Irene Aldana is a Mexican professional mixed martial artist, who currently competes in the Women’s Bantamweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Her personal MMA record is 14-6-0 (W-L-D).
Irene Robles Aldana was born on March 26, 1988, in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico. She graduated from college with a degree in graphic design. During her college studies, she grew an interest in mixed martial arts and started training at the local gym.
Irene Aldana made her professional MMA debut on October 17, 2021, at the GEX – Old Jack’s Fight Night. She fought versus Sandra del Rincon and won via KO in the 15th second of the first round. Her next two fights were at the Xtreme Kombat 21 in October 2013, winning with a KO in the first second of the first round.
On December 21, 2013, Irene Aldana fought at the Jungle Fight 63 versus Larissa Pacheco. She registered her first loss in the professional MMA via TKO in the third round.
Irene Aldana signed with Invicta FC in mid-2014 and made her debut on September 6, 2014, versus Peggy Morgan at Invicta FC 8: Waterson vs. Tamada. She won the fight via rear-naked choke submission in the first round.
In Invicta FC she had three more wins – versus Colleen Schneider at Invicta FC 11 – Cyborg vs. Tweet (via rear-naked choke submission), versus Jessamyn Duke at Invicta FC 16 – Hamasaki vs. Brown (via TKO), and versus Faith McMah at Invicta FC 19 – Maia vs. Modafferi (via TKO). However, she registered also one loss to Tonya Evinger at Invicta FC 13 – Cyborg vs. Van Duin via TKO in the fourth round.
Irene Aldana signed with the UFC in November 2016 and made her debut on December 17, 2016, versus Leslie Smith at UFC on Fox 22 – VanZant vs. Waterson. She lost the fight via unanimous decision.
On April 8, 2017, she registered another loss to Katlyn Chookagian at UFC 210 – Cormier vs. Johnson 2 via split decision.
Irene Aldana returned to the wins in her next three fights, after registering victories versus Talita Bernardo at UFC Fight Night 124 – Stephens vs. Choi (via unanimous decision), versus Lucie Pudilova at UFC 228 – Woodley vs. Till (via split decision), and versus Bethe Correia at UFC 237 – Namajunas vs. Andrade (via armbar submission).
On July 20, 2019, Irene Aldana faced Raquel Pennington at UFC on ESPN 4, but lost the fight via split decision.
On September 21, 2019, she fought versus Vanessa Melo at UFC Fight Night 159 – Rodriguez vs. Stephens and won the fight via unanimous decision. Later the same year, she got another victory versus Ketlen Vieira at UFC 245 – Usman vs. Covington via KO in the first round.
On October 3, 2020, Irene Aldana recorded her sixth professional MMA loss to Holly Holm at UFC on ESPN 16 – Holm vs. Aldana. The Mexican MMA fighter lost the fight by unanimous decision.
On July 10, 2021, she fought versus Yana Kunitskaya at UFC 264 – Poirier vs. McGregor 3 and won the bout via TKO in the first round.
The last fight for Irene Aldana was on September 10, 2022, versus Macy Chiasson at UFC 279 – Diaz vs. Ferguson, which she won via KO in the third round.
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