Andrea Lee

Andrea Lee is a veteran UFC flyweight who parlayed a remarkable amateur resume - a three-time Muay Thai world champion with black-belt credentials in Kyokushin karate, judo, and BJJ - into a professional MMA career that began outside the UFC with championship runs in Legacy FC and the LFA. She signed with the UFC in 2017 and enjoyed early success, earning Fight of the Night (against Veronica Macedo in 2018) and Performance of the Night (against Cynthia Calvillo in 2021) honors that validated her status as a well-rounded striker and submission specialist.

Lee's fighting style is grounded in volume striking and technical grappling. She lands nearly 5 significant strikes per minute and has finished five opponents via submission, showcasing a diverse arsenal that includes armbars, kimuras, and triangles. Her striking defense sits at 61%, a respectable number for the division, though her takedown defense of 54% has occasionally exposed her to wrestlers. When Lee is winning, she is controlling fights with pressure and precision; when she is losing, narrow decisions have increasingly gone against her.

The past four years have been brutal. Since 2020, Lee has won only two of her last eight UFC bouts and has fallen into a six-fight losing streak that marks the longest in UFC women's history. Many of these losses came by split decision - to Lauren Murphy in 2020 (where 12 of 12 media outlets scored it for Lee) and to Maycee Barber in 2023 (where 8 of 17 outlets sided with Lee) - fueling frustration that marginal judging decisions have compounded her slide. In March 2025, following a unanimous-decision loss to JJ Aldrich, Lee was removed from the UFC roster, ending a chapter in a career that had promised much but delivered inconsistent results at the sport's highest level.