Karine Silva beats Gabriella Fernandes by unanimous decision at UFC Vegas 124

Karine Silva earned a unanimous decision over fellow Brazilian Gabriella Fernandes on the preliminary card of UFC Vegas 124 at the Meta APEX in Las Vegas, as first reported by MMA Fighting. All three judges scored the women's flyweight bout 29-28.

The result snaps a two-fight losing streak for Silva. The 32-year-old, nicknamed "Killer," enters the win at 19-7 and is ranked 11th at women's flyweight. Her most recent recorded fights before this one were unanimous-decision losses to Jasmine Jasudavicius in April 2026 and Maycee Barber in December 2025. Her last recorded win came in August 2025, when she outpointed Dione Barbosa over three rounds. A grappling-heavy fighter out of The Fighting Nerds, Silva averages 2.3 takedowns and 1.5 submission attempts per 15 minutes.

Fernandes, 33, falls to 11-5 on the record with the defeat. She is ranked 15th in the division and came in off a first-round KO/TKO loss to Casey O'Neill in March 2026. Before that, she beat Julija Stoliarenko by decision in August 2025 and submitted Wang Cong in November 2024. The southpaw from MMA Masters is the more active striker on paper, landing 3.51 significant strikes per minute at 46 percent accuracy.

Why it matters

• Silva halts a slide and moves back into the win column after two straight decision losses.
• Fernandes has now dropped consecutive fights, with the latest coming just over seven months after her loss to O'Neill.
• The style contrast was clear in the numbers: Silva's 2.3 takedowns per 15 minutes against Fernandes' 0.42 pointed to a grappling-versus-striking matchup, and the narrow 29-28 cards across the board suggest the fight stayed close.

The two share a nationality and a division, but the rankings picture is tight. Silva sits four places above Fernandes, and a split of 29-28 on every scorecard shows how little separated them on the night. For Silva, the win also arrives with a measurable physical edge in neither category: Fernandes held a one-inch height advantage at five-foot-six against five-foot-five, while the reach was close, 67 inches for Silva to Fernandes' 66.