Yes, Norma Dumont is out of the UFC: the 36-year-old Brazilian women's bantamweight, ranked No. 4 in the division, announced on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026, that she requested and was granted her release with two fights left on her contract, according to MMA Fighting. She says she is leaning toward a boxing match in 2027.
What Dumont said
Dumont broke the news in a video on Instagram, according to MMA Junkie, and said the UFC was unlikely to keep her past her deal. "I still had two fights left on my contract with the organization, but even before my last fight, when I still had three fights remaining, I already had information that the UFC probably wouldn't renew my contract once those fights were over. And I had already been told that the UFC wouldn't renew it after my final two fights either," she said, in MMA Fighting's translation from Portuguese.
She did not see a route to a title in that time: "So I started thinking, there's no way I'm going to reach the title with only two fights left."
Dumont also said she had agreed with her boyfriend, UFC middleweight Marco Tulio, to retire by the end of next year or sooner, because they want to start a family. She called her eight years in the UFC "wonderful" and said the promotion is where she built her career and changed her life. The UFC had not issued its own statement in the reports we reviewed.
What comes next
Dumont said she will fight again in 2027. According to her, a major boxing promotion approached her, which appeals to her more right now because she has always wanted a boxing match, and another MMA organization offered her a title fight. She said both options make sense financially.
"I have to admit that I'm leaning a little more toward boxing... I believe you'll see me boxing next year. But I can't reveal anything yet. Everything is still being discussed and is confidential," she said, according to MMA Fighting. Neither promotion has been named, and no outlet has confirmed either offer, so both remain Dumont's own account.
Her UFC run
Dumont debuted in the UFC in February 2020 and went 9-4 in 13 octagon appearances, according to MMA Junkie; the Pugna MMA database lists her at 13-4 overall. Only one of those UFC fights ended inside the distance: her debut loss to Megan Anderson. She was No. 4 in our UFC women's bantamweight rankings as of Nov. 10.
She built a six-fight winning streak from 2022 to 2025, beating former featherweight champion Germaine de Randamie by decision in April 2024, Irene Aldana at UFC 306 in September 2024 and Ketlen Vieira on Nov. 1, 2025.
She leaves on two straight decision losses: Joselyne Edwards, now ranked No. 1 in the division, beat her on April 25, 2026, and Ailin Perez won a unanimous decision over her on Sept. 26, 2026.
Tulio stays on the UFC roster and is booked to face Park Jun-yong at middleweight on Dec. 5 at UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Magomedov in Riyadh, according to our data.
Dumont's exit removes a top-five name from the women's bantamweight division. Where she fights next, in a boxing ring or an MMA cage, has not been announced.
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