UFC Fight Night: Gamrot vs. Salkilld
Carol Foro defeats Gigi Canuto by unanimous decision
Round 3 · 5:00
Canuto vs Foro — Women's Strawweight · UFC Fight Night: Gamrot vs. Salkilld
At a glance
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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.
- Official UFC resultsUFC Fight Night: Gamrot vs Salkilld — Preliminary Card Results
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.
Records & career stats
- 7-1-0
- 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
- Brazil
- Nationality
- Brazil
- 23
- Age
- 29
- Not published
- 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.
- Not published
- Not published
- Sig. strikes landed / minStr / 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.
- 7.43
- Not published
- Sig. strikes absorbed / minAbs / 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.
- 5.70
- 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.
- 55%
- 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.
- 78%
- —
- 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.
- —
Career stats per UFC.com; recent form is each fighter's last five bouts. Numbers reflect the fighter data snapshot used for this page. 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.
Who Called It?
How the analysts' picks held up once the cage door closed.
- Winner Accuracy 67.7% 42 20
- Method Accuracy 50.0% 2 2
- Round AccuracyCalls the winner, not the round
- Underdog Accuracy 14.3% 1 6
How each is counted: Winner called Method called Round called Correct underdog calls
- Winner Accuracy 65.9% 195 101
- Method Accuracy 52.9% 55 49
- Round Accuracy 34.3% 12 23
- Underdog Accuracy 45.5% 15 18
How each is counted: Winner called Method called Round called Correct underdog calls
Analyst picks: Michael Chiesa Hit; The MMA Guru Hit.
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Michael Chiesa
Michael ChiesaView full track record
How each is counted: Winner called Method called Round called Correct underdog calls | Historic market Favourite call, market price 66.5%. Foro · to win | Foro · Dec R3 | Hit | Not called | Not called | |
| Takes Foro over Canuto. “I'm taking Carol Forro.” Track record: winner called in 42 of 62 resolved picks. How winner calls are counted | ||||||
The MMA Guru
The MMA GuruView full track record
How each is counted: Winner called Method called Round called Correct underdog calls | Historic market Favourite call, market price 66.5%. Foro · KO/TKO | Foro · Dec R3 | Hit | Miss | Not called | |
| Takes Foro by knockout, hedging the round. “Okay, Carol Furrow is getting this one done though by TKO in the later rounds.” Track record: winner called in 195 of 296 resolved picks. How winner calls are counted | ||||||
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