Women's Strawweight · “Sampage”
Sam Hughes
11-7-0 UFC 6-6-0
5'5"Height
64"Reach
OrthodoxStance
1992-06-28Born
1KO wins
1Sub wins
33.3%Finish rate
13:24Avg fight
Statistical profile
The shape of their game.
Percentile scores against UFC veterans — volume-aware, and honest about small samples. The rim is reserved for true specialists.
Radar — percentile vs UFC veterans
Career rates
Sig. strikes landed / min4.41
Sig. strikes absorbed / min4.69
Striking accuracy47.5%
Striking defense58.1%
Takedowns / 15 min1.12
Takedown accuracy29.3%
Takedown defense63.5%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.19
Control time27.0%
Record vs .500+ opponents3-6
Striking trend
Output, fight by fight.
Significant strikes landed per minute over the last 8 fights — green dots are wins, red are losses.
Fight history
Every walk to the cage.
12 UFC bouts, newest first. Tap a fight for the full stat line — opponent records are shown as of fight night.
L Piera Rodriguez 4-2 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Vallejos · 2026-03-14
77/144Sig. strikes
107/231Absorbed
0/7Takedowns
0:22Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Shauna Bannon 2-1 walk-in Submission · R2 1:58 — UFC Fight Night: Imavov vs. Borralho · 2025-09-06
21/46Sig. strikes
13/38Absorbed
2/3Takedowns
5:29Control
0Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
W Stephanie Luciano 1-0 walk-in Decision - Split · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Dolidze 2 · 2025-03-15
76/152Sig. strikes
82/251Absorbed
3/8Takedowns
4:21Control
0Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
W Viktoriia Dudakova 2-0 walk-in Decision - Split · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov · 2024-08-03
97/193Sig. strikes
61/144Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
2:14Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Yazmin Jauregui 2-1 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2 · 2024-02-24
83/197Sig. strikes
94/269Absorbed
0/6Takedowns
0:17Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Jaqueline Amorim 0-0 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC 287: Pereira vs. Adesanya 2 · 2023-04-08
46/104Sig. strikes
12/52Absorbed
1/1Takedowns
7:02Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Piera Rodriguez 1-0 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Araujo · 2022-10-15
69/155Sig. strikes
83/160Absorbed
0/1Takedowns
0:30Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Elise Reed 1-1 walk-in KO/TKO · R3 3:52 — UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Vieira · 2022-05-21
43/65Sig. strikes
17/41Absorbed
4/7Takedowns
11:59Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Istela Nunes 0-1 walk-in Decision - Majority · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Luque vs. Muhammad · 2022-04-16
76/182Sig. strikes
89/228Absorbed
2/5Takedowns
3:26Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Luana Pinheiro 1-0 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Vieira vs. Tate · 2021-11-20
53/130Sig. strikes
60/159Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:19Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Loma Lookboonmee 2-1 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Reyes vs. Prochazka · 2021-05-01
49/73Sig. strikes
84/124Absorbed
0/2Takedowns
6:34Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Tecia Pennington 7-5 walk-in TKO - Doctor's Stoppage · R1 5:00 — UFC 256: Figueiredo vs. Moreno · 2020-12-12
20/53Sig. strikes
52/103Absorbed
0/1Takedowns
0:51Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
Walk-in records count UFC bouts in this database. For the pre-UFC career, see the record breakdown below or the Tapology button up top.
Record breakdown
How the record was built.
Full pro career, from the fighter's Wikipedia record table (Sam Hughes (fighter)) — results only; UFC bouts carry full stats in the fight history above.
Wins by method
KO/TKO
2
Submission
4
Decision
5
Other
0
Losses by method
KO/TKO
1
Submission
1
Decision
5
Other
0
Fights by organization
UFC
12
LFA
3
Battle at the Bay
1
Xtreme Knockout
1
Combat Games
1
Full career — 18 fights, every organization
| Opponent | Method | Event | Org | Rd | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Piera Rodriguez | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Vallejos
2026-03-14 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Shauna Bannon | Submission (rear-naked choke) | UFC Fight Night: Imavov vs. Borralho
2025-09-06 |
UFC | 2 | 1:58 |
| W | Stephanie Luciano | Decision (split) | UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Dolidze 2
2025-03-15 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Victoria Dudakova | Decision (split) | UFC on ABC: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov
2024-08-03 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Yazmin Jauregui | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2
2024-02-24 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Jaqueline Amorim | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 287
2023-04-08 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Piera Rodríguez | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Araújo
2022-10-15 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Elise Reed | TKO (elbow and punches) | UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Vieira
2022-05-21 |
UFC | 3 | 3:52 |
| W | Istela Nunes | Decision (majority) | UFC on ESPN: Luque vs. Muhammad 2
2022-04-16 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Luana Pinheiro | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Vieira vs. Tate
2021-11-20 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Loma Lookboonmee | Decision (unanimous) | UFC on ESPN: Reyes vs. Procházka
2021-05-01 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Tecia Torres | TKO (doctor stoppage) | UFC 256
2020-12-12 |
UFC | 1 | 5:00 |
| W | Danielle Hindley | Technical Submission (guillotine choke) | LFA 93
2020-10-16 |
LFA | 1 | 5:00 |
| L | Vanessa Demopoulos | Technical Submission (inverted triangle choke) | LFA 85
2020-07-17 |
LFA | 4 | 2:21 |
| W | Lisa Mauldin | Decision (unanimous) | LFA 81
2020-01-31 |
LFA | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Bethany Christensen | Submission (armbar) | Battle at the Bay 15
2019-10-19 |
Battle at the Bay | 1 | 0:52 |
| W | Loren Benjar | TKO (knee to the body and punches) | Xtreme Knockout 46
2019-07-13 |
Xtreme Knockout | 2 | 1:30 |
| W | Kyla Frajman | Submission (rear-naked choke) | Combat Games 62
2019-02-23 |
Combat Games | 1 | 1:35 |
Career history from the fighter's Wikipedia record table (Sam Hughes (fighter)) — results only, no strike stats; UFC bouts are marked and carry full stats in the fight history above.
Division context
Measured against the division.
Versus the Women's Strawweight average, over 57 qualified fighters (5+ UFC fights, 30+ minutes of cage time). Green = better than average, red = worse; the tick mark is the division mean. "Strikes absorbed" counts lower as better.