LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – AUGUST 07: (L-R) Amanda Lemos of Brazil and Alexia Thainara of Brazil face off during the UFC Fight Night event at Meta APEX on August 07, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)
Strawweights Amanda Lemos and Alexia Thainara threw down on Saturday’s UFC Vegas 120 main card at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas.
Lemos had gone through something of a struggle with her weight cut, requiring three attempts to his the mark. Still, she had made weight for the fight; the effects of doing so were the question.
Thainara actually looked like the bigger, or at least thicker, fighter on Saturday. Early on she utilized kicks, and pinned Lemos to the fence, firing knees in the clinch and digging the body with punches. Lemos, who happened to have a win over current champ Mackenzie Dern on her record, appeared to handle this well until Thainara landed a low blow. That led to a pause, and Lemos took her time to recover, then went on the attack. Thainara, however, hit the mark with a left hook. Both ladies were swinging hard! That led Thainara to tie things up by the cage, where the rest of the round would play out.
Amanda Lemos opened round two with a front kick, with the pair then trading punches. Lemos connected with a right hand and moments later fired a combo, with Alexia failing to have an answer. She’d uncork her own volley shortly after, and soon the pair were going back-and-forth, taking turns initiating. With Lemos hitting her mark with greater frequency, Thainara again took the fight to the fence. For good reason. As soon as she found an opening, Lemos cracked Thainara with a right hand, wobbling her! Thainara was on skates and quickly clinched up. That bought Thainara time to recover, leading to the pair trading punches in tight before Lemos was able to separate with half a minute left in the second frame. Lemos would land a jab, and Thainara a counter right, followed by a Thainara takedown to end the round.
The action carried straight into round three, with Thaiara landing a body shot and an uppercut. Lemos landed a right, but Thainara ate it as she clinched up. Alexia was able to control a lot of the action along the cage, where she’d found her best success throughout the fight. Lemos would break free with just under a minute remaining; Thainara rewarded her efforts with an outside leg kick. Lemos was getting wild, launching haymakers, nearly paid for it, nearly connected, but ultimately they would go the distance.
It was Thainara taking the win on all three scorecards, with the only anomaly being one judge awarding all three rounds to her. She improves to 4-0 in the UFC, and ranked #12 in the media-voted official rankings, will likely crack the top 10 shortly.
Official Result: Alexia Thainara def. Amanda Lemos by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)