Vettori vs Cannonier

Who won Vettori vs Cannonier?

Jared Cannonier beat Marvin Vettori by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC Fight Night – Vettori vs. Cannonier, on Saturday 17th June 2023 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Jared Cannonier.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Vettori vs Cannonier stats

Marvin Vettori stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 6 losses and 1 draw, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 9 by submission.

Jared Cannonier made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 10 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.

Marvin Vettori's UFC record stood at 9-5-1, while Jared Cannonier's came in at 10-7-0.

The stats suggested Cannonier had a massive power advantage over Vettori, boasting a 63% knock out percentage over Vettori's 11%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Vettori had a massive advantage over Cannonier, boasting a 47% submission rate over Cannonier's 13%.

Marvin Vettori was the younger man by 10 years, at 30 years old.

Vettori had a height advantage of 1 inch over Cannonier. Despite this, Cannonier had a 4-inch reach advantage.

Vettori was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 4 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 1 year and 1 month later than Cannonier, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 7 more professional rounds, 68 to Cannonier's 61.

Vettori 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 lost to 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 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.

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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.

What were the odds on Vettori vs Cannonier?

Marvin Vettori was a 4/5 (-130) favourite going into the contest, while Jared Cannonier made his way into the ring at 21/20 (+100) with oddsmakers.