Name
Tatiana Suarez

Thumb
Player Thumbnail
Image Source Creative Commons logo

User Rating
(0 users)

Complete
Percentage Bar 60%

Born
1990 (34 years old)

Birth Place
Shiny National flag Covina, California

Position
Fighter

Status
Active

Ethnicity
Hispanic

Team Number


Height
5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)

Weight
125 lb (57 kg; 8.9 st)

Outfitter

Kit


Side


Agent


Wage Year



Player Cutout
Player cutout icon

Full Body Render
Player render

Sport
Player sport icon Fighting

Team
UFC Strawweight Women

2nd Team


League
UFC

Creative Commons Artwork
Yes



Latest Results
Player Team Badge Player results winPlayer team badge icon Player Country flag UFC 312 du Plessis vs Strickland 2 08 Feb 25
Player Team Badge Player results winPlayer team badge icon Player Country flag UFC Fight Night 220 Muniz vs Allen 26 Feb 23
Player Team Badge Player results winPlayer team badge icon Player Country flag UFC 238 Cejudo vs Moraes 09 Jun 19
Player Team Badge Player results winPlayer team badge icon Player Country flag UFC 228 Woodley vs Till 08 Sep 18
Player Team Badge Player results winPlayer team badge icon Player Country flag UFC Fight Night 129 Maia vs Usman 19 May 18
Show All..

Description
Available in: English Flag icon

Tatiana Yadira Suarez Padilla (born December 19, 1990) is an American professional mixed martial artist and former wrestler who currently competes in the women's Strawweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). She was the strawweight tournament winner in the 23rd season of The Ultimate Fighter reality show. As of April 16, 2024, she is #1 in the UFC women's strawweight rankings and as of October 8, 2024, she is #10 in the UFC women's pound-for-pound rankings.

In wrestling, Suarez was a multi-time medalist in women's freestyle at the World Championships and World Junior Championships, a silver medalist at the World Cup, and a gold medalist at the Pan American Championships.

Background
Suarez is of Mexican descent. She started wrestling before her fourth birthday, as her older brother wrestled and she insisted that her mother let her wrestle too. She graduated from Northview High School before attending Lindenwood University.

Suarez originally competed under her stepfather's surname, Padilla. In 2007, she placed second at the Junior World Championships, and was named ASICs National High School Wrestler of the Year. In 2008, she won gold at the Pan American Championships followed by bronze at the Junior World Championships in July, another bronze at the World Championships in October, and was named National High School Wrestler of the Year again, the first wrestler to receive it twice. In 2009, Suarez placed fifth at the World Championships. In 2010, she won silver at the World Cup and bronze at the World Championships. In 2011, she was ranked number one freestyle wrestler in the US at 55 kg (121 lb).

While training for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Suarez suffered a neck injury, which derailed her Olympic aspirations. An MRI and CAT scan not only revealed a bothersome disc in her neck, but a cancerous growth on her thyroid. Suarez underwent radiation therapy and had her thyroid and several lymph nodes removed. After successful treatment, her thyroid cancer was gone and she eventually began to train again. Suarez started practicing Brazilian jiu-jitsu, which led her to mixed martial arts.
wiki icon creative commons icon


Career Honours search icon


Career Milestones


Former Youth Teams search icon


Former Senior Teams search icon


Former Club Staff search icon


Contracts search icon



Fanart search icon
no fanartno fanartno fanartno fanart

Banner



News Reports
None found...

Statistics search icon
None Found...


Other Links
Wikidata Icon
WikiData