Macy Chiasson (born July 27, 1991) is an American

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(MMA). She was the Women's Featherweight winner of '' The Ultimate Fighter 28'' and currently competes in the

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division in the

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(UFC). As of October 3, 2022, she is #8 in the UFC women's bantamweight rankings.

Background

Chiasson started mixed martial arts at the age of 19, after being bed-ridden for three and one-half weeks recovering from a car accident to get back the fitness level she once was when she was a softball player in high school. After attending some

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classes at the martial arts gym, she was attracted to the physical aggressiveness and the tough mental side of the combat sport and started teaching Krav Maga after one year of training. Chiasson transitioned to mixed martial arts, training under Mushin MMA and Mid City MMA, as Krav Maga is not a competition combat sport. Not long after she started training mixed martial arts, she started competing professionally.

Mixed martial arts career

Early career

Chiasson began her professional MMA career in 2017 and amassed a record of 2-0, fighting under Invicta Fighting Championships (Invicta) and Cage Warrior Championship. In 2018 Chiasson competed for a UFC contract on The Ultimate Fighter 28 UFC TV mma competition series.

The Ultimate Fighter

In August 2017, it was announced that Chiasson was one of the fighters featured on '' The Ultimate Fighter 28'' UFC TV series. Chiasson was the second pick of the featherweight fighters by coach

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. In the quarter-finals, she faced

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. She won the fight via a technical knockout in round one. In the semi-finals, Chiasson faced

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She once again finished the bout by way of knockout in round one. This win secured Chiasson a spot in the finals against

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Ultimate Fighting Championship

Chiasson made her promotional debut on November 2, 2018 on The Ultimate Fighter 28 Finale. against

. She won the fight via a rear-naked choke submission in round two and winning the Ultimate Fighter women's featherweight tournament. She made her Bantamweight debut on March 2, 2019 at

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against

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. She won the fight via TKO in the first round. On February 10, 2019, Chiasson replaced an injured

and faced

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on May 4, 2019 at UFC Fight Night: Iaquinta vs. Cowboy. Chiasson won the fight via technical knockout in the second round. This win earned her the

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award. Chiasson faced

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on September 28, 2019 at

UFC on ESPN+ 18 ''UFC on ESPN: Smith vs. Clark'' (also known as ''UFC on ESPN 18'' and ''UFC Vegas 15'') was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on November 28, 2020, at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, N ...

. She lost the fight via unanimous decision. Chiasson was scheduled to face

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on February 15, 2020 at

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However, Montaño was forced to pull from the event due to injury and she was replaced by

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. Chiasson won the fight by unanimous decision. Chiasson was scheduled to face

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on September 5, 2020 at

UFC Fight Night 176 ''UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Sakai'' (also known as ''UFC Fight Night 176'', ''UFC on ESPN+ 34'' and ''UFC Vegas 9'') was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on September 5, 2020 at the UFC ...

. However, Chiasson pulled out of the fight for undisclosed medical reasons and was replaced by

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. The bout between Chiasson and

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was originally scheduled for UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov. However, during the week leading up to the fight, Reneau was pulled from the card after testing positive for COVID-19. The bout was rescheduled for UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gane. However, yet again the bout was cancelled due to Reneau tested positived for

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and the bout eventually took place on March 20, 2021 at

UFC on ESPN 21 ''UFC on ESPN: Brunson vs. Holland'' (also known as ''UFC on ESPN 21'' and ''UFC Vegas 22'') was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on March 20, 2021 at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, N ...

. Chiasson won the fight via unanimous decision. Chiasson was scheduled to face

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on July 24, 2021 at UFC on ESPN: Sandhagen vs. Dillashaw. However, the bout was scrapped due to Chiasson suffering an injury. The bout was rescheduled to

UFC Fight Night 193 ''UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Walker'' (also known as ''UFC Fight Night 193'', ''UFC Vegas 38'' and ''UFC on ESPN+ 51'') was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UF ...

on October 2, 2021. At the weigh-ins, Ladd weighed in at 137 pounds, one pound over the bantamweight non-title limit; due to health concerns resulting from Ladd's weight cut, the bout was cancelled. Chiasson replaced

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to face

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on December 18, 2021 at

UFC Fight Night 199 ''UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus'' (also known as ''UFC Vegas 45'', ''UFC on ESPN+ 57'' and ''UFC Fight Night 199'') was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on December 18, 2021 at the UFC ...

. At the weigh-ins, Chiasson weighed in at 148.5 pounds, 3.5 pounds over the women's featherweight non-title fight limit. The bout proceeded at a catchweight with Chiasson fined a percentage of her purse, which went to Pennington. She lost the fight via guillotine submission in the second round. Chiasson faced

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on May 7, 2022 at

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. At the weigh-ins, Dumont weighed in at 146.5 pounds, half a pound over the women's featherweight non-title fight limit. The bout proceeded at catchweight, with Dumont forfeiting 30% of her purse to Chiasson. Chiasson won the fight via split decision. Returning to bantamweight, Chiasson faced

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on September 10, 2022 at

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. She lost the fight via knockout via an upkick to the body in the third round.

Championships and accomplishments

Mixed martial arts

(One time) ** The Ultimate Fighter: Heavy Hitters Women's Featherweight winner.

Mixed martial arts record

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References

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