Juliana Miller’s UFC Return Delayed
Juliana Miller’s return was delayed when an injury forced her out of a scheduled February 2025 fight with Carli Judice. She eventually returned on May 3, 2025, and defeated Ivana Petrović by unanimous decision.
Miller’s previous fight was a first-round TKO loss to Luana Santos in August 2023. After withdrawing from the Judice matchup, she returned to competition nearly two years later. The withdrawal report cited her injury; the official May 2025 scorecards show three 29–28 cards for Miller.
Since then, Miller lost a unanimous decision to Judice in February 2026, then submitted Ravena Oliveira by rear-naked choke at 1:38 of Round 2 on August 8, 2026. The Houston scorecards and August event results document those bouts.
Returning after The Ultimate Fighter breakthrough
Miller first gained a UFC platform by winning the women’s flyweight tournament on The Ultimate Fighter 30. In the August 6, 2022 final, she stopped Brogan Walker at 3:57 of round three. The official athlete record identifies that victory as the result that secured her TUF title.
The later layoff interrupted the process of building on that breakthrough. When she finally met Petrović in May 2025, the assignment was a return to regular competition after a long absence. Completing three rounds and receiving all three judges’ votes provided a concrete result after the uncertainty surrounding her earlier scheduled return.
The Judice matchup eventually happened in 2026, so its initial cancellation and later outcome belong to different stages of the same career timeline. Keeping those dates separate makes the return story clearer: the delayed February 2025 booking was followed first by the Petrović win, then by the subsequent meetings listed in her record.
