Result · UFC
Luana Santos wins the decision over Yana Kunitskaya
Luana Santos landed five takedowns and held the back until the bell. It is Luana Santos's fourth win in a row, and she moves to 12-2.
UFC · bantamweight
Yana Kunitskaya
17–9–01 NCNo contest. The result was voided, so it does not count as a win, a loss, or a draw.
7 KO · 1 SUB · 9 DEC
- Height
- 5′6″168 cm
- Reach
- 68½″174 cm
- Weight
- 135 lb61 kg
- Age
- 36
- Born
- November 11, 1989
- From
- Murmansk, Russia
- Style
- Striking
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Team
- American Top Team
- Streak
- 0wins
- UFC
- 7–6
- Last
- Luana SantosLoss · October 31, 2026
Yana Kunitskaya fights at women's bantamweight in the UFC. She is 7–6 in the UFC.
Her last fight was a unanimous decision loss to Luana Santos on October 31, 2026, 29–28 on all three cards. The mark coming in was 17–8, with one no contest, on a three-fight win streak. The win before it was a unanimous decision over Macy Chiasson on October 4, 2025.
She was born in Murmansk and trains at American Top Team in Florida. She held an Invicta bantamweight title, and a 2016 win over Tonya Evinger was overturned to a no contest.
She started training at four, won a Russian title in Thai boxing and another in taekwondo, and worked as a full-time mother.
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Fights
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luana Santos | Loss | Decision (unanimous)Scores were 29–28. | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Nolan | |
| Macy Chiasson | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC 320: Ankalaev vs. Pereira 2 | |
| Miesha Tate | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo | |
| Chelsea Chandler | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Tybura vs. Spivac 2 | |
| Karol Rosa | Loss | Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Magomedov | |
| Holly Holm | Loss | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Vera vs. Sandhagen | |
| Irene Aldana | Loss | TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:35 | UFC 264: Poirier vs. McGregor 3 | |
| Ketlen Vieira | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis | |
| Julija Stoliarenko | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Oleinik | |
| Aspen Ladd | Loss | TKO (punches) | 3 | 0:33 | UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Rozenstruik | |
| Marion Reneau | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Dos Santos | |
| Lina Lansberg | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC 229: Khabib vs. McGregor | |
| Cris Cyborg | Loss | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:25 | UFC 222: Cyborg vs. Kunitskaya | |
| Raquel Pa'aluhi | Win | Decision (unanimous)Won the Invicta bantamweight title. | 5 | 5:00 | Invicta FC 25: Kunitskaya vs. Pa'aluhi | |
| Tonya Evinger | Loss | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 4:32 | Invicta FC 22: Evinger vs. Kunitskaya 2 | |
| Tonya Evinger | No contest | No contestOverturned after referee interference. | 1 | 1:59 | Invicta FC 20: Evinger vs. Kunitskaya | |
| Wu Yanan | Win | TKO | 2 | 0:32 | Fightspirit Championship 6 | |
| Zaira Dishekova | Loss | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 3:38 | ACB 32: Battle of Lions | |
| Sylwia Kusiak | Win | TKO (corner stoppage) | 1 | 0:50 | Baltic Arena | |
| Anna Melikhova | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | Lion's Fights 1: The Beginning | |
| Ekaterina Saraykina | Win | TKO | 1 | 1:05 | Verdict Fighting Championship 1 | |
| Arune Lauzeckaite | Win | TKO | 1 | 1:34 | Bushido Lithuania: Hero's Lithuania 2011 | |
| Cindy Dandois | Win | TKO | 1 | 0:34 | M-1 Challenge 22: Narkun vs. Vasilevsky | |
| Kamila Belanda | Win | TKO | 1 | 4:26 | Bushido Lithuania: Hero's Lithuania 2010 | |
| Maria Hougaard Djursaa | Loss | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | FG 14: Ice Cold | |
| Vladena Yavorskaya | Win | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 3:20 | Bushido FC: Legends | |
| Magdalena Jarecka | Win | TKO | 1 | 1:38 | K-1: World GP in Amsterdam |