Vanessa Porto
| Vanessa Porto | |
|---|---|
| Born | Vanessa Alessandra Teixeira Porto March 16, 1984 Americana, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) |
| Weight | 125 lb (57 kg; 8.9 st) |
| Division |
Flyweight (125 lb) Bantamweight (135 lb) |
| Fighting out of | São Paulo, Brazil |
| Team | The MMA University Drenix Iglesia Team |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 25 |
| Wins | 18 |
| By knockout | 3 |
| By submission | 10 |
| By decision | 5 |
| Losses | 7 |
| By knockout | 2 |
| By submission | 1 |
| By decision | 4 |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Vanessa Alessandra Teixeira Porto (born March 16, 1984) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and amateur boxer who competes in the Invicta Fighting Championships flyweight division. She is currently the #2-ranked 125-pound female fighter in the world according to the Unified Women's MMA Rankings.
Porto grew up in Jaú, São Paulo in a family of soccer players. She had an appreciation for martial arts from a young age and started to practice Brazilian jiu-jitsu in 2004. She is currently married to her trainer Pedro Iglesias.
Porto began her professional MMA career in 2005. She initially fought only for Brazilian promotions such as Storm Samurai and Champions Night and faced opponents including Carina Damm, Cristiane Justino and Brazilian kickboxing champion Juliana Werner Aguiar. She defeated Aguiar on three occasions.
With a record of five wins and two losses, Porto signed with the U.S.-based Fatal Femmes Fighting promotion.
Porto made her FFF debut against Tonya Evinger on July 14, 2007 at Fatal Femmes Fighting 2. She defeated Evinger via submission due to an armbar in the first round.
Porto was expected to face FFF bantamweight champion Roxanne Modafferi on November 3, 2007 at Fatal Femmes Fighting 3. However, Modafferi was removed from the event due to a shoulder injury and was replaced by Hitomi Akano. Porto defeated Akano via split decision after five rounds. Her match for the FFF bantamweight title against Modafferi happened on April 3, 2008 at Fatal Femmes Fighting 4. Porto lost via TKO for the first time in her MMA career.
Porto faced Germaine de Randamie on December 19, 2008 at Revolution Fight Club 2. She won via submission due to an armbar in the first round.
Between December 2008 and March 2011, Porto amassed five victories and suffered a single loss against Amanda Nunes. On October 28, 2011, Porto defeated Jennifer Maia via technical submission due to an armbar at Kumite MMA Combate.
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