Hailey Cowan

Cowan looked sharp at range early and controlled the early exchanges. Milosevic then landed to the body. A straight right to the solar plexus buckled Cowan. A second shot to the same spot sent her to the canvas. The fight was waved off at 3:41 of round one, ending Milosevic’s UFC debut.

Key moments

• Cowan controlled the early exchanges at range.
• A straight right to the solar plexus buckled Cowan.
• A second body shot sent Cowan to the canvas and the fight was stopped at 3:41.

Cowan returned to action against Alice Pereira and the fight slipped away late in the second round when Pereira finished her with a knee.

Key moments

• Lost to Pereira by knockout at 4:24 of round two.
• The defeat was Cowan's third straight UFC result.
• It was her first fight since the Nora Cornolle submission loss almost a year earlier.

The Cornolle bout gave Cowan a second UFC start after a long gap from her debut, but she still left without the reset result she needed. Cornolle took the finish by rear-naked choke in round two, which kept the UFC chapter winless heading into 2026.

Key moments

• Cornolle submitted Cowan at 1:52 of round two.
• The fight followed Cowan's decision loss to Jamey-Lyn Horth in her UFC debut.
• It set up the later April 2026 matchup with Alice Pereira.

Cowan's UFC debut lasted the full fifteen minutes, but Jamey-Lyn Horth controlled enough of the fight to take a unanimous decision.

Key moments

• Dropped a unanimous decision over three rounds in her UFC debut.
• The loss came less than a year after her Contender Series win over Claudia Leite.
• It was Cowan's first defeat since the September 2020 loss to Kelly Clayton.

Cowan earned the roster shot by edging Claudia Leite over three rounds on Contender Series. The fight matters because it showed she could bank a close decision after the Monica Franco submission instead of needing every good result to come by finish.

Key moments

• Beat Leite by split decision after three rounds on Contender Series.
• The win followed her Invicta submission of Monica Franco earlier the same year.
• It sent Cowan into the UFC off back-to-back victories.

Cowan's professional debut ended in a first-round loss when Victoria Leonardo took her back and finished the rear-naked choke at LFA 40.

Key moments

• The fight took place on the main card of LFA 40 in Dallas.
• Both fighters entered the matchup making their professional debuts.
• The loss remains Cowan's only first-round defeat.