Jessica Rakoczy (born April 14, 1977) is a Canadian former professional boxer and mixed martial artist and seven-time womens lightweight boxing champion of the world.
Rakoczy made her professional boxing debut in October 2000. She has earned a record of 33 wins against 3 losses, with one no contest.
She is as a three-time WIBA World Champion and two-time former WBC Lightweight Champion. Most recently, she won the vacant WIBA Women's International Boxing Association super bantamweight title with a win against Ada Vélez on January 24, 2013.
Rakoczy was inducted into the International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame in 2018.
Rakoczy made her professional MMA debut in October 2009. In five fights, she amassed a record of 1 win, 3 losses and one no contest.
In August 2013, it was announced that Rakoczy was one of the fighters selected to be on .
Rakoczy faced Revelina Berto in the elimination fight to get into the house. Despite both women being boxers, the majority of the fight was contested on the ground, where Rakoczy won via an armbar submission in the second round.
During her first tournament fight in the house, Rakoczy faced veteran Roxanne Modafferi. After losing the first round with it mostly being contested on the ground and struggling for takedowns, Rakoczy landed multiple punches on the feet in the second round. After several heavy blows landed and a slam against Modafferi's armbar attempt Rakoczy won via TKO.
In the semifinals, Rakoczy faced Raquel Pennington and won the fight via unanimous decision after three rounds.
Rakoczy faced Julianna Peña in the finals on November 30, 2013, at . She lost the bout via TKO in the final seconds of the first round.
Rakoczy made her return to the UFC Octagon on April 25, 2015, in her strawweight debut against Valérie Létourneau at UFC 186 in Montreal, Quebec on April 25, 2015. She lost the fight via unanimous decision and was subsequently released from the UFC.
|- | Loss | align=center| 1âÂÂ5 (1) | Valérie Létourneau | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 186 | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |- | Loss | align=center| 1âÂÂ4 (1) | Julianna Peña | TKO (punches and elbows) | The Ultimate Fighter 18 Finale | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 4:59 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |- | Win | align=center| 1âÂÂ3 (1) | Kristen Gatz | KO (punches) | Tachi Palace Fights 14 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 2:19 | Lemoore, California, United States | |- | NC | align=center| 0âÂÂ3 (1) | Jennifer Scott | No Contest (overturned) | Millennium Events | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 5:00 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |- | Loss | align=center| 0âÂÂ3 | Felice Herrig | Decision (split) | Bellator 14 | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Chicago, Illinois, United States | |- | Loss | align=center| 0âÂÂ2 | Zoila Frausto | Submission (armbar) | | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 1:17 | Lemoore, California, United States | |- | Loss | align=center| 0âÂÂ1 | Michelle Ould | TKO (punches) | | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 1:40 | Lemoore, California, United States |
|- | Win | align=center| 3âÂÂ0 | Raquel Pennington | Decision (unanimous) | | (air date) | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |- | Win | align=center| 2âÂÂ0 | Roxanne Modafferi | TKO (slam & punches) | | (air date) | align=center| 2 | align=center| 2:31 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |- | Win | align=center| 1âÂÂ0 | Revelina Berto | Submission (omoplata) | | (air date) | align=center| 2 | align=center| 2:31 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
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