Rivalry · 6 recorded meetings

Isaque Bahiense vs Jaime Canuto

Head-to-head record

Isaque

Jaime

Isaque

Jaime

2017 → 2021, oldest first

Did you know?

After losing their first meeting in 2017, Bahiense won the next 5 in a row against Canuto.
All 6 of their recorded meetings happened in the gi.
Only one of the 6 meetings ended in a submission, a Toe Hold by Bahiense at the 2019 IBJJF World Championship.
Four of their 6 matches took place in the semi-finals, and one was a final at the 2017 Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Tokyo.
Canuto's favorite submission, the Armbar, has produced 25 of his recorded wins.

The rivalry

Isaque Bahiense and Jaime Canuto have met 6 times on record, all in the gi, and the ledger is lopsided: Bahiense holds a 5 to 1 edge. Both are middleweights, but their broader records read differently. Bahiense sits at 130 wins and 30 losses for a 79% win rate, while Canuto is at 118 wins and 50 losses for 70%. Canuto finishes a slightly higher share of his wins by submission at 36% against Bahiense's 32%, and his go to weapon is clear: the Armbar accounts for 25 of his wins, which is where the nickname The Armbar Machine comes from.

The timeline of their series tells the story. Canuto took the first meeting at the 2017 World Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship on points in the quarter-finals. After that, Bahiense won the next 5 straight. Four of those came in semi-finals, one in a final, spanning events like the 2017 Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Tokyo, the 2018 European Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship, and the 2020 Abu Dhabi World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Championship.

Most of these were decided on the margins. Two went to points and two to advantages, which points to close, grip-heavy exchanges rather than blowouts. The one clean finish came at the 2019 World Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship, where Bahiense caught Canuto with a Toe Hold in the semi-finals.