Ariane Lipski (born January 26, 1994) is a Brazilian

mixed martial artist Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, incorpo ...

. She is a former KSW Women's Flyweight Champion and currently competes in the

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division of the

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(UFC).

Background

Lipski was born in

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, Brazil with Polish heritage. Her grandfather migrated to Brazil before the

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for security reasons. Lipski started training

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at a young age and became the Brazilian Muay Thai champion prior to her transition to

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Mixed martial arts career

Early career

Lipski fought most of her early MMA career primary in Brazil and Poland, notable under

Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki (English: ''Martial Arts Confrontation'') better known by its initials KSW, is widely considered to be the premiere mixed martial arts organization in Poland and one of the leading in Europe. History Martin Lewandowsk ...

promotion. After winning her debut in KSW, she faced

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at KSW 36, where she won via knockout in the first round. She then faced

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for the KSW Women's Flyweight Championship at KSW 39: Colosseum, winning the bout via armbar at the end of the first round. She defended the title against Mariana Morais on October 22, 2017 at KSW 40. She won via rear-naked choke less than a minute into the first round. In her last performance for KSW, Lipski faced Silvana Gómez Juárez on March 3, 2018 at KSW 42. She won the bout and defended the title via unanimous decision. She was later signed by the UFC.

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Lipski was scheduled to make her UFC debut against

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, replacing injured

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, on November 17, 2018 at

UFC Fight Night 140 ''UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Ponzinibbio'' (also known as ''UFC Fight Night 140'') was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that was held on November 17, 2018 at Estadio Mary Terán de Weiss in Buenos Aires, ...

. In turn, Moroz pulled out due to injury on October 30 and as a result the bout was cancelled. Her UFC debut came two months later on 19 January 2019, against

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at UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Dillashaw. She lost the fight by unanimous decision. Her second fight came on 22 June 2019 at UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Korean Zombie. She lost the fight via unanimous decision. On August 1, 2019 it was announced that Lipski would fight

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at UFC on ESPN+ 22. However, due to Cachoeira tested positive for a

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she was forced to pull out from the event. Thus her bout with Lipski was cancelled in the event and Lipski was then scheduled to fight at UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Korean Zombie against

on December 21, 2019, but then moved to UFC Fight Night: Błachowicz vs. Jacaré on November 16, 2019. In turn, Macedo was not cleared to fight by CABMMA due to severe headaches one day before the event and she was replaced by newcomer Isabella de Padua. At the weigh-ins, de Padua weighed in at 130.5 pounds, 4.5 pounds over the flyweight non-title fight limit of 126. The bout proceeded at a catchweight. As a result of missing weight, de Padue was fined 30% of her purse, which went to her opponent Lipski. She won the fight via unanimous decision. As the first of her new, four-fight contract Lipski was scheduled to face Luana Carolina on May 16, 2020 at

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. However, on April 9,

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, the president of the UFC, announced that this event was postponed to June 13, 2020. Instead the pair eventually fought on July 19, 2020 at

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. Lipski won the fight by submission by kneebar in the first round. This win earned her a

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award. Lipski faced

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on November 21, 2020 at

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. She lost the fight via technical knockout. Lipski confirmed she had suffered a facial fracture in the loss to Shevchenko a day later. Lipski faced

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on June 5, 2021 at UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Sakai. She lost via TKO in the second round. Lipski was scheduled to face Mandy Böhm, replacing

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, on September 4, 2021 at

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. However, the bout was removed from the card during the week leading up to that event as Böhm was sidelined due to illness and the bout was rescheduled to

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on September 18, 2021. Lipski won the fight via unanimous decision after knocking Böhm down twice during the bout. Lipski was scheduled to face

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on March 12, 2022 at

UFC Fight Night 203 ''UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Ankalaev'' (also known as ''UFC Fight Night 203'' and ''UFC on ESPN+ 61'' or ''UFC Vegas 50'') was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on March 12, 2022 at the U ...

. However, Lipski was removed from her match for undisclosed reasons, and she was replaced by Gillian Robertson. Lipski was face

on August 6, 2022 at

UFC on ESPN 40 ''UFC on ESPN: Santos vs. Hill'' (also known as ''UFC on ESPN 40'' and ''UFC Vegas 59'') was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on August 6, 2022, at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Neva ...

. At the weigh-ins, Lipski weighed in at 128.5 pounds, two and a half pounds over the flyweight non-title fight limit. The bout is expected to proceed at catchweight with Lipski fined 20% of her purse, which will go to Cachoeira, but they were rescheduled to

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in a bantamweight bout after Lipski was not medically cleared. Lipski lost the fight via technical knockout. Lipski is scheduled to face

on March 11, 2023 at UFC Fight Night 221.

Championships and accomplishments

Mixed martial arts

(One time) *

** KSW Women's Flyweight Championship (one time; former) ***Three successful title defenses *

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**2020 July Submission of the Month

Mixed martial arts record

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lipski, Ariane 1994 births Living people Brazilian female mixed martial artists Brazilian Muay Thai practitioners Female Muay Thai practitioners Brazilian practitioners of Brazilian jiu-jitsu Female Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioners Sportspeople from Curitiba Brazilian people of Polish descent Flyweight mixed martial artists Mixed martial artists utilizing Muay Thai Mixed martial artists utilizing Brazilian jiu-jitsu Ultimate Fighting Championship female fighters