Ivana Petrovic
Skill profile
138 MMA anchors Striking, Wrestling, Grappling · his tags and claims adjust Accuracy, TD Defense, Control · stats alone on Striking D, Durability.
Built on 56 minutes of tracked cage time across 4 statted fights — every axis is held down until there is more tape, so read this as a sketch rather than a verdict.
Career rates — the raw numbers behind the chart
Insider info
vs Juliana Miller clear UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo Full Card Analysis, Prediction & Breakdown · April 29, 2025
No hedge on the win itself; he closes by predicting a fast-clip finish and uses no root-beer or underdog price language.
Decent, forward-moving striker whose one-two is enough to get by; the stronger piece is her good body-lock-takedown grappling, where she advances position quickly to mount and finishes via TKO or rear-naked choke. He rates her above the bottom tier of the division and picks her to finish the fight at a good pace.
vs Jamey-Lyn Horth coinflip UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs Albazi · October 29, 2024 · 1 read since
names Horth as the pick but stacks hedges on the win itself: says the betting line pulls him toward Petrovic, admits uncertainty over whether Horth is really that big a favorite, says he 'might regret it', advises viewers that this one calls for sitting back and watching rather than wagering, and closes with the root-beer idiom -- the combination of wager caution plus explicit stay-off framing caps this at a coinflip despite a named winner.
A wrestler first: good body-lock takedowns, systematic top control that advances to mount, grinds with ground and pound until the opponent turns over, then finishes with the rear naked choke -- described as her repeated sequence for winning fights. Her striking is secondary, mainly there to set up the clinch and the body-lock takedown; she comes forward and throws a one-two to close distance. The analyst calls her clearly the better wrestler than striker of the two.
vs Liang Na lean UFC Fight Night Nicolau vs Perez Full Card Analysis, Prediction & Breakdown (UFC Vegas 91) · April 23, 2024 · 2 reads since
States Petrovic wins 'at a pretty high clip' once past round one, but flags Na as genuinely live early and adds a price caution at -500.
A methodical wrestler who works to top position off the bodylock and lands heavy ground-and-pound once there. Her finish is a patient rear-naked choke she waits for rather than hunts aggressively. The analyst expects her to take over once the fight passes the first round and names her outright as his pick at a very short price.
vs Luana Carolina clear UFC Fight Night Strickland vs Magomedov Full Card Breakdown & Predictions (UFC Vegas 76) · June 27, 2023 · 3 reads since
He states the clear pick is Petrovic; the only hedge voiced anywhere in the chapter is about the finishing METHOD (submission vs. TKO), which does not demote a win-confidence grade.
An undefeated, heavy-handed wrestler built around the body-lock takedown into top position, from where she lands some of the division's heaviest ground-and-pound elbows. Her stated path to several of her wins is the same sequence: mount, elbows, opponent gives up the back, rear-naked choke. She enters this bout as the sizeable favorite and making her UFC debut.
Striking trend
Fight history
L Juliana Miller 1-2 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo · May 3, 2025
L Jamey-Lyn Horth 1-1 walk-in Decision - Split · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Albazi · November 2, 2024
W Liang Na 0-3 walk-in Submission · R3 1:29 — UFC Fight Night: Nicolau vs. Perez · April 27, 2024
L Luana Carolina 8-3 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Magomedov · July 1, 2023
Walk-in records count UFC bouts in this database. For the pre-UFC career, see the record breakdown below or the Tapology button up top.
Record breakdown
Wins by method
Losses by method
Fights by organization
Showing UFC fights only — this fighter's full pre-UFC career hasn't been synced yet. It will fill in as the weekly career backfill reaches them.
Division context
Headshot of Ivana Petrovic by UFC · Official UFC athlete photo (copyright UFC; not freely licensed) · Wikimedia Commons · flattened onto dark background, cropped/resized