Jaime Canuto and Manuel Ribamar Filho met 6 times on record, with Canuto holding a 4-2 edge. Both are middleweights at 82kg with similar bodies of work: Canuto sits at 120 wins and 56 losses for a 68% win rate, while Ribamar is at 110 wins and 54 losses for 67%. The two are close on paper in almost every way, which is part of what made this a genuine rivalry rather than a one-sided series.

Where they differ is in how they close matches. Canuto finishes at a 35% submission rate on his wins, with the Armbar as his signature and 25 armbar wins on record. Ribamar submits at a 21% rate and has 6 armbar wins, so his game leans more on control and scoring than on hunting the finish. That difference showed up in their meetings, where the margins were tight rather than decisive.

None of the 6 matches ended in a submission. Canuto's 4 wins came by decision, advantage, advantage, and points, and Ribamar's 2 came by decision. Their series ran across the gi and no-gi, from the 2015 final at 2015 Matshark Open through a busy 2018 that included 2018 IBJJF World Championship and 2018 IBJJF World No-Gi Championship, and closed at the 2019 IBJJF Pan Championship with Canuto taking the quarter-final.