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 as in favor of 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 loses 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, with 5 of those wins by knock out and 2 by submission.

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 43 years old.

Teixeira had a height advantage of 3 inches over Cannonier. Despite this, Cannonier had 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 37 more professional rounds, 89 to Cannonier's 52.

Teixeira vs Cannonier form

Cannonier had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Kelvin Gastelum at UFC Vegas 34 on 21st August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Enterprise, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten 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.

Going into that contest, he had won against Jack Hermansson at UFC on ESPN+ 18 on 28th September 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Before that, 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.

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

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Cannonier's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 4 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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