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 19th 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 11-8-0.

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 5 years, at 45 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 19 more professional rounds, 89 to Cannonier's 70.

Teixeira vs Cannonier form

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

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Ion Cutelaba at UFC on ESPN+ 8 on 27th April 2019 by submission in the 2nd round at BB&T Center, Sunrise, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Karl Roberson at UFC on ESPN+ 1 on 19th January 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Barclays Center, Brooklyn.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Corey Anderson at UFC Fight Night 134 on 22nd July 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Barclaycard Arena, Hamburg, Germany.

Before that, he had defeated Misha Cirkunov at UFC on FOX 26 on 16th December 2017 by knockout in the 1st round at MTS Centre, Winnipeg, Canada.

He had been beaten by Alexander Gustafsson at UFC Fight Night 109 on 28th May 2017 by knockout in the 5th round at Ericsson Globe Arena, Stockholm, Sweden.

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Teixeira's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 9 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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