# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sheila-gaff
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:23:02.852Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sheila-gaff"
name: "Sheila Gaff"
slug: "sheila-gaff"
description: "Sheila Gaff is a German mixed martial artist, and was fighting in the bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship but was released on August 12, 2013. Since May 14, 2015 she has been under contract with XFC. She is known for her berserker fighting style, which has resulted in most of her wins and losses coming via (T)KO stoppage within the first two minutes. Gaff has also worked a lot on her ground fighting, which led to successful participations in grappling tournaments. She is also known for being the first-ever woman released by UFC."
tagline: "German mixed martial artist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sheila_%22the_german_Tank%22_Gaff.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1989-12-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.47
  momentum:             3.529411764705882
  historical:           6.343809333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 395
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/sheilagaff"
    handle:    "sheilagaff"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/sheila_gaff/"
    handle:    "sheila_gaff"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/sheila.gaff.5"
    handle:    "sheila.gaff.5"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7777073/"
    handle:    "nm7777073"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4tZFidnPNdYelXSuO9h44g"
    handle:    "@sheilagaff586"
    followers: 395
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_Gaff"
    title: "Sheila Gaff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_Gaff"
    title: "Sheila Gaff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_Gaff"
    title: "Sheila Gaff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_Gaff"
    title: "Sheila Gaff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_Gaff"
    title: "Sheila Gaff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7_%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%81"
    title: "شیلا گاف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7493052"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1831734"
    title: "Sheila Gaff"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump