MIAMI – Mayra Bueno Silva always envisioned herself holding UFC gold in the women’s flyweight division, but now that dream is dead.
After starting her UFC tenure at 125 pounds, Silva (10-5-1 MMA, 5-5-1 UFC) moved up to women’s bantamweight and made a run to the point of a vacant title bout with Raquel Pennington in January 2024, which she lost. She was defeated again after that, then decided it was time to go back down a weight class.
That didn’t work out great for the Brazilian. She was beaten by Jasmine Jasudavicius at UFC Fight Night 250 in February. She suddenly finds herself on a four-fight winless skid, and thinks the answer is fully committing to the higher weight.
