Cannonier vs Brunson

Who won Cannonier vs Brunson?

Jared Cannonier beat Derek Brunson by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of UFC 271, on Saturday 12th February 2022 at Toyota Center in Houston.

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 Brunson stats

Jared Cannonier stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Derek Brunson made his way to the cage with a record of 23 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 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 Derek Brunson's came in at 14-7-0.

The stats suggested Cannonier had an advantage in power over Brunson, with a 64% knock out percentage over Brunson's 52%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Brunson had a slight advantage over Cannonier, with a 17% submission rate over Cannonier's 14%.

Jared Cannonier was the same age as Derek Brunson, at 41 years old.

Brunson had a height advantage of 2 inches over Cannonier. Despite this, he had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Cannonier was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 11 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2011, 1 year later than Brunson, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 7 more professional rounds, 70 to Brunson's 63.

Cannonier vs Brunson form

Cannonier had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this 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, United States.

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

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

Before 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.

He had defeated Jack Hermansson at UFC on ESPN+ 18 on 28th September 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Brunson had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 1opponent and going the distance 4 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he was victorious against Darren Till at UFC Vegas 36 on 4th September 2021 by submission in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Kevin Holland at UFC Vegas 22 on 20th March 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Edmen Shahbazyan at UFC Vegas 5 on 1st August 2020 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Ian Heinisch at UFC 241 on 17th August 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Honda Center, Anaheim.

He was victorious against Elias Theodorou at UFC on ESPN+ 9 on 4th May 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa, Canada.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Jared Cannonier had last fought 2 years, 11 months and 25 days ago, while Derek Brunson's last outing had been 3 years, 9 months and 23 days ago.

Cannonier's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 8 months and 30 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

Brunson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 1 month and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

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