Cheyanne Vlismas

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Cheyanne Vlismas, born June 25, 1995, is an American former mixed martial artist who competed in the strawweight division of the UFC. Known as The Warrior Princess, she fought out of Las Vegas and trained with Team Xtreme Couture Fortis MMA. Vlismas began karate at age three, switched to taekwondo at ten, and earned a black belt before starting MMA at fifteen. After being expelled from high school at seventeen for fighting, her family supported full-time training, and she had her first amateur fight just days after turning eighteen.

She fought in multiple promotions—LFA, Invicta, BTC—and earned a UFC contract in 2020 after competing on Dana White’s Contender Series. In the UFC, she defeated Gloria de Paula in the first round with a head kick and ground-and-pound, earning Performance of the Night, and later defeated Mallory Martin in a Fight of the Night bout. She lost to Montserrat Ruiz early in her UFC run and later to Cory McKenna. Vlismas withdrew from a 2021 bout with Loma Lookboonmee. She announced her retirement from MMA on June 24, 2025. She is the ex-wife of UFC fighter JP Buys. Her professional record stands at 10 wins and 3 losses.