Amanda Lemos

Amanda Lemos, known to fans as “Amandinha,” is a Brazilian mixed martial artist from Macapá, Amapá, who competes in the UFC Strawweight division and serves as a police officer in Paraíba, Brazil. Born on September 22, 1991, Lemos balanced a demanding career in law enforcement with MMA training, developing into one of the division’s most dangerous strikers with sharp boxing and a left hand that has produced multiple UFC stoppages against top-ranked competition.

Lemos joined the UFC in 2020 after an impressive regional career and quickly established herself as a genuine title contender, submitting Marina Rodriguez and stopping Michelle Waterson-Gomez before earning a strawweight title shot against Zhang Weili at UFC 292 in August 2023. Though she was submitted in the second round, the title shot confirmed her status as a legitimate championship-level threat. She has continued competing near the top of a deep strawweight division that includes some of the women’s game’s best fighters.

Lemos’s appeal as a fighter lies in her aggression and finishing instinct — she does not coast through fights, does not look for safe decisions, and applies her boxing with bad intentions from the opening bell. Her background in Brazilian MMA, combined with the discipline of a working law enforcement professional, gives her a composure under pressure that belies her forward-moving attacking style. She is one of the division’s most consistently exciting fighters on the feet.