Jennifer Apreciada Gonçalves de Maia is a Brazilian female mixed martial artist who competes in the Flyweight division. A professional since 2009, she is also the former Invicta FC Flyweight World Champion. Maia made her professional MMA debut on December 5, 2009.
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Jennifer Apreciada Gonçalves de Maia is a Brazilian female mixed martial artist who competes in the Flyweight division. A professional since 2009, she is also the former Invicta FC Flyweight World Champion. She is currently signed with The Ultimate Fighting Championship. Maia made her professional MMA debut on December 5, 2009. She won her first four fights, finishing each of them in the first round with three submissions and one TKO. On July 7, 2018, Maia vacated her title for the second time after testing positive for multiple banned substances. As a result, she was suspended for six months through August 16, 2018.
It was announced by USADA on January 15, 2019, that Maia had tested positive for an out-of-competition drug test during an out of competition fight against Liz Carmouche at UFC Fight Night 133 on July 14. She has since been reinstated to the UFC’s women’s flyweight division and is currently ranked #5 in the UFC women’sFlyweight rankings. Her next fight is scheduled for November 23, 2019 at UFC on Fox 26 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She will be the first Brazilian woman to face a UFC fighter in the organization’s history. She was born in Curitiba, Brazil.
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