Ariane Lipski

Ariane Lipski da Silva is a 31-year-old Brazilian striker who rose to prominence as the KSW Women's Flyweight Champion before joining the UFC in 2019. Over six years in the octagon, she compiled a 6-8 record that fell short of the title ambitions she carried with her, despite posting several high-profile finishes and earning two UFC Performance of the Night bonuses. Her record reflects a fighter who stayed busy and accepted every challenge, sometimes fighting through setbacks including a facial fracture against Antonina Shevchenko and personal health struggles that culminated in a weight-miss and loss in her final UFC bout against Wang Cong in June 2025.

Lipski da Silva's fighting style is defined by aggressive striking and finishing power. She lands significant strikes at a high volume, has earned multiple submission-of-the-year honors for her armbar and kneebar submissions, and is tied for the most knockdowns in UFC women's flyweight history. Her grappling is opportunistic and crisp, though she rarely initiates takedowns and instead looks to land strikes and create openings on the ground. Her finishing rate across 17 professional wins underscores her danger: six knockouts, four submissions, and seven first-round finishes.

After being released by the UFC in June 2025, Lipski da Silva briefly considered retirement but rediscovered her passion for fighting during an extended training period away from competition. She signed with the Professional Fighters League in September 2025 and made her PFL debut in March 2026 against Sumiko Inaba, marking a fresh chapter for a veteran who views the fixed-weight-class structure and ranking system as a clearer path to a title shot. Her journey from KSW champion to UFC journeyman to PFL hopeful reflects both the brutal mathematics of elite MMA and her unwillingness to let one promotion define her legacy.