Jinh Yu Frey
Skill profile
138 MMA anchors Striking, Wrestling, TD Defense · his tags and claims adjust Accuracy · stats alone on Striking D, Durability, Grappling, Control.
Career rates — the raw numbers behind the chart
Insider info
vs Victoria Dudakova lean UFC 294 Full Card Breakdown, Predictions, & Analysis · October 18, 2023
Settles clearly on 'dudova' as the pick, acknowledging reasons to hesitate (her own thin striking, her guard-pulling habit) but concluding she is simply the better choice here -- no odds-based hedge at all.
Jinh Yu Frey, 38, has been in a rough patch since reaching the UFC, sitting 2-3 over her last five. Her striking is decent -- good combinations, good forward pressure, and a jab she pumps out often -- though her volume usually runs low aside from occasional high-pace flashes. Her wrestling is decent too, with good takedown defense and effective work pushing opponents against the cage. The analyst's biggest concern is that she's naturally built for a smaller weight class and simply isn't built for competing at this weight.
vs Elise Reed coinflip UFC Fight Night Kara-France vs Albazi Predictions & Full Card Breakdown (UFC Vegas 74) · May 30, 2023 · 1 read since
He describes only a 'slightest lean' toward Reed, then separately says he has zero confidence in the pick at all -- both the lean itself and his stated confidence are at the floor.
Frey is read as a forward-moving, combination striker whose game plan is built around pushing to the cage and winning with wrestling-adjacent pressure. Her takedown defense is a stated problem, and she is specifically a smaller, weaker fighter in this matchup because she is naturally an atomweight who moved up because the UFC has no 105lb division.
vs Polyana Viana coinflip UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs Lemos Full Card Preview, Prediction, & Analysis · November 2, 2022 · 2 reads since
names Viana as his pick, then immediately says he personally would pass on the fight -- a named winner plus explicit advice to stay off it
Credited with decent (board-matching) boxing and praised specifically for forward pressure and a one-two he considers a rare, underused tool for women's MMA. The main problem he raises is size: she is a natural atomweight fighting up, which he says leaves her undersized against almost everyone she faces, citing a past loss to another smaller fighter for the same reason. He says she has no real finishing upside in this matchup.
Striking trend
Fight history
L Viktoriia Dudakova 1-0 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC 294: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski 2 · October 21, 2023
L Elise Reed 6-3 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Kara-France vs. Albazi · June 3, 2023
L Polyana Viana 12-5 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 0:47 — UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Lemos · November 5, 2022
L Vanessa Demopoulos 7-4 walk-in Decision - Split · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot · June 25, 2022
W Ashley Yoder 8-7 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Hall vs. Strickland · July 31, 2021
W Gloria de Paula 5-2 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad · March 13, 2021
L Loma Lookboonmee 4-2 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Aldana · October 3, 2020
L Kay Hansen 6-3 walk-in Submission · R3 2:26 — UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Hooker · June 27, 2020
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
Full career — 21 fights, every organization
| Opponent | Method | Event | Org | Rd | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Victoria Dudakova | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 294
October 21, 2023 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Elise Reed | Decision (unanimous) | UFC on ESPN: Kara-France vs. Albazi
June 3, 2023 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Polyana Viana | KO (punches) | UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Lemos
November 5, 2022 |
UFC | 1 | 0:47 |
| L | Vanessa Demopoulos | Decision (split) | UFC on ESPN: Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot
June 25, 2022 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Ashley Yoder | Decision (unanimous) | UFC on ESPN: Hall vs. Strickland
July 31, 2021 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Gloria de Paula | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad
March 13, 2021 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Loma Lookboonmee | Decision (unanimous) | UFC on ESPN: Holm vs. Aldana
October 4, 2020 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Kay Hansen | Submission (armbar) | UFC on ESPN: Poirier vs. Hooker
June 27, 2020 |
UFC | 3 | 2:26 |
| W | Ashley Cummins | Decision (unanimous) | Invicta FC 39: Frey vs. Cummins II
February 7, 2020 |
Invicta FC | 5 | 5:00 |
| L | Ayaka Hamasaki | Decision (unanimous) | Rizin 16
June 2, 2019 |
Rizin | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Minna Grusander | Decision (split) | Invicta FC 33: Frey vs. Grusander II
December 15, 2018 |
Invicta FC | 5 | 5:00 |
| W | Minna Grusander | Decision (unanimous) | Invicta FC 30: Frey vs. Grusander
July 21, 2018 |
Invicta FC | 5 | 5:00 |
| L | Seo Hee Ham | TKO (punches) | Road FC 045
December 23, 2017 |
Road FC | 1 | 4:40 |
| W | Ashley Cummins | Decision (unanimous) | Invicta FC 24: Dudieva vs. Borella
July 15, 2017 |
Invicta FC | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Ayaka Hamasaki | TKO (doctor stoppage) | Invicta FC 19: Maia vs. Modafferi
September 23, 2016 |
Invicta FC | 2 | 4:38 |
| W | Hérica Tibúrcio | Decision (unanimous) | Invicta FC 16: Hamasaki vs. Brown
March 11, 2016 |
Invicta FC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Liz McCarthy | Decision (unanimous) | Invicta FC 14: Evinger vs. Kianzad
September 12, 2015 |
Invicta FC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Cassie Robb | Submission (rear-naked choke) | Invicta FC 10: Waterson vs. Tiburcio
December 5, 2014 |
Invicta FC | 1 | 2:36 |
| L | Jodie Esquibel | Decision (split) | Invicta FC 8: Waterson vs. Tamada
September 6, 2014 |
Invicta FC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Darla Harris | KO (head kick and punch) | SCS 18: Declaration of Pain
July 27, 2013 |
SCS | 1 | 3:13 |
| W | Meghan Wright | Submission (rear-naked choke) | SCS 16: Resolution
April 6, 2013 |
SCS | 1 | 2:04 |
Career history from the fighter's Wikipedia record table (Jinh Yu Frey) — results only, no strike stats; UFC bouts are marked and carry full stats in the fight history above.
Division context
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