UFC BJJ 12 Results: Every Match From Las Vegas
Cassia Moura and Adele Fornarino met for the first UFC BJJ women’s flyweight title, and Renato Canuto and Ethan Crelinsten fought for the vacant lightweight belt. Every result from Las Vegas.
UFC BJJ 12 ran Thursday night at Meta APEX in Las Vegas with eight matches on UFC Fight Pass, and five of them ended in submissions, according to the UFC. Two debutants won by submission against established names: Gilbert Burns was caught in a heel hook by Gabriel Almeida late in the first round, and Thaynara Victória armbarred Danielle Kelly in under three minutes.
Every result
| Match | Result | Method |
|---|---|---|
| Women’s flyweight title, main event | Cassia Moura def. Adele Fornarino | Split decision |
| Vacant lightweight title | Renato Canuto def. Ethan Crelinsten | Unanimous decision |
| Middleweight | Gabriel Almeida def. Gilbert Burns | Heel hook, round 1, 4:34 |
| Women’s strawweight | Thaynara Victória def. Danielle Kelly | Armbar, round 1, 2:53 |
| Lightweight | Landon Elmore def. Max Livingston | Straight ankle lock, round 1, 3:42 |
| Welterweight | Kade Anastasios def. Ataíde Rafael | Heel hook, round 1, 4:19 |
| Featherweight | Raphael Ferreira def. Kyle O’Hare | Heel hook, round 1, 3:14 |
| Lightweight | John Chandler def. Raphael Gomez | Unanimous decision |
Results are from the UFC’s official results, with methods and times as the UFC lists them. The UFC lists no scorecards for the decisions.
The titles
Cassia Moura, already the UFC BJJ bantamweight champion, won the first women’s flyweight title on a split decision over Adele Fornarino, who won two golds at ADCC 2024, and became the first double champion in UFC BJJ history, according to the UFC. The match closed out the women’s flyweight grand prix.
Renato Canuto took the vacant lightweight title with a unanimous decision over Ethan Crelinsten, after earlier challenging for the welterweight belt.
What comes next
The card, the matchups and these results are all on our UFC BJJ 12 event page. This weekend, five IBJJF Opens run from Lisbon to Curitiba, and the brackets are in The Weekend Ahead. See every upcoming event on the calendar.
