Reyes vs Cannonier

Who won Reyes vs Cannonier?

Dominick Reyes beat Jared Cannonier by during the main card of UFC Fight Night 129, on Saturday 19th May 2018 at Movistar Arena in Santiago.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Dominick Reyes.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

Reyes vs Cannonier stats

Dominick Reyes stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero loses and 0 draws.

Jared Cannonier made his way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 3 loses and 0 draws, with 6 of those wins by knock out and 2 by submission.

The stats suggested Cannonier had a massive power advantage over Reyes, boosting at 60% knock out percentage over Reyes' 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Cannonier had an advantage over Reyes, with a 20% submission rate over Reyes' 0%.

Dominick Reyes was the younger man by 6 years, at 33 years old.

Reyes had a height advantage of 5 inches over Cannonier. Despite this, Cannonier had 1-inch reach advantage.

Reyes was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 13 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2014, 3 year and 5 months later than Cannonier, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 29 less professional rounds, 28 to Cannonier's 57.

Reyes vs Cannonier form

Cannonier had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 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 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 won against 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.

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Cannonier's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 1 month and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 20 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

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