Who will Sam Hughes 🇺🇸U29 fight next?
Not confirmed as of 2 Oct 2026: no opponent or date has been officially announced.
Most likely Marina Spasić (14%), no event announced yet. Next: Melissa Amaya (8%), Julia Polastri (4%).
Latest status: Last fight: Lost to Piera Rodriguez (Decision (unanimous), UFC Fight Night, 14 Mar 2026). No fight announced. Unofficial rank #29 (NextSmash formula, not a UFC ranking).
Updated (UAE time) · Percentages are NextSmash model estimates, not facts or betting advice.
Unofficial rank #29 Not a UFC ranking. Ranks 16–30 come from the NextSmash formula (record, last 3 results, ranked wins, activity, Meta board). How it works.
Forecast: likely opponents Model estimate
Each percentage is the estimated chance of being her next opponent. These are not chances of winning.
- 14%chance next opponentModel pick: Unofficial #29 and #30, neither has a fight booked. Marina Spasić lost last time out, against Stephanie Luciano (1 Aug 2026).
- 8%chance next opponentModel pick: Unofficial #29 and #28, neither has a fight booked. Melissa Amaya lost last time out, against Tina Black (26 Sep 2026).
- 4%chance next opponentModel pick: Unofficial #29 and #27, neither has a fight booked. Julia Polastri won last time out, against Jingnan Xiong (29 Aug 2026).
Field / other: 74%. This covers everyone not listed above.
- Likely event
- Nothing announced.
- Last fight
- Loss vs Piera Rodriguez · Decision (unanimous) R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night · 14 Mar 2026
- Career stage
- Coming off a loss.
- Confidence
- Low (High = officially booked · Medium = reported or a fighter's own claim · Low = model only)
- Last updated
- (UAE time)
Fight history Pro record 11-7-0
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd | Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Piera Rodriguez 🇻🇪 | Decision (unanimous) · R3, 5:00 | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Vallejos | |
| W | Shauna Bannon | Submission (rear-naked choke) · R2, 1:58 | 2 | 1:58 | UFC Fight Night: Imavov vs. Borralho | |
| W | Stephanie Luciano | Decision (split) · R3, 5:00 | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Dolidze 2 | |
| W | Victoria Dudakova | Decision (split) · R3, 5:00 | 3 | 5:00 | UFC on ABC: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov | |
| L | Yazmin Jauregui 🇲🇽 | Decision (unanimous) · R3, 5:00 | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2 | |
| W | Jaqueline Amorim 🇧🇷 | Decision (unanimous) · R3, 5:00 | 3 | 5:00 | UFC 287 | |
| L | Piera Rodríguez 🇻🇪 | Decision (unanimous) · R3, 5:00 | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Araújo | |
| W | Elise Reed | TKO (elbow and punches) · R3, 3:52 | 3 | 3:52 | UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Vieira | |
| W | Istela Nunes | Decision (majority) · R3, 5:00 | 3 | 5:00 | UFC on ESPN: Luque vs. Muhammad 2 | |
| L | Luana Pinheiro | Decision (unanimous) · R3, 5:00 | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Vieira vs. Tate | |
| L | Loma Lookboonmee | Decision (unanimous) · R3, 5:00 | 3 | 5:00 | UFC on ESPN: Reyes vs. Procházka | |
| L | Tecia Torres | TKO (doctor stoppage) · R1, 5:00 | 1 | 5:00 | UFC 256 | |
| W | Danielle Hindley | Technical Submission (guillotine choke) · R1, 5:00 | 1 | 5:00 | LFA 93 | |
| L | Vanessa Demopoulos | Technical Submission (inverted triangle choke) · R4, 2:21 | 4 | 2:21 | LFA 85 | |
| W | Lisa Mauldin | Decision (unanimous) · R3, 5:00 | 3 | 5:00 | LFA 81 | |
| W | Bethany Christensen | Submission (armbar) · R1, 0:52 | 1 | 0:52 | Battle at the Bay 15 | |
| W | Loren Benjar | TKO (knee to the body and punches) · R2, 1:30 | 2 | 1:30 | Xtreme Knockout 46 | |
| W | Kyla Frajman | Submission (rear-naked choke) · R1, 1:35 | 1 | 1:35 | Combat Games 62 |
Professional MMA bouts only, newest first. Source: Wikipedia (checked 2 Oct 2026).
Sam Hughes: frequently asked questions
When is Sam Hughes's next fight?
No fight is officially booked as of 2 Oct 2026.
Who did Sam Hughes fight last?
Sam Hughes lost to Piera Rodriguez at UFC Fight Night on 14 Mar 2026 (Decision (unanimous) R3 5:00).
Who is Sam Hughes likely to fight next?
NextSmash model estimate: Marina Spasić (14%), Melissa Amaya (8%), Julia Polastri (4%). Updated 2 Oct 2026. These are estimates, not facts or betting advice.
What is Sam Hughes's record?
11-7-0 (wins-losses-draws) in professional MMA, as listed on UFC.com (checked 2 Oct 2026).
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Other women's strawweight fighters
- Melissa Amaya U28 next: Marina Spasić 9%
- Marina Spasić U30 next: Sam Hughes 14%
- Julia Polastri U27 next: Melissa Amaya 7%
- Ketlen Souza U26 next: Loopy Godinez Booked
- Yazmin Jauregui U25 next: Tina Black 9%
More: Women's Strawweight rankings and next fights · United States UFC fighters
Sources
- UFC.com athlete profile (record, status, last fight) · 2 Oct 2026
- ESPN fighter profile (country, fight history) · 2 Oct 2026
- ESPN UFC results (scoreboard API): bouts since Jul 2024 used for the unofficial rank · 2 Oct 2026
Percentages are NextSmash model estimates from the factors shown above (see methodology). They are not facts, and not betting advice. Records and ranks come from UFC.com; country from ESPN. Checked 1 Oct 2026.