Julija Stoliarenko Explained

Julija Stoliarenko
Birth Date:8 April 1993
Birth Place:Kaunas, Lithuania
Weight:125lb
Weight Class:
Reach:66inches[1]
Fighting Out Of:Kaunas, Lithuania[2]
Team:Roger Gracie Academy Kaunas / Fighter House[3]
Rank:BJJ black belt
University:Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
Years Active:2012–present
Kickbox Win:3
Kickbox Kowin:3
Mma Subwin:10
Mma Decwin:1
Mma Koloss:4
Mma Subloss:1
Mma Decloss:3
Mma Draw:2
Sherdog:143533

Julija Stoliarenko (born 8 April 1993) is a Lithuanian mixed martial artist, Lethwei fighter, submission grappler and Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) black belt athlete.

A two-time European Open champion and two-time IBJJF World medallist in the lower BJJ belt divisions; Stoliarenko is an ADCC Submission Fighting European medallist and currently competes in MMA in the Bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Stoliarenko is the former Invicta FC Bantamweight Champion and ILFJ Women's Featherweight Lethwei World Champion.

Background

Stoliarenko's father introduced her to karate when she was 12, eventually progressing towards Brazilian jiu-jitsu and mixed martial arts.

Lethwei career

On June 16, 2017, Stoliarenko made her Lethwei debut at Lethwei in Japan 4: Frontier in Tokyo, Japan[4] and knocked out Burmese Lethwei fighter Su Hlaing Oo.[5]

On November 15, 2017, Stoliarenko faced top female Lethwei fighter in Vero Nika in Lethwei Grand Prix Japan 2017 in Tokyo and ultimately won the Japan Lethwei World Title by TKO.[6] [7] [8]

On October 2, 2019, Stoliarenko made her first ILFJ title defence at Lethwei in Japan 14[9] and defeated Japanese fighter Yugia by TKO in the first round.[10]

Mixed martial arts career

The Ultimate Fighter

In 2018, Julija Stoliarenko was a contestant on . In the Ultimate Fighter finale Stoliarenko lost to Leah Letson.[11]

Invicta FC

On March 6, 2020, Julija defeated Liza Verzosa to win Invicta Bantamweight Championship.[12]

Ultimate Fighting Championship

On August 8, 2020, Stoliarenko faced Yana Kunitskaya at UFC Fight Night 174.[13] She lost the fight via unanimous decision.[14]

Stoliarenko was expected to face Julia Avila at UFC on ESPN 21 on March 20, 2021.[15] However at the weigh ins, Stoliarenko suffered a syncopal episode on the scale and the fight was scrapped.[16] [17] The pair was rescheduled and took place at UFC Fight Night 190.[18] Stoliarenko lost the fight by submission in the third round.[19]

Stoliarenko faced Alexis Davis at UFC Fight Night 200 on February 5, 2022.[20] She lost the fight via unanimous decision.[21]

Stoliarenko faced Jessica-Rose Clark on July 2, 2022 at UFC 276.[22] She won the fight via armbar submission less than a minute into round one, thus earning her first victory in UFC in the process.[23] This performance earned her the Performance of the Night bonus award.[24]

Stoliarenko, as a replacement for Leah Letson, faced Chelsea Chandler in a catchweight bout of 140 pounds on October 1, 2022 at UFC Fight Night 211.[25] She lost the bout via TKO stoppage at the end of the first round.[26]

Stoliarenko faced Molly McCann in a flyweight bout on July 22, 2023, at UFC Fight Night 224.[27] She won the fight by armbar submission in the first round.[28]

Stoliarenko faced Luana Carolina on February 3, 2024, at UFC Fight Night 235.[29] At the weigh-ins, Luana Carolina weighed in at 128 pounds, two pounds over the women's flyweight non-title fight limit. Her bout proceeded at catchweight with Carolina forfeiting an undisclosed percentage of her purse, which went to Stoliarenko.[30] She lost the fight via technical knockout in the third round.[31]

Brazilian jiu-jitsu & submission grappling career

Competing as a blue belt at the 2015 European IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship, Stoliarenko won bronze in the middleweight division and silver in open class.[32] As a purple belt, she won bronze at the 2016 European IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship.[33]

Competing at the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam World Tour 2017–2018 – Tokyo in the −70 kg Purple division, she won silver after defeating Miyu Omani via submission.[34] In 2018 Stoliarenko won the European IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship in the medium heavy purple belt division.[35] Promoted to brown belt, she won bronze at the 2018 World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship.[36] In 2019 she won a silver medal at the ADCC Submission Fighting European Championship,[37] the same year she won silver at the World Championship in medium heavy and bronze in open class.[38]

She was promoted to BJJ black belt on 13 November 2021.[34] In 2022 Stoliarenko took part in the 2nd ADCC European Trial organised in Luboń, Poland in the +60 kg category, she was defeated by Norwegian Ane Svendsen by points 6x0 in the quarter-finals.[39] In 2022 she failed to win any medals at the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam World Tour 2022 in London after finishing fourth of the −70 kg division.[34]

In 2023 she won the Masters 1 European IBJJF Open Championship in the middleweight division, also winning silver in the openweight.[40] [41]

Championships and accomplishments

Mixed martial arts

Lethwei

Brazilian jiu-jitsu / Submission grappling

Mixed martial arts record

|-|Loss|align=center|11–8–2|Luana Carolina|TKO (punches)|||align=center|3|align=center|4:52|Las Vegas, Nevada, United States||-|Win|align=center|11–7–2|Molly McCann|Submission (armbar)|||align=center|1|align=center|1:55|London, England||-|Loss|align=center|10–7–2|Chelsea Chandler|TKO (punches)|||align=center|1|align=center|4:15|Las Vegas, Nevada, United States||-|Win|align=center|10–6–2|Jessica-Rose Clark|Submission (armbar)|UFC 276||align=center|1|align=center|0:42|Las Vegas, Nevada, United States||-|Loss|align=center|9–6–2|Alexis Davis|Decision (unanimous)|||align=center|3|align=center|5:00|Las Vegas, Nevada, United States||-|Loss|align=center|9–5–2|Julia Avila|Submission (rear-naked choke)|||align=center|3|align=center|4:19|Las Vegas, Nevada, United States||-|Loss|align=center|9–4–2|Yana Kunitskaya|Decision (unanimous)|||align=center|3|align=center|5:00|Las Vegas, Nevada, United States||-| Win| align=center| 9–3–2| Lisa Verzosa| Decision (split)| Invicta FC: Phoenix Series 3| | align=center|5| align=center| 5:00| Kansas City, Kansas, United States||-| Win| align=center| 8–3–2| Maria Tatunashvili| Submission (armbar)| KOK'80 World Series 2019 in Lithuania| | align=center|1| align=center| 0:20| Vilnius, Lithuania||-| Win| align=center| 7–3–2| Victoria Dvaraninovich| Submission (armbar)| KOK'78 World Series 2019 in Kaunas| | align=center| 1| align=center| 0:19| Kaunas, Lithuania||-| Win| align=center| 6–3–2| Marta Waliczek| Submission (armbar)| Celtic Gladiator 24| | align=center|1| align=center| 0:30| Bielsko-Biała, Poland||-| Win| align=center| 5–3–2| Natalya Dyachkova| Submission (armbar)| KOK'69 World Series 2019 in Vilnius| | align=center|1| align=center| 0:00| Vilnius, Lithuania||-| Loss| align=center| 4–3–2| Leah Letson| Decision (split)| The Ultimate Fighter: Heavy Hitters Finale| | align=center|3| align=center|5:00| Las Vegas, Nevada, United States||-| Win| align=center| 4–2–2| Alecia Zomkowski| Submission (armbar)| Bushido 74| | align=center|1| align=center|0:22| Vilnius, Lithuania||-| Win| align=center| 3–2–2| Tatsiana Firsava| Submission (armbar)| KOK 55 World GP 2018 in Vilnius| | align=center|1| align=center|0:58| Vilnius, Lithuania||-| Win| align=center| 2–2–2| Tetyana Voznyuk| Submission (armbar)| KOK World Series 2017 in Kaunas| | align=center|1| align=center|0:58| Kaunas, Lithuania||-| Draw| align=center| 1–2–2| Martyna Czech| Draw (majority)| KOK World Series 2016 in Vilnius| | align=center| 2| align=center| 5:00| Vilnius, Lithuania||-| Loss| align=center| 1–2–1| Lucie Pudilová| TKO (corner stoppage)| GCF Challenge: Back in the Fight 4| | align=center| 2| align=center| 5:00| Příbram, Czech Republic||-| Loss| align=center| 1–1–1| Agnieszka Niedźwiedź| TKO (elbows)| Fighters Arena 9| | align=center| 3| align=center| 2:51| Józefów, Poland||-| Win| align=center| 1–0–1| Eeva Siiskonen| Submission (armbar)| Carelia Fight 9| | align=center| 1| align=center| 1:25| Imatra, Finland||-| Draw| align=center| 0–0–1| Evelyn Adomulyte| Draw| SWAT 30| | align=center| 3| align=center| 5:00| Kaunas, Lithuania||-[43]

Lethwei record

|-|- style="background:#cfc;"| 2019-10-02|| Win ||align=left| Yuiga || Lethwei in Japan 14: Mysterious Tenmei || Tokyo, Japan || TKO || 1 || 0:36|-! style=background:white colspan=9 ||- style="background:#cfc;"| 2017-11-15|| Win ||align=left| Vero Nika || Lethwei Grand Prix Japan 2017 || Tokyo, Japan || TKO || 2 || 0:45|-! style=background:white colspan=9 ||- style="background:#cfc;"| 2017-06-16|| Win ||align=left| Su Hlaing Oo || Lethwei in Japan 4: Frontier || Tokyo, Japan || KO || 2 || 1:32|-| colspan=9 | Legend:

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Rowland-Dixon . Taye . UFC RETURNS TO LONDON WITH AN ELECTRIFYING HEAVYWEIGHT CLASH BETWEEN (#5) TOM ASPINALL AND (#10) MARCIN TYBURA – Alternative Sport . Verge Magazine . 2023-05-25 .
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  4. Web site: Lethwei In Japan 4 : Frontier . MMA Japan . 20 June 2017.
  5. Web site: ILFJラウェイ . Bout Review. 28 May 2017.
  6. Web site: Lethwei results . Lethwei Schedule . 22 June 2017.
  7. Web site: Oakar . Min . အမျိုးသမီး လက်ဝှေ့စစ်သည် ဘယ်ရောနီးကာ . Myanmar Lethwei Collection . 14 August 2022 . Burmese . 22 January 2021 . 15 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220815071238/http://myanmarlethweicollection.com/my_MM/archives/10677 . dead .
  8. Web site: What is the nationality of Julija Stoliarenko?. Abhishek. Media Referee. 2 July 2022.
  9. Web site: UFC Veteran Stoliarenko Returning to Lethwei Japan . Kickboxingz . 29 August 2019.
  10. Web site: Lethwei in Japan 14 Results . ILFJ . 24 April 2020 . 20 January 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200120053317/http://ilfj.or.jp/event/1002-2019/ . dead .
  11. Web site: TUF 28 Finale results: Leah Letson outworks Julia Stoliarenko, takes home split decision . December 1, 2018.
  12. Web site: Invicta FC Phoenix Series 3 results: Julija Stoliarenko captures vacant bantamweight title in bloody classic, Taneisha Tennant wins tournament . Alexander K. . Lee . March 7, 2020 . MMA Fighting.
  13. Web site: Ketlen Viera OUT, Yana Kunitskaya will now face Julija Stoliarenko at UFC's August 8th event.. . mymmanews.com . Lenny March . 2020-07-30 . 2020-07-31.
  14. Web site: Doherty . Dan . 2020-08-08 . UFC Vegas 6 Results: Yana Kunitskaya Grinds a Victory Against Julija Stoliarenko . 2020-08-09 . Cageside Press . en-US.
  15. Web site: Julia Avila vs. Julija Stoliarenko set for UFC event on March 20 . January 5, 2021 . MMA Fighting. Mike Heck.
  16. Web site: Video: Julija Stoliarenko faints on scale at UFC Vegas 22 weigh-ins, bout with Julia Avila cancelled . MMA Fighting. 2021-03-19 . 2021-03-19.
  17. Web site: 2021-03-19 . Stoliarenko collapses twice at weigh-in; bout off . 2022-06-06 . ESPN. en.
  18. Web site: DNA . MMA . 2021-06-08 . Julia Avila vs. Julija Stoliarenko verplaatst naar 26 juni . 2021-06-08 . MMA DNA . en-US.
  19. Web site: Behunin . Alex . 2021-06-26 . UFC Vegas 30 Results: Julia Avila Submits Julija Stoliarenko In Wild Scrap . 2021-06-26 . Cageside Press . en-US.
  20. Web site: Anderson. Jay. 2021-12-29. UFC: Alexis Davis vs. Julija Stoliarenko Among Multiple Fights Announced for Feb. 5. 2021-12-29. Cageside Press.
  21. Web site: Evanoff. Josh. 2022-02-05. UFC Vegas 47: Alexis Davis Survives Illegal Upkick, Defeats Julija Stoliarenko. 2022-02-05. Cageside Press. en-US.
  22. Web site: ATSteveDuncan . 2022-04-21 . Jessica-Rose Clark vs. Julija Stoliarenko agregado a UFC 276 . 2022-04-22 . MMA.uno, No. 1 En noticias de Artes Marciales Mixtas (MMA) en Español. . es.
  23. Web site: Behunin . Alex . 2022-07-02 . UFC 276: Julija Stoliarenko Hits Arm-Bar, Leaves Jessica-Rose Clark With Mangled Limb . 2022-07-03 . Cageside Press . en-US.
  24. Web site: 2022-07-03 . UFC 276 bonuses: Alex Pereira gets $50,000 ahead of potential title shot with Israel Adesanya . 2022-07-03 . MMA Junkie. en-US.
  25. Web site: J. Stoliarenko: about the "nickname" of her dreams, the UFC bonus, the biggest sponsors and the upcoming fight. sportas.lt. Mantas Stankevičius. 2022-08-30. 2022-09-26.
  26. Web site: Bitter . Shawn . 2022-10-01 . UFC Vegas 61: Chelsea Chandler Puts Away Julija Stoliarenko In Successful Debut . 2022-10-02 . Cageside Press . en-US.
  27. Web site: Meshew . Jed . 2023-04-25 . Molly McCann set to face Julija Stoliarenko in UFC's return to London . 2023-04-26 . MMA Fighting . en.
  28. Web site: Anderson . Jay . 2023-07-22 . UFC London: Julija Stoliarenko Deflates English Crowd with Submission of Molly McCann . 2023-08-04 . Cageside Press . en-US.
  29. Web site: Desk . ITN News . 2023-11-11 . Julija Stoliarenko vs Luana Carolina Set for February 3 UFC Card . 2023-11-11 . www.itnwwe.com . en-US.
  30. Web site: UFC Fight Night 235 weigh-in results: Prelim fighter misses mark by two pounds. mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Staff. 2024-02-02. 2024-02-02.
  31. Web site: Anderson . Jay . 2024-02-03 . Luana Carolina Overweight But On Point, Stops Julija Stoliarenko Late in Third Round at UFC Vegas 85 . 2024-02-03 . Cageside Press . en-US.
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  33. Web site: Canaria . Kitt . The IBJJF Europeans 2016 Days 1–2 results . Jiu-Jitsu Times . 2016-01-23 .
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  35. News: 2018-01-19 . Gabi Pessanha, Thalison and more European champions at blue and purple . Graciemag | the Original Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Magazine — BJJ News.
  36. Web site: International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation – . International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation.
  37. Web site: 2019-04-27 . ADCC Europos čempionate Julija Stoliarenko iškovojo sidabro medalį . FighterHouse . lt.
  38. Web site: International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation – . International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation.
  39. Web site: 2022-05-07 . ADCC European Trials, Langaker, Eleftheria, And John Danaher Duo Conquer Golden Ticket . BJJ Heroes – Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Team History, Fighter Stats, Biographies and News.
  40. Web site: Instagram . instagram.com.
  41. Web site: International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation – . International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation .
  42. Web site: UFC 276 bonuses: Bryan Barberena and Robbie Lawler brawl wins Fight of the Night, three fast finishes rewarded. MMA Fighting. Alexander K. Lee. 2022-07-02. 2022-07-02.
  43. Web site: Julija Stoliarenko MMA Stats, Pictures, News, Videos, Biography – Sherdog.com . Sherdog.com . Sherdog. 2020-03-11.

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