Josefine Knutsson • Stats, Record and Fight History

BIO

FIGHTS

STATS

UFC HISTORY & CAREER

• UFC on ESPN(12/14/24) Knutsson lost a three round unanimous decision to Piera Rodriguez
• Noche UFC(9/16/23) Knutsson won a three round unanimous decision over Marnic Mann
• Dana White's Contender Series, Season 7
• Episode three (8/22/23) Knutsson won a three-round unanimous decision over Isis Verbeek
• Road To UFC, Asia
• 6/10/22 – Knutsson won a three round unanimous decision over Yedam Seo

IMPORTANT FACTS

Pro since 2021

One win by KO

Origin of nickname: “My coach Sanja thought I was fast when I trained with her in the beginning of my career, so she started to call me Thunder.”

Q & A

Q: Do you have any heroes?

ANSWER: Bruce Lee, Alexander Gustafsson, Khamzat Chimaev, Reza Madadi

Q: What does it mean for you to fight in the UFC?

ANSWER: The biggest dream of my life is coming true. I put so much time into my training. I’ve been into martial arts since I was 14 years old. I started with self-defense and from there, my passion grew stronger for martial arts as an hobby, and then as a lifestyle. This is my biggest passion, and this is my life now. I will do everything to show everyone that I belong in the UFC.

Q: Did you go to college and if so what degree did you earn?

ANSWER: I studied economics, with a focus on law in the upper secondary school. After I graduated, I was interested in sports, so I took a totally different turn into Sports Academy and studied elite sports education.

Q: What was your job before you started fighting?

ANSWER: I had a lot of different jobs - everything from postman, working in the gym as a receptionist, restaurant work, and working in housing with special services for people with disabilities.

Q: Specific accomplishments in amateur competition?

ANSWER: In Muay Thai, gold medalist world champion in IFMA 2018, Mexico and Swedish champion in Muay Thai three times.

Q: Favorite grappling/striking technique:

ANSWER: I love to do push kicks, elbows, knees from my Muay Thai background, but I don’t have any special techniques that I always train. For me, I get out what I trained for every particular opponent type.