Cannonier vs Brunson

Who won Cannonier vs Brunson?

Jared Cannonier beat Derek Brunson by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of UFC 271, on Saturday 12th February 2022 at Toyota Center in Houston.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Cannonier vs Brunson stats

Jared Cannonier stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Derek Brunson made his way to the cage with a record of 23 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Jared Cannonier's 17th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2015.

Jared Cannonier's UFC record stood at 10-7-0, while Derek Brunson's came in at 14-7-0.

The stats suggested Cannonier had an advantage in power over Brunson, with a 64% knock out percentage over Brunson's 52%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Brunson had a slight advantage over Cannonier, with a 17% submission rate over Cannonier's 14%.

Jared Cannonier was the same age as Derek Brunson, at 40 years old.

Brunson had a height advantage of 2 inches over Cannonier. Despite this, he had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Cannonier was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 11 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2011, 1 year later than Brunson, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 2 less professional rounds, 61 to Brunson's 63.

Cannonier vs Brunson form

Cannonier had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Sean Strickland at UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Strickland on 17th December 2022 by split decision in their 5 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Israel Adesanya at UFC 276 on 2nd July 2022 by unanimous decision in their UFC Middleweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Derek Brunson at UFC 271 on 12th February 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Toyota Center, Houston.

Before that, he had defeated Kelvin Gastelum at UFC Vegas 34 on 21st August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Enterprise.

He had been beaten by Robert Whittaker at UFC 254 on 24th October 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

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Cannonier's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years and 9 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 20 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

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