Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2023-09-23, good mma bout: Marina Rodriguez vs Michelle Waterson 2 gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night – take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2023).
Waterson 2 vs Rodriguez is scheduled to take place Saturday, September 23rd, at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas (Nevada, United States), in a 3-round women’s strawweight (115 lbs, 52 kg) bout; it is on the undercard of Rafael Fiziev vs Mateusz Gamrot – UFC Vegas 79 (also known as UFC Fight Night 228 or UFC on ESPN+ 86). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2022-07-16, pretty good finish but it is not enough to get three stars: the mma bout Amanda Lemos vs Michelle Waterson gets two (UFC Performance of the Night – take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2022).
Waterson vs Lemos is scheduled to take place Saturday, July 16th, 2022 at the UBS Arena in New York (United States), in a 3-round women’s strawweight (115 lbs, 52 kg) bout; undercard of Brian Ortega vs Yair Rodriguez – UFC on ABC 3 (also known as UFC Fight Night Long Island or UFC Long Island). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2021-05-08, good pace with some nice exchanges: the mma fight Marina Rodriguez vs Michelle Waterson gets three stars.
Waterson vs Rodriguez is the main event of UFC Vegas 26 (also known as UFC on ESPN 24); they also face each other a second time on September 24th, 2023 (Marina Rodriguez vs Michelle Waterson 2). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-09-12, pretty good fight between Michelle Waterson and Angela Hill: it gets three stars (UFC Fight of the Night).
The black belt in American freestyle karate and former Invicta Fc atomweight champ Michelle Waterson entered this fight with a pro mma record of 17-8-0 (71% finishing rate) and she is ranked as the No.9 women’s strawweight in the world but she comes off two consecutive losses, against Carla Esparza (Carla Esparza vs Michelle Waterson) and Joanna Jedrzejczyk (Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs Michelle Waterson); before these two bouts he had beat Karolina Kowalkiewicz (Karolina Kowalkiewicz vs Michelle Waterson).
Her opponent, the former Invicta FC strawweight champion Angela Hill, has an official record of 12-8-0 (42% ko/tko victory rate – she has never won via submission) and she entered as the No.14 in the same weight class. She has already fought three times in 2020 defeating Hannah Cifers and Loma Lookboonmee but then she has lost to Claudia Gadelha (Claudia Gadelha vs Angela Hill). Hill vs Waterson is the main event of the UFC Fight Night 177 (also known as UFC Vegas 10). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-05-09, disappointing fight between Carla Esparza and Michelle Waterson: it gets two stars.
The former Ufc and Invicta FC champion Carla Esparza entered this fight with a pro mma record of 15-6-0 (47% finishing rate) and she is ranked as the No.6 women’s strawweight in the world. She lost two consecutive bouts in 2018, with Claudia Gadelha and Tatiana Suarez, but then she has won over Virna Jandiroba and Alexa Grasso (Carla Esparza vs Alexa Grasso).
Her opponent, the black belt in American freestyle karate and former Invicta Fc atomweight champ Michelle Waterson, has a record of 17-7-0 (71% finishing rate) and she entered as the No.11 in the same weight class. She fought twice last year beating Karolina Kowalkiewicz (Karolina Kowalkiewicz vs Michelle Waterson) and losing to Joanna Jedrzejczyk (Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs Michelle Waterson). Esparza vs Waterson is on the undercard of Tony Ferguson vs Justin Gaethje – UFC 249. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-10-12, good fight between Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Michelle Waterson: it gets three stars.
The former Wkn kickboxing and former Ufc strawweight champ Joanna Jedrzejczyk entered this fight with a professional mma record of 15-3-0 (33% finishing rate) and she is ranked as the No.4 women’s strawweight in the world but she won just one out of her last four bout, against Tecia Torres last year (Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs Tecia Torres); after this fight she has lost to Valentina Shevchenko (Valentina Shevchenko vs Joanna Jedrzejczyk).
Her opponent, the black belt in American freestyle karate and former Invicta Fc atomweight champion Michelle Waterson, has an official record of 17-6-0 (71% finishing rate) and she entered as the No.6 in the same weight class. She lost two consecutive bouts in 2017, against Rose Namajunas (Rose Namajunas vs Michelle Waterson) and Tecia Torres, but then she has won three fight defeating Karolina Kowalkiewicz in her last one (Karolina Kowalkiewicz vs Michelle Waterson). Joanna vs Waterson is the main event of UFC Fight Night 161 (UFC on ESPN+ 19). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-03-30, disappointing fight between Karolina Kowalkiewicz and Michelle Waterson: it gets two stars.
The former Ksw Flw champion Karolina Kowalkiewicz entered this fight with a pro mma record of 12-3-0 (25% finishing rate) and she is ranked as the No.8 women’s strawweight in the world. She fought twice last year beating Felice Herrig and losing to Jessica Andrade (Jessica Andrade vs Karolina Kowalkiewicz).
Her opponent, the black belt in American freestyle karate and former Invicta Fc atomweight champ Michelle Waterson, has a record of 16-6-0 (75% finishing rate) and she entered as the No.10 in the same weight class. She lost two consecutive bouts in 2017, against Rose Namajunas (Rose Namajunas vs Michelle Waterson) and Tecia Torres, but then she has defeated Cortney Casey and Felice Herrig (Felice Herrig vs Michelle Waterson). Kowalkiewicz vs Waterson is on the undercard of Edson Barboza vs Justin Gaethje – UFC on ESPN 2. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-10-06, fight not particularly good between Felice Herrig and Michelle Waterson: it gets two stars.
Felice Herrig entered this fight with a professional record of 14-7-0 (36% finishing rate) and she is ranked as the No.12 women’s strawweight in the world but she comes off the loss against Karolina Kowalkiewicz. Before this bout, in 2017, she had beat Alexa Grasso (Alexa Grasso vs Felice Herrig), Justine Kish and Cortney Casey.
Her opponent, the black belt in American freestyle karate and former Invicta Fc atomweight champion Michelle Waterson, has a mma record of 15-6-0 (80% finishing rate) and she entered as the No.20 in the same weight class but she lost two out of his last three fights, against Rose Namajunas (Rose Namajunas vs Michelle Waterson) and Tecia Torres; after this bout she has beat Cortney Casey. Herrig vs Waterson is on the undercard of Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Conor McGregor – UFC 229. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-04-15, great performance by both fighters: Rose Namajunas vs Michelle Waterson gets three stars.
The black belt in tae-kwon-do and karate Rose Namajunas entered this fight with a professional record of 5-3-0 (80% submission victory rate – she has never won via ko/tko) and she is ranked as the No.7 women’s strawweight in the world. She fought twice last year beating Tecia Torres (=Namajunas vs Torres 2) and losing to Karolina Kowalkiewicz (=Namajunas vs Kowalkiewicz).
Her opponent, the black belt in American freestyle karate and former Invicta Fc atomweight champion Michelle Waterson, has a mma record of 14-4-0 (86% finishing rate) and she entered as the No.11 in the same weight class. She lost to Herica Tiburcio in 2014 (=Waterson vs Tiburcio) but then he has won over Angela Magana (=Waterson vs Magana) and Paige VanZant (=VanZant vs Waterson). Rose Namajunas vs Michelle Waterson is on the undercard of Demetrious Johnson vs Wilson Reis – UFC on Fox 24. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-17, pretty good finish between Paige VanZant and Michelle Waterson but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two (UFC Performance of the Night).
Paige VanZant entered this fight with a mma record of 7-2-0 (57% finishing rate) and she is ranked as the No.17 women’s stawweight in the world. She lost to Rose Namajunas last year (=Namajunas vs VanZant) but she came back to win against Bec Rawlings in 2016 (=VanZant vs Rawlings).
Her opponent, the black belt in karate and former Invicta Fc atomweight champion Michelle Waterson, has an official record of 13-4-0 (85% finishing rate) but she is not ranked as she hasn’t fought since July 12, 2015 when she defeated Angela Magana (=Waterson vs Magana). Before this bout she had lost to Herica Tiburcio (=Waterson vs Tiburcio). VanZant vs Waterson is the main event of UFC on Fox 22. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2023-09-23, good mma bout: Marina Rodriguez vs Michelle Waterson 2 gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night – take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2023).
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2022-07-16, pretty good finish but it is not enough to get three stars: the mma bout Amanda Lemos vs Michelle Waterson gets two (UFC Performance of the Night – take a look at our ranking of the 
