Cormier vs Johnson

Who won Cormier vs Johnson?

Daniel Cormier beat Anthony Johnson by submission in the 2nd round during the main event of UFC 210, on Saturday 8th April 2017 at KeyBank Center in Buffalo.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

This contest was for the UFC Light Heavyweight championship.

Cormier vs Johnson stats

Daniel Cormier stepped into the octagon with a record of 18 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Anthony Johnson made his way to the cage with a record of 22 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 16 of those wins coming by knock out.

Daniel Cormier's UFC record stood at 11-3-0, while Anthony Johnson's came in at 13-6-0.

The stats suggested Johnson had a large advantage in power over Cormier, boasting a 73% knock out percentage over Cormier's 44%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Cormier had an advantage over Johnson, with a 17% submission rate over Johnson's 0%.

Daniel Cormier was the older man by 5 years, at 45 years old.

Johnson had a height advantage of 3 inches over Cormier. That also extended to a 6-inch reach advantage.

Cormier was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 8 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2009, 3 years and 1 month later than Johnson, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 16 more professional rounds, 66 to Johnson's 50.

Cormier vs Johnson form

Cormier had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Stipe Miocic at UFC 252 on 15th August 2020 by unanimous decision in their UFC Heavyweight championship fight at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Stipe Miocic at UFC 241 on 17th August 2019 by knockout in the 4th round in their UFC Heavyweight championship fight at Honda Center, Anaheim.

Going into that contest, he had won against Derrick Lewis at UFC 230 on 3rd November 2018 by submission in the 2nd round in their UFC Heavyweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Before that, he had beaten Stipe Miocic at UFC 226 on 7th July 2018 by knockout in the 1st round in their UFC Heavyweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Last Vegas.

He had defeated Volkan Oezdemir at UFC 220 on 20th January 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at TD Garden, Boston.

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Cormier's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 6 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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