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Jared Cannonier

“Tha Killa Gorilla”

Middleweight

United States#11 Middleweight2-fight losing streak

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Next: vs Ikram Aliskerov · UFC Fight Night · Main card Sat, Nov 21 · 1:00 PM ET

18WINS

10LOSSES

0DRAWS

11KO/TKO

2SUB

5DEC

Pro MMA recordSource: UFC.com athlete profile (official)Checked 2026-10-22

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Tale of the tape

Age: 42 · born Mar 16, 1984 UFC.com
Height: 5′11″ 180 cm UFC.com
Reach: 77.5″ 197 cm UFC.com
Leg reach: 41.5″ 105 cm UFC.com
Stance: Switch UFCStats
Weight class: Middleweight UFC.com
UFC ranking: #11 Middleweight UFC.com
Fighting style: Striker UFC.com
Team / gym: ABJJ + Gracie Barra Alaska UFC.com
Born: Dallas, United States UFC.com
Fights out of / flag: United States UFC.com
UFC debut: Jan. 3, 2015 UFC.com
1st-round finishes: 7 UFC.com

UFC.com: UFC.com athlete profile (official) · checked 2026-10-22 · UFCStats: UFCStats.com fighter page (data via the public ufcstats.com mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18)

UFC career stats

49%Striking accuracy1245 of 2522 landed

3%Takedown accuracy1⚑ of 33 landed

4.25Sig. strikes landedper min

4.36Sig. strikes absorbedper min

56%Striking defense

0.77Takedownsper 15 min

65%Takedown defense

0Submission attemptsper 15 min

0.36Knockdownsper 15 min

13:57Average fight time

Sig. strikes by position

Standing1007 81%

Clinch146 12%

Ground92 7%

Sig. strikes by target

Head779 63%

Body252 20%

Leg214 17%

⚑ = UFC.com and UFCStats disagree on this number. We show the official UFC.com figure and have flagged it for review.

Source: UFC.com athlete profile (official) (UFC stats are for UFC bouts only) · checked 2026-10-22

UFC fight history 21 bouts

Res	Opponent	Method	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Christian Leroy Duncan	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Du Plessis vs. Usman	Jul 18, 2026	↗
L	Michael Page	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC 319: Du Plessis vs. Chimaev	Aug 16, 2025	↗
W	Gregory Rodrigues	KO/TKO	4	0:21	UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Rodrigues	Feb 15, 2025	↗
L	Caio Borralho	Decision - Unanimous	5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Borralho	Aug 24, 2024	↗
L	Nassourdine Imavov	KO/TKO	4	1:34	UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Imavov	Jun 8, 2024	↗
W	Marvin Vettori	Decision - Unanimous	5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Cannonier	Jun 17, 2023	↗
W	Sean Strickland	Decision - Split	5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Strickland	Dec 17, 2022	↗
L	Israel Adesanya	Decision - Unanimous	5	5:00	UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier	Jul 2, 2022	↗
W	Derek Brunson	KO/TKO	2	4:29	UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2	Feb 12, 2022	↗
W	Kelvin Gastelum	Decision - Unanimous	5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Gastelum	Aug 21, 2021	↗
L	Robert Whittaker	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC 254: Khabib vs. Gaethje	Oct 24, 2020	↗
W	Jack Hermansson	KO/TKO	2	0:27	UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Cannonier	Sep 28, 2019	↗
W	Anderson Silva	KO/TKO	1	4:47	UFC 237: Namajunas vs. Andrade	May 11, 2019	↗
W	David Branch	KO/TKO	2	0:39	UFC 230: Cormier vs. Lewis	Nov 3, 2018	↗
L	Dominick Reyes	KO/TKO	1	2:55	UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Usman	May 19, 2018	↗
L	Jan Blachowicz	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Lawler vs. Dos Anjos	Dec 16, 2017	↗
W	Nick Roehrick	KO/TKO	3	2:08	The Ultimate Fighter: Redemption Finale	Jul 7, 2017	↗
L	Glover Teixeira	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC 208: Holm vs. De Randamie	Feb 11, 2017	↗
W	Ion Cutelaba	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	The Ultimate Fighter: Tournament of Champions Finale	Dec 3, 2016	↗
W	Cyril Asker	KO/TKO	1	2:44	UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs Dos Santos	Apr 10, 2016	↗
L	Shawn Jordan	KO/TKO	1	2:57	UFC 182: Jones vs Cormier	Jan 3, 2015	↗

UFC bouts only. Source: UFCStats.com bout pages (via the public mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18) · checked 2026-10-22. Bouts outside the UFC aren’t listed because we only republish history we can trace to an official source.