Method | Round | Time | |
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2019-10-02 | Win | Yuiga | Lethwei in Japan 14: Mysterious Tenmei | Tokyo, Japan | TKO | 1 | 0:36 | |
Defends ILFJ Women's Featherweight World Championship | ||||||||
2017-11-15 | Win | Vero Nika | Lethwei Grand Prix Japan 2017 | Tokyo, Japan | TKO | 2 | 0:45 | |
Wins ILFJ Women's Featherweight World Championship | ||||||||
2017-06-16 | Win | Su Hlaing Oo | Lethwei in Japan 4: Frontier | Tokyo, Japan | KO | 2 | 1:32 | |
Legend: Win Loss Draw/No contest Notes |
Notes
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External links
- Julija Stoliarenko on UFC.com
- Professional MMA record for Julija Stoliarenko from SherdogLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
Awards and achievements | ||
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Preceded by | 5th Invicta FC Bantamweight Champion March 6, 2020 – July 31, 2020 |
Succeeded by Taneisha Tennant |
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