| Talita Alencar | |
| Birth Name: | Ana Talita de Oliveira Alencar[1] |
| Birth Date: | October 17, 1990 |
| Birth Place: | Carutapera, Brazil |
| Weight Class: | Strawweight (MMA) Light Feather -53.51NaN1 |
| Rank: | BJJ black belt |
| Trainer: | Charles McCarthy (MMA) Theodoro Canal |
| Team: | American Combat Gym (MMA)[2] Alliance GFTeam |
| Sherdog: | 386905 |
| Height: | 5 ft 1 in |
| Weight Lb: | 125 |
| Years Active: | 2021–present (MMA) |
| Mma Subwin: | 3 |
| Mma Decwin: | 2 |
| Mma Decloss: | 1 |
| Mma Draw: | 1 |
Talita Alencar (born October 17, 1990) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and black belt Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) practitioner. A World jiu-jitsu Champion (Gi and No-Gi) in colored belts, she is a three-time IBJJF World No-Gi Champion, and two-time European No-Gi Champion and a World IBJJF and Pan American jiu-jitsu black belt Champion.
Ana Talita de Oliveira Alencar was born on October 17, 1990 in Carutapera, Brazil. At the age of 9, her family moved to Fortaleza. She started competitive swimming at a young age before moving on to triathlon, practicing for 7 years as well as surfing, skateboarding, and capoeira. At the age of fourteen she began training Brazilian jiu-jitsu at Pirillo Roriz’ Gracie Barra academy, she later moved to Academia Blec under Bruno Leandro where she was promoted to blue belt.
After receiving her blue belt she moved to Rio de Janeiro where she joined Theodoro Canal's GFTeam Recreio academy. In 2014 Alencar won the American Nationals in purple belt and then became World No-Gi Champion. In 2016 she was promoted to black belt after winning gold at the 2016 IBJJF World Championship, that same year she won the World No-Gi Championship for the first time as a black belt. In August 2016 she left Brazil for Los Angeles joining Alliance Jiu Jitsu.
In 2017 she won the World Championship, the World No-Gi Championship, the Pan-American Championship, the Abu Dhabi World Pro Championship, the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Abu Dhabi, and the Fight To Win Pro championship.[3] In 2019 during Polaris 11 Women Under 55 kg Championship she was defeated by Ffion Davies via decision.[4] Fighting in the main card of Fight 2 Win Championship 144 she was defeated via points by Nathalie Ribeiro.
Alencar competed in the co-main event of Fight 2 Win 153 on September 25, 2020 against Heather Raftery, with her 125lbs title on the line.[5] She won the match and successfully retained her title.[6] Alencar defended her title again at Fight 2 Win 162 on January 29, 2021 by defeating Gabrielle McComb by decision.[7] In 2021 she became World No-Gi Champion for the third time after defeating Gabrielle McComb once again in the final.
In 2021 after training under UFC veteran Charles McCarthy and UFC featherweight Charles Rosa,[8] she made her pro-MMA debut in a strawweight bout on the main card of Titan FC 70 in Miami .[9] [10]
Alencar fought Stephanie Luciano to a draw at Dana White's Contender Series 63 on September 19, 2023 and although Luciano received a UFC contract, Alencar did not.[11]
Alencar was able to make her UFC debut in a bout against Rayanne dos Santos on December 9, 2023 at UFC Fight Night 233.[12] She won the fight via split decision.[13]
Alencar faced Stephanie Luciano in a rematch on August 10, 2024 at UFC on ESPN 61.[14] She lost the fight by unanimous decision.[15]
Main Achievements (at black belt):
Main Achievements (at colored Belts):
|-|Loss|align=center| 5–1–1|Stephanie Luciano|Decision (unanimous)| | |align=center|3|align=center|5:00|Las Vegas, Nevada, United States||-|Win| align=center| 5–0–1|Rayanne dos Santos|Decision (split)| | |align=center|3|align=center|5:00|Las Vegas, Nevada, United States||-|Draw| align=center| 4–0–1| Stephanie Luciano| Draw (unanimous)| Dana White's Contender Series 63| | align=center| 3| align=center| 5:00| Las Vegas, Nevada, United States||-| Win| align=center| 4–0| Kelsey Arnesen| Decision (unanimous)| LFA 156| | align=center| 3| align=center| 5:00| Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States||-| Win| align=center| 3–0| Karen Quintero| Submission (rear-naked choke)| Titan FC 78| | align=center| 1| align=center| 1:45| Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic||-| Win| align=center| 2–0| Laura Milena Contreras| Submission (rear-naked choke)| Titan FC 75| | align=center| 3| align=center| 3:39| Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic||-| Win| align=center| 1–0| Staci Vega| Submission (rear-naked choke)| Titan FC 70| | align=center| 1| align=center| 4:14| Miami, Florida, United States| |-