Teixeira vs Cannonier

Who won Teixeira vs Cannonier?

Glover Teixeira beat Jared Cannonier by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 208, on Saturday 11th February 2017 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Glover Teixeira.

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).

Teixeira vs Cannonier stats

Glover Teixeira stepped into the octagon with a record of 25 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 16 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Jared Cannonier made his way to the cage with a record of 9 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Jared Cannonier marked his 17th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2015.

Glover Teixeira's UFC record stood at 16-7-0, while Jared Cannonier's came in at 10-7-0.

The stats suggested Teixeira had a slight advantage in power over Cannonier, with a 64% knock out percentage over Cannonier's 56%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Teixeira had a slight advantage over Cannonier, with a 24% submission rate over Cannonier's 22%.

Glover Teixeira was the older man by 4 years, at 44 years old.

Teixeira had a height advantage of 3 inches over Cannonier. Despite this, Cannonier had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Teixeira was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 20 more fights, and made his debut in 2002, 9 years earlier than Cannonier, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 28 more professional rounds, 89 to Cannonier's 61.

Teixeira vs Cannonier form

Teixeira had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Jiri Prochazka at UFC 275 on 11th June 2022 by submission in the 5th round in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Previous to that, he had won against Jan Blachowicz at UFC 267 on 30th October 2021 by submission in the 2nd round in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Thiago Santos at UFC Vegas 13 on 7th November 2020 by submission in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Before that, he had defeated Anthony Smith at UFC Fight Night Jacksonville on 13th May 2020 by knockout in the 5th round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

He was victorious against Nikita Krylov at UFC on ESPN+ 16 on 14th September 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Rogers Arena, Vancouver, Canada.

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

In his last fight leading up to 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 beaten Derek Brunson at UFC 271 on 12th February 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Toyota Center, Houston.

Before that, he had defeated Kelvin Gastelum at UFC Vegas 34 on 21st August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Enterprise.

He had been defeated by 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.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Jared Cannonier had been fighting more than Glover Teixeira.

Going to this contest, Glover Teixeira had last fought 2 years, 1 month and 13 days ago, while Jared Cannonier's last outing had been 1 year, 7 months and 7 days ago.

Teixeira's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 10 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

Cannonier's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years and 9 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 20 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

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