Diana Irena Belbiţă (born June 26, 1996) is a Romanian

mixed martial artist Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, incorpo ...

, and former kickboxing, judo and kempo practitioner. She competes in the Strawweight division of the

Ultimate Fighting Championship The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is owned and operated by Zuffa, a wholly owned subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings. It is the largest MMA ...

. Belbiţă is a former world and European kempo champion, as well RXF and KSW championships challenger.

Background

Belbiță entered the world of contact sports at the age of 12, when she started judo, and later went to kickboxing and karate. In 2014 she became a professional fighter and eventually managed to win the titles of European and World champion in kempo. She initially struggled with financial difficulties in her career. In 2019, Diana appeared on Ferma, a show based on a group of celebrities living together twenty-four hours a day on a farm, with no privacy for three months and isolated from the outside world, which gave her a boost in popularity.

Mixed martial arts career

Early career

Diana Belbiță, starting her professional career in 2014, compiled a 13–4 record on the European MMA scene, with three of the losses coming to UFC/Bellator MMA veterans Cristina Stanciu,

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via first round armbar for the inaugural KSW Women's Flyweight Championship at KSW 39: Colosseum, and Iony Razafiarison.

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Belbiţă made her UFC debut against

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on October 18, 2019 at UFC on ESPN: Reyes vs. Weidman. She lost the fight via unanimous decision. Belbiţă faced

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at UFC on ESPN: Kattar vs. Ige on July 16, 2020. She lost the fight via armbar in first round. Belbiţă faced

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at UFC on ESPN: Sandhagen vs. Dillashaw on July 24, 2021. She won the fight via unanimous decision. Belbiţă faced

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on February 19, 2022 at UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Hill. She lost the fight via unanimous decision. Belbiţă was scheduled to face

Loma Lookboonmee Suphisara Konlak ( th, สุภิสรา คนหลัก) (born January 18, 1996), best known professionally as Loma Lookboonmee ( th, โลมา ลูกบุญมี), is a Thai martial artist who has competed in Muay Thai, boxing, ...

on September 17, 2022 at UFC Fight Night 210. However, Belbiţă withdraw due to undisclosed reason and was replaced by Denise Gomes.

Championships and accomplishments

Kempo

* International Kempo Federation **2018 IKF World Kempo Championship Gold Medalist **2017 IKF Kempo European Championships -60 kg/132 lb Full-Kempo Gold Medalist *United World Sport Kempo Federation **2017 UWSKF European Open Championship Gold Medalist

Kickboxing

World Association of Kickboxing Organizations The World Association of Kickboxing Organizations (W.A.K.O or WAKO) is an international kickboxing organization counting over 120 affiliated countries representing all five continents. WAKO is a major governing body of amateur kickboxing and is ...

**2012 WAKO Kickboxing World Cup Gold Medalist

Karate

*Romanian Federation of Contact Martial Arts **2013 FRAMC Romania Budokai National Championship Sei-Budokai Gold Medalist

Mixed martial arts record

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Belbita, Diana 1996 births Living people Romanian female mixed martial artists Flyweight mixed martial artists Strawweight mixed martial artists Ultimate Fighting Championship female fighters People from Drobeta-Turnu Severin Romanian female karateka Romanian female kickboxers Mixed martial artists utilizing Kenpo Mixed martial artists utilizing karate Eastern Orthodox Christians from Romania