Karolline Rosa Cavedo (born December 30, 1994) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. A professional since 2012, she currently competes in the Bantamweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). As of October 3, 2022, she is #9 in the UFC women's bantamweight rankings. Background Rosa started training Brazilian jiu-jitsu 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 Professional Fighters League finalist Larissa Pacheco, which Rosa lost by guillotine choke. Ultimate Fighting Championship Rosa made her UFC debut against Lara Procópio 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 Julia Avila 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 COVID-19 pandemic, the event was eventually postponed. The pair was rescheduled to meet on May 2, 2020 at UFC Fight Night 174. However, on April 9, Dana White, 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 Vanessa Melo at UFC 251 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 Macy Chiasson against Sijara Eubanks 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 Nicco Montaño 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 Joselyne Edwards. Rosa won the fight via unanimous decision. Rosa was scheduled to face Sijara Eubanks on June 12, 2021 at UFC 263. However, Rosa pulled out of the fight in late-May citing an injury. In