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 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.

Activity check

Cannonier's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 8 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

Branch's last 3 fights had come over a period of 8 years and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 8 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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