Cannonier vs Silva

Who won Cannonier vs Silva?

Jared Cannonier beat Anderson Silva by , during the co-main event of UFC 237, on Saturday 11th May 2019 at Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Jared Cannonier.

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 Silva stats

Jared Cannonier stepped into the ring with a record of 11 wins, 4 loses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Anderson Silva made his way to the ring with a record of 34 wins, 9 loses and 0 draws, with 23 of those wins by knock out and 3 by submission.

The stats suggested Silva had a slight advantage in power over Cannonier, with a 68% knock out percentage over Cannonier's 64%.

Jared Cannonier was the younger man by 9 years, at 37 years old.

Silva had a height advantage of 3 inches over Cannonier. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Cannonier was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 28 less fights, and made his debut in 2011, 13 year and 11 months later than Silva, whose first professional fight was in 1997. He had fought 58 less professional rounds, 40 to Silva's 98.

Cannonier vs Silva form

Jared Cannonier had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, 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.

Previous to that, he had defeated Jack Hermansson at UFC on ESPN+ 18 on 28th September 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Going into that contest, he had beat Anderson Silva at UFC 237 on 11th May 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Before that, he had won against David Branch at UFC 230 on 3rd November 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

He had been beaten by Dominick Reyes at UFC Fight Night 129 on 19th May 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Movistar Arena, Santiago, Chile.

Activity check

Cannonier's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 3 months and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

Silva's last 3 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 2 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 8 months and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.