UFC BJJ 12 results: Cassia Moura becomes two-division champion, Canuto wins title, Burns submitted; play-by-play

Event over. This story was updated live, match by match, during UFC BJJ 12. Last update: 10:50 PM ET.

Cassia Moura made history at UFC BJJ 12 this Thursday, October 8, at the Meta APEX in Las Vegas. The 20-year-old Brazilian beat Australia’s Adele Fornarino by split decision in the main event, won the women’s flyweight title and became the first athlete to hold two UFC BJJ titles at the same time. She was already the bantamweight champion and is still unbeaten in the organization, now with six wins. UFC BJJ is the grappling league of the UFC: there are no strikes, and the athletes try to win by submission.

Brazil won another title on the night: Renato Canuto beat Canada’s Ethan Crelinsten by unanimous decision and took the lightweight belt, which was vacant. Gilbert “Durinho” Burns, who had said he would go for the submission, tapped to a heel hook from fellow Brazilian Gabriel Almeida in the first round. Five of the eight matches ended by first-round submission, and Brazilians Thaynara Victoria and Raphael Ferreira also won.

UFC BJJ 12 full results

• Women’s flyweight title: Cassia Moura def. Adele Fornarino by split decision
• Lightweight title: Renato Canuto def. Ethan Crelinsten by unanimous decision
• Gabriel Almeida def. Gilbert Burns by submission (heel hook), 4:34 of round 1
• Thaynara Victoria def. Danielle Kelly by submission (armbar), 2:53 of round 1
• Landon Elmore def. Max Livingston by submission (ankle lock), 3:42 of round 1
• Kade Anastasios def. Ataide Rafael by submission (heel hook), 4:29 of round 1
• Raphael Ferreira def. Kyle O’Hare by submission (heel hook), 3:14 of round 1
• John Chandler def. Raphael Gomez by unanimous decision

These are the official results released by the UFC.

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Play-by-play: match by match

The matches are listed from the most recent to the first of the night.

Cassia Moura vs. Adele Fornarino (women’s flyweight title)

Fornarino went straight to the mat and attacked Moura’s leg. Moura spent the first round on defense and got a stalling warning from referee Vitor “Shaolin” Ribeiro. At the end of the round, the Brazilian had to defend a heel hook until the horn.

In the second round, Moura scored a double-leg takedown. Fornarino scooted back on the mat, went after the leg again late in the round and forced Moura to defend one more time. After a break for inactivity, Moura took the back before the end of the round.

The third round was paused after a finger from Moura hit Fornarino’s eye, and the doctor checked the Australian. When the match restarted, Moura put on pressure from the top and got another stalling warning. Fornarino tried an omoplata, tangled the legs again and came close to a leg lock in the last second. The judges gave Moura the win by split decision.

Renato Canuto vs. Ethan Crelinsten (lightweight title)

Canuto started with a foot sweep and a takedown. Crelinsten attacked a leg, swept and took the back, but the Brazilian escaped and locked in an anaconda choke. Crelinsten did not tap and got out, and the round ended with Canuto close to a foot lock.

In the second round, Crelinsten pulled guard and Canuto attacked from the top. Crelinsten defended and came up on top, and Canuto then got back to side control. When he tried to isolate an arm, Crelinsten escaped and went back on top. Late in the round, Crelinsten tried a leg lock, Canuto got out and put on pressure from the top.

In the third, Crelinsten charged in and the two almost went over the edge of the Bowl, the UFC BJJ competition area. Canuto controlled from the top, took the back, locked a body triangle and looked for the rear-naked choke. He then locked in a reverse D’Arce choke, which Crelinsten defended. Both athletes tried heel hooks in the last seconds, and the match went to the judges: unanimous decision for Canuto, the new UFC BJJ lightweight champion.

Gabriel Almeida vs. Gilbert Burns (middleweight)

Burns defended a guillotine attempt and got a takedown, but Almeida defended and the match went back to even. Near the end of the round, Almeida was the one who took Burns down. He went after the neck, switched to Burns’ left leg, locked the position and adjusted the heel hook. Burns tapped at 4:34.

It was Almeida’s first match in UFC BJJ. Burns, a former UFC welterweight title challenger, had won his UFC BJJ debut by submission in June.

Thaynara Victoria vs. Danielle Kelly (women’s strawweight)

In her UFC BJJ debut, Brazil’s Thaynara Victoria went to the mat early and attacked a straight ankle lock, which Danielle Kelly defended. Both athletes then attacked each other’s legs at the same time, nobody could finish, and they stood back up. The next time the match went to the mat, Kelly tried to get on top, and Victoria isolated her arm, adjusted her legs and finished the armbar at 2:53.

Landon Elmore vs. Max Livingston (lightweight)

Elmore scored a big takedown, but Livingston escaped and the match went back to the center. When Livingston shot for a takedown of his own, Elmore locked a body triangle from the bottom, swept and ended up on top. From there he controlled one of Livingston’s legs and finished with a straight ankle lock at 3:42. Elmore came in after two decision losses in a row at featherweight and now has two wins in UFC BJJ.

Kade Anastasios vs. Ataide Rafael (welterweight)

American Kade Anastasios, who earned his place on the card through UFC BJJ Opens, set the pace from the start. In the middle of the round he attacked the knee of Brazil’s Ataide Rafael, who freed his leg and escaped for a moment. Anastasios stayed active from the bottom, controlled Rafael’s right heel and locked in the heel hook at 4:29.

Raphael Ferreira vs. Kyle O’Hare (featherweight)

Referee Vitor “Shaolin” Ribeiro gave both athletes a warning early in the match. Raphael Ferreira, a 19-year-old Brazilian, got on top and held O’Hare with a body lock. O’Hare broke free and tried to attack from the top, but he ended up in Ferreira’s guard. Ferreira isolated the foot and finished the heel hook at 3:14. It is his second win in UFC BJJ.

John Chandler vs. Raphael Gomez (lightweight)

The first match of the night went to the judges. Gomez pulled guard several times in the first two rounds and attacked with a guillotine and a heel hook. Chandler escaped both and worked from the top, moving through side control and north-south. In the final round he picked up the pace, got a takedown, reached mount and came close to finishing an arm-triangle choke. Chandler won by unanimous decision and now has two wins in UFC BJJ.

UFC BJJ 12 took place this Thursday, October 8, at the Meta APEX in Las Vegas, and streamed on UFC Fight Pass.