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Cavalcanti meets Montague in Doha
All six of Montague's pre-UFC wins were rear-naked chokes. UFC lists Cavalcanti at No. 8 and Montague at No. 12. Cavalcanti is 10-2, and Montague is 8-0.
UFC · bantamweight
Michelle Montague
8–0–0
0 KO · 6 SUB · 2 DEC
- Height
- 5′9″175 cm
- Reach
- 68½″174 cm
- Weight
- 135 lb61 kg
- Age
- 32
- Born
- November 25, 1993
- From
- Matamata, New Zealand
- Style
- Wrestling
- Team
- American Top Team
- Streak
- 8wins
- UFC
- 2–0
- Last
- Mayra Bueno SilvaWin · April 25, 2026
Michelle Montague fights at women's bantamweight in the UFC.
She is 2–0 in the UFC. All six submissions are rear-naked chokes.
Her last fight was a unanimous decision over Mayra Bueno Silva on April 25, 2026. The fight before it was a unanimous decision over Luana Carolina on September 27, 2025, her Octagon debut.
She is from Matamata, New Zealand, and the first woman from New Zealand to fight in the UFC. She trains at American Top Team, and her pro debut was a rear-naked choke of Olivia Parker on March 4, 2022.
She started MMA at 20, at Core MMA. She won an IBJJF blue-belt open world title in 2022, New Zealand submission grappling national titles in 2019 and 2020, and an IMMAF lightweight world title in 2019, and she was on the New Zealand team at the 2019 wrestling world championships. She earned a one-year diploma in tourism and business at Bay of Plenty Polytechnic, and she worked on the farm, as a lifeguard, and as manager of the family kayak factory, Viking Kayaks.
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Fights
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayra Bueno Silva | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs. Zalal | |
| Luana Carolina | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Ulberg vs. Reyes | |
| Marilia Morais | Win | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 1:44 | PFL 8 | |
| Karolina Sobek | Win | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 2:41 | Bellator Champions Series Dublin | |
| Abigail Montes | Win | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 3:38 | PFL 9 | |
| Shaquita Woods | Win | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 4:45 | PFL Challenger Series | |
| Danielle Wynn | Win | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 3 | 2:50 | iKON FC 5 | |
| Olivia Parker | Win | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 3:57 | PFL Challenger Series 3 |