Reyes vs Cannonier

Who won Reyes vs Cannonier?

Dominick Reyes beat Jared Cannonier by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of UFC Fight Night 129, on Saturday 19th May 2018 at Movistar Arena in Santiago.

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 losses and 0 draws.

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

This was Dominick Reyes' 11th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2017. Jared Cannonier marked his 18th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2015.

Dominick Reyes' UFC record stood at 7-4-0, while Jared Cannonier's came in at 10-8-0.

The stats suggested Cannonier had a massive power advantage over Reyes, boasting a 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 34 years old.

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

Reyes was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 13 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2014, 3 years and 5 months later than Cannonier, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 37 less professional rounds, 29 to Cannonier's 66.

Reyes vs Cannonier form

Reyes 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 lost to Jan Blachowicz at UFC 253 on 26th September 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Jon Jones at UFC 247 on 8th February 2020 by unanimous decision in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at Toyota Center, Houston, United States.

Going into that contest, he had won against Chris Weidman at UFC on ESPN 6 on 18th October 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at TD Garden, Boston.

Before that, he had beaten Volkan Oezdemir at UFC on ESPN+ 5 on 16th March 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at 02 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

He had defeated Ovince St. Preux at UFC 229 on 6th October 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

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Reyes' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 11 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 11 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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