Who won Cannonier vs Gastelum?
Jared Cannonier beat Kelvin Gastelum by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC Vegas 34, on Saturday 21st August 2021 at UFC APEX in Enterprise.
The scorecards were announced as 48-47, 48-47, 48-47 in favor of winner Jared Cannonier.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).
Cannonier vs Gastelum stats
Jared Cannonier stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 5 loses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.
Kelvin Gastelum made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 6 loses and 0 draws, with 6 of those wins by knock out and 4 by submission.
The stats suggested Cannonier had a massive power advantage over Gastelum, boasting at 69% knock out percentage over Gastelum's 38%.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Gastelum had a slight advantage over Cannonier, with a 25% submission rate over Cannonier's 15%.
Jared Cannonier was the older man by 8 years, at 40 years old.
Cannonier had a height advantage of 2 inches over Gastelum. That also extended to a 6-inch reach advantage.
Cannonier was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 4 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2011, 6 months later than Gastelum, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 16 less professional rounds, 57 to Gastelum's 73.
Cannonier vs Gastelum form
Cannonier had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.
In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated 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 been beaten by 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 defeated Derek Brunson at UFC 271 on 12th February 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Toyota Center, Houston.
Before that, he had beat Kelvin Gastelum at UFC Vegas 34 on 21st August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Enterprise.
He had lost to 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.
Kelvin Gastelum had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.
In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Robert Whittaker at UFC Vegas 24 on 17th April 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.
Previous to that, he had won against Ian Heinisch at UFC 258 on 13th February 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.
Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Jack Hermansson at UFC Fight Island 2 on 18th July 2020 by submission in the 1st round at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Before that, he had lost to Darren Till at UFC 244 on 2nd November 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.
He had been beaten by Israel Adesanya at UFC 236 on 13th April 2019 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at State Farm Arena, Atlanta.
Activity check
In terms of activity leading into the fight, Jared Cannonier had been fighting more than Kelvin Gastelum.
Going to this contest, Jared Cannonier had last fought 1 year, 3 months and 12 days ago, while Kelvin Gastelum's last outing had been 2 years, 11 months and 12 days ago.
Cannonier's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 5 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 20 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.
Gastelum's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 11 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.
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