Cannonier vs Branch

Who won Cannonier vs Branch?

Jared Cannonier beat David Branch by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of UFC 230, on Saturday 3rd November 2018 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Cannonier vs Branch stats

Jared Cannonier stepped into the octagon with a record of 10 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

David Branch made his way to the cage with a record of 22 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

This was Jared Cannonier's 19th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2015.

Jared Cannonier's UFC record stood at 11-8-0, while David Branch's came in at 4-5-0.

The stats suggested Cannonier had a massive power advantage over Branch, boasting a 60% knock out percentage over Branch's 27%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Branch had an advantage over Cannonier, with a 32% submission rate over Cannonier's 20%.

Jared Cannonier was the younger man by 2 years, at 41 years old.

Branch had a height advantage of 2 inches over Cannonier. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Cannonier was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 12 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2011, 3 years and 8 months later than Branch, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 1 less professional rounds, 70 to Branch's 71.

Cannonier vs Branch form

Cannonier 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 won against Marvin Vettori at UFC Fight Night – Vettori vs. Cannonier on 17th June 2023 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten 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.

Going into that contest, 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.

Before that, he had defeated Derek Brunson at UFC 271 on 12th February 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Toyota Center, Houston.

He was victorious against Kelvin Gastelum at UFC Vegas 34 on 21st August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Enterprise.

Activity check

Cannonier's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 8 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 22 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.4 rounds on average.

Branch's last 3 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 11 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 7 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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