Carol Foro defeats Gigi Canuto by unanimous decision
Canuto vs Foro — Women's Strawweight · UFC Fight Night
What happened
The result, the defining moments, and what the verdict means.
Foro chopped at Canuto's lead leg and won the volume and damage battle in the first round.
Canuto answered with a takedown and extended ground control in the second.
Foro worked free from a third-round armbar attempt and rallied to the final horn.
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Who Called It?
How the analysts' picks held up once the cage door closed.
Analyst picks: The MMA Guru called it; TheWeasle perfect call; We Want Picks called it; Bookie Beatdown called it; Michael Chiesa called it; AJ missed.
5 of 6 nailed it · 1 nailed the finish ★.
The experts above are a lens, not credentials we conferred — analyst, fighter or betting desk.
Full analyst picks ↓
The MMA Guru Analyst called 44 of 65 The MMA Guru: predicted Foro · KO/TKO. Actual Foro · Dec. Result: Hit.
Takes Foro by knockout, hedging the round.
Track record: winner called in 44 of 65 resolved picks, 16 a perfect call.
TheWeasle Analyst called 34 of 48 TheWeasle: predicted Foro · Decision. Actual Foro · Dec. Result: Perfect call.
Takes Foro by decision.
Track record: winner called in 34 of 48 resolved picks, 14 a perfect call.
We Want Picks Betting desk called 55 of 87 We Want Picks: predicted Foro · to win. Actual Foro · Dec. Result: Hit.
Takes Foro without a method.
Track record: winner called in 55 of 87 resolved picks.
Bookie Beatdown Betting deskAnalyst called 14 of 24 Bookie Beatdown: predicted Foro · to win. Actual Foro · Dec. Result: Hit.
Takes Foro without a method.
Track record: winner called in 14 of 24 resolved picks, 1 a perfect call.
Michael Chiesa AnalystFighter called 29 of 42 Michael Chiesa: predicted Foro · to win. Actual Foro · Dec. Result: Hit.
Takes Foro over Canuto.
Track record: winner called in 29 of 42 resolved picks, 1 a perfect call.
AJ Betting deskAnalyst called 52 of 71 AJ: predicted Canuto · Sub · R1. Actual Foro · Dec. Result: Miss.
Takes Canuto by first-round submission.
Track record: winner called in 52 of 71 resolved picks, 25 a perfect call.
Archive Pre-fight material — kept for transparency.
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- Record
- 9-1-0
- 4-1 last 5
- Recent formRecent formWin–loss record over the fighter’s last five bouts, newest first, as carried in their UFC/FightMetric career stats.
- 5-0 last 5
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- StanceStanceWhich side a fighter leads from — a striking term, not a religious one. Orthodox: right-handed, left foot and hand forward (the common default). Southpaw: the mirror image, right side forward (usually a left-hander). Switch: changes between the two during a fight.
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- Not published
- Sig. strikes landed / minStrikes / minSignificant strikes landed per minuteAverage number of significant strikes a fighter lands for every minute of fight time — a read on striking output and pace. From UFC/FightMetric career stats.
- 7.80
- Not published
- Sig. strikes absorbed / minAbsorbed / minSignificant strikes absorbed per minuteAverage number of significant strikes a fighter takes for every minute of fight time. Lower is better — it means they get hit less often. From UFC/FightMetric career stats.
- 7.67
- Not published
- Striking defenseStrike def.Striking defenseThe percentage of opponents’ significant strikes that do not land — strikes slipped, blocked or evaded. Higher is better. Not the same as striking accuracy, which counts your own strikes that land. From UFC/FightMetric.
- 58%
- Not published
- Takedown defenseTD def.Takedown defenseThe percentage of opponents’ takedown attempts that are stuffed. Higher means harder to put on the mat. From UFC/FightMetric.
- 100%
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- Avg. fight timeAvg. timeAverage fight timeThe mean length of the fighter’s bouts (minutes:seconds) — a rough read on whether they tend to finish early or go the distance. From UFC/FightMetric.
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- Brazil
- Nationality
- Brazil
Career stats per UFC.com; recent form is each fighter's last five bouts. Numbers reflect records coming into fight night. Bars compare each stat on a fixed scale; the “Edge” marker flags the leading corner where the gap is meaningful. The snapshot plots five career rates — output, striking defense, durability (strikes absorbed, inverted), takedown defense and finish rate — each normalised on its own scale.
Pre-fight analysis — how we saw it going in
Case for Canuto
Canuto is a jiu-jitsu-first grappler — UFC.com lists her fighting style as Grappler — and the finishing record backs it: five of her seven professional wins are submissions, including two armbars, a rear-naked choke, a heel hook and a face crank. Her only loss came in an LFA interim title fight in 2023, and she has won three straight since. This is her Octagon debut, so nothing about her appears on the UFC's own stat sheet yet.
Case for Foro
Foro is unbeaten at strawweight, and six of her nine career wins have come by knockout. She earned her UFC place with a unanimous-decision win over Shanelle Dyer on the Contender Series, and that single tracked bout produced 55% striking accuracy behind 58% defence — numbers that fit a fighter built to close distance rather than out-point. Her only loss came in January 2024, and she has won seven in a row since.
What We Were Watching For
- Canuto has finished five of her seven wins by submission; Foro has finished seven of her nine — whose finishing instinct arrives first.
- Neither fighter has a UFC bout on record: this is Canuto's Octagon debut, and Foro's only tracked bout is a Contender Series decision.
- Foro's lone tracked bout produced 55% striking accuracy and 58% defence — the only per-minute numbers either woman brings in.
- Both are rebuilding off a single loss: Canuto three straight since 2023, Foro seven straight since January 2024.
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