Jéssica Andrade “Bate Estaca” leads herself to a successful UFC career and somehow, it becomes utterly difficult to speak of her successful career whithout bringing up her being openly gay. In this regard, the 33-year-old was married to Fernanda Gomes Andrade in 2019 and divorced in 2022.
Jessica’s former partner, a biologist became famous for her relatioship with the woman who has the most bouts in UFC Women’s history. She also worked on Jessica’s team and helped with the UFC champion’s nutrition among other things
Jessica Hails From The Capital of Friendship
Jéssica Fernanda da Costa Andrade was born on September 25, 1991, in Umuarama which is also known as the Capital of Friendship in Paraná, Brazil. Her parents are farmers Julio and Neusa Andrade and she has an older brother, Fernando Andrade.
She led most of her life in Umuarama, working on the plantation of her parents alongsode her brother.
By the time she was 14, Jessica started working at a fish & pay pond and later delivering medicine for a drug store.
The fighter’s childhood also came with some trauma as she was sexually abused. She never openly spoke about this until later and long after she became famous.
Jessica Wanted to Become a Footballer
Andrade grew up playing soccer and futsal. She intended to become a professional soccer player. Although she received an offer to play for a club in São Paulo, her parents were not in support.
Subsequently, she started to pay attention to fighting and began training in judo. At 20, in 2011, she started jiu-jitsu.
Jessica rose to the ranks of earning a black belt in the sport under her trainer Gilliard Paraná.
Jéssica Andrade Made Her MMA Debut in 2011 and was Signed to UFC in 2013
The Brazillian MMA fighter made her professional career debut on September 6, 2011, under the Bantamweight. She fought in the Weidy Borges under Sagaz Combat and won in a 1-0 record.
Her next fight was against Bruna Fernandes with Wako Grand Prix 3 promotion. Again, she won in a TKO in a 2-0 record.
The 33–year-old fought under several other promotions up until 2013 when she was signed to UFC. Although she lost her first UFC fight against Liz Carmouche, she quickly found ways to win her next three fights and many others.
In addition, she won several accolades as a UFC fighter. They include:
- She won a UFC Women’s Strawweight Championship in 2019
- She has recorded Performance of the Night 5 times in fights against Joanne Calderwood, Karolina Kowalkiewicz, Rose Namajunas, Katlyn Chookagian, and Amanda Lemos in 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2022.
- Andrade tied (Ronda Rousey and Amanda Nunes) for most Performance of the Night bonuses in UFC Women’s history
- She has recorded at least 15 UFC wins to claim the Second most wins in UFC Women’s history
- She has no fewer than 24 bouts to make the Most bouts in UFC Women’s history
- Jessica Andrade is the only woman in UFC history to win a fight in three weight classes
- The Brazillian made the first standing arm-triangle choke finish in UFC History 2022
Her MMA Record
- Total: 35
- Wins: 24
- By knockout: 9
- By submission: 8
- By decision: 7
- Losses: 11
- By knockout: 5
- By submission: 3
- By decision: 3
See Also: UFC Women Fighters – 10 Of The Best At The Moment
All About Jessica Andrade’s Love Life, How Her Partner Made Her Start OnlyFans and Her Divorce
She was married in 2019 and Divorced in 2022
The multi-award-winning fighter started dating Fernanda Gomes Andrade in 2013. They started dating after Fernanda reached out to Jessica on Instagram congratulating her for a victory in a fight.
In 2019 after Jessica lost a fight against Joanna Jedrzejczyk she proposed to Fernanda in a post-bout interview.
In August of the same year, they became married. They had two dogs and dreamt of having children. However, the marriage ended in divorce in 2022.
The divorce took a toll on her and she also revealed that her ex caused her some fortune due to mishandling of her money by her ex-wife.
What Does Jessica Andrade’s Ex-Wife Do?
Fernanda Gomes is a biology graduate. She had a different job as a biologist before she started working with Jessica’s team.
She was responsible for the fighter’s nutrition and other vital things she needed to help her as a fighter.
Jessica’s Ex Led Her to Start an OnlyFans Account
Before the UFC fighter became married to Fernanda, she dated a different woman who also mismanaged her finances.
Unfortunately, when her finances were not very stable again, her ex motivated her to start an OnlyFans adult content account.
According to her, she hated sharing the OnlyFans account but the trauma of childhood abuse contributed to why she continued until her trainer put a stop to it.
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