Alexia Thainara defeated Amanda Lemos via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27) at UFC Vegas 120 in Las Vegas. The strawweight bout was part of the main card at the Meta APEX. The event is headlined by a lightweight clash between Mateusz Gamrot and Quillan Salkilld.
Alexia "Burguesinha" Thainara handed Amanda Lemos a unanimous decision loss at UFC Vegas 120, with the judges scoring the women's strawweight bout 29-28, 29-28, and 30-27 at the Meta APEX in Las Vegas on August 9, 2026.
Thainara, a 30-year-old Brazilian fighting out of the Ribas Family camp, improved her record to 14-1-0 with the victory. Ranked 12th in the strawweight division, she entered the fight as one of the more active grapplers in the weight class, averaging 4.54 takedowns per 15 minutes alongside a relentless pace of 4.62 significant strikes landed per minute. Standing five-foot-four with a 67-inch reach, the orthodox fighter had built her reputation on volume and wrestling pressure.
Lemos, the No. 8-ranked strawweight, saw her record fall to 15-6-1. The 39-year-old Brazilian southpaw from the Marajo Brothers Team carries a reach of 65 inches and has long been regarded as one of the division's more dangerous strikers, posting a striking accuracy of 55 percent with 2.75 significant strikes landed per minute. She also brings submission threats to the mat, averaging 0.7 submission attempts per 15 minutes.
Why it matters
- Thainara's win over a top-10 opponent could push the No. 12-ranked fighter several spots up the strawweight ladder.
- Lemos drops her second consecutive loss, complicating her path back toward title contention at 39 years old.
- The contrasting styles — Thainara's volume and takedown output against Lemos's precision striking — made for a telling stylistic test that judges ultimately scored in the younger fighter's favor.
