Karolline Rosa Cavedo (born December 30, 1994) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. A professional since 2012, she currently competes in the

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division in the

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(UFC). As of October 3, 2022, she is #9 in the UFC women's bantamweight rankings.

Background

Rosa started training

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at the age of 13, winning multiple international competitions in the sport before transitioning to mixed martial arts at the age of 17.

Mixed martial arts career

Early career

Starting her career in 2012, Rosa compiled a 11–3 record fighting for a wide variety of regional Brazilian promotions, most notably fighting for the Watch Out Combat Show Featherweight Championship against

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finalist

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, which Rosa lost by guillotine choke.

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Rosa made her UFC debut against

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at UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Zhang on August 31, 2019. She won a close back and forth fight by split decision. Rosa was expected to face

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on October 26, 2019 at UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Askren. The fight was later cancelled due to a knee injury from Rosa. The match was rescheduled to April 11, 2020 at UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Harris. Due to the

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, the event was eventually postponed. The pair was rescheduled to meet on May 2, 2020 at

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. However, on April 9,

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, the president of UFC announced that the event too was postponed to June 13, 2020. Eventually, Rosa withdrew from the bout and was replaced by Gina Mazany. Rosa faced

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on July 11, 2020. Melo weighed in at 141 pounds, five pounds over the bantamweight non-title fight limit. Rosa won the fight via unanimous decision. Rosa was expected to replace

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against

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at UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Sakai on September 5, 2020. Rosa pulled out on September 3 due to complications related to her weight cut. Rosa was scheduled to face

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on February 6, 2021 at UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov. However, in the weeks leading up the fight, Montaño was pulled from the event due to undisclosed reasons and replaced by

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. Rosa won the fight via unanimous decision. Rosa was scheduled to face

on June 12, 2021 at

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. However, Rosa pulled out of the fight in late-May citing an injury. In turn, Eubanks was removed from the card and will face

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six weeks later at

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instead. Rosa faced Bethe Correia on October 2, 2021 at

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. At the weigh-ins, Correia weighed in at 138.5 pounds, two pounds and a half pounds over the women's bantamweight non-title fight limit. The bout proceeded at catchweight and Correia was fined 20% which went to Rosa. She won the fight via unanimous decision. Rosa faced

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on March 26, 2022 at

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. She lost the fight by unanimous decision. Rosa faced Lina Länsberg at

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in Abu Dhabi on October 22, 2022. She won the bout via majority decision.

Mixed martial arts record

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References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rosa, Karol Living people 1994 births Brazilian female mixed martial artists Bantamweight mixed martial artists Featherweight mixed martial artists LGBT mixed martial artists Ultimate Fighting Championship female fighters People from Vila Velha Sportspeople from Espírito Santo