  We compute the diagonal isovector axial-vector as well as induced
pseudoscalar form factors of nucleon, $\Sigma$ and $\Xi$ baryons by employing
the light-cone QCD sum rules to leading order in QCD and including distribution
amplitudes up to twist 6. Extrapolating our sum-rules results to low-momentum
transfers, we make a comparison with experimental and lattice-QCD results where
we can achieve a nice qualitative and quantitative agreement.
