So today I felt like digging into UFC fighter Guido Cannetti – name kept popping up on forums, and honestly? Couldn’t quite place him myself. Decided to hunt down his stats and record from scratch. Grabbed my laptop, poured a totally unnecessary third coffee, and just started typing.
First thing – tried searching “Guido Cannetti UFC” straight up. Weird thing happened. Search autocomplete suggested “Guido Cannetti Tapology” before I even finished typing. Thought “screw it, let’s roll with that.” Clicked through and bam, dude’s Tapology page stares back at me. Felt like finding water in the desert. Easy win.
Here’s the junk I scribbled down looking at his profile:
- Goes by “The Gladiator” – sounds way more intimidating than his record maybe?
- Shoves into the Bantamweight division. 135 pounds. Tried picturing that weight class – lotsa fast guys throwing hands.
- Hails from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Not many Argentinians making waves in UFC, felt kinda interesting.
Then my brain goes “okay, but how’s he actually doing?” Scrolled down like a man possessed. Record looked like this:
- Pro Record: 10 wins, 8 losses. Numbers felt kinda… average? Didn’t scream superstar. Frown happened.
- Looked closer – UFC fights only? Said 3 wins, 5 losses inside the Octagon. Three. Wins. Ouch. Couldn’t lie, that seemed rough for hanging around.
- Saw 3 wins by KO/TKO. Eyebrow raised. Guess he packs some punch when he connects?
Got distracted by the “Recent Win” headline – Manel Kape, July 2023? Kape’s no joke. That surprised me big time. Scratched my head wondering how the guy with just 3 UFC wins takes out someone like Kape. Weird stuff.
Now the Ranking bit. Tapology puts him #70 globally at Bantamweight. Seventy. Way down the list. Kinda fits the 3-5 UFC record though. Weird glitch though – page also said “Ranking has fallen 3 spots recently“. Felt bad chuckling, but seriously? Falling 3 spots when you’re seventy? Feels like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.
Spilled some coffee right on my laptop trackpad trying to switch tabs. Swore a bit. Cleaned it up fast.
Jumped over to the UFC’s own site next. Stats there confirmed everything:
- Started fighting pro back in 2012. Been grinding over a decade.
- First UFC fight: 2016 against Henry Briones. Lost that one.
- Saw Average Fight Time: 9:34 mins. Means he usually makes it past the halfway point, guess he’s durable if nothing else.
My neighbor started hammering something – loud noises making it hard to think.
Anyway, wrap-up thoughts: Guido Cannetti feels like the definition of a journeyman. Been in UFC since 2016? Eight years? And he’s sitting at 3-5 with a global rank scraping the bottom at #70. His win over Kape is a wild outlier. Hard to see him climbing much higher at 39 years old. Looks like a tough, experienced guy who hangs around but mostly loses at the top level. Just being real.
Think my head hurts now. Enough stats for one day.
