UFC UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Gastelum Final

Jared Cannonier vs Kelvin Gastelum

Jared Cannonier
United States

Jared Cannonier

“Tha Killa Gorilla”

18-10

Winner

VS
Kelvin Gastelum
United States

Kelvin Gastelum

21-11

Winner

Jared Cannonier

Decision - Unanimous · Round 5 — 5:00

21 August 2021 · UFC Apex, Las Vegas, USA

Key takeaways

  • Jared Cannonier beat Kelvin Gastelum by unanimous decision after five rounds.
  • Jared Cannonier landed 91 of 218 total strikes, with 0:02 of control time.
  • The judges scored it 48-47, 48-47, 48-47.
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Tale of the tape

Jared CannonierKelvin Gastelum
18-10Record21-11
37Age on fight night29
5′11″ (180 cm)Height5′9″ (175 cm)
77.5″ (197 cm)Reach71.5″ (182 cm)
185 lb (83.9 kg)Weight170 lb (77.1 kg)
SwitchStanceSouthpaw
MMA LabTeamFight Ready
Dallas, Texas, United StatesFromSan Jose, California, United States

Fight statistics

91of 218 · 42%Total strikes landed89of 246 · 36%
57of 168Head strikes48of 187
23of 35Body strikes22of 36
11of 15Leg strikes19of 23
1Knockdowns0
0:02Control time2:31

Counts are total strikes thrown and landed — the source does not separate significant strikes.

Round by round

Jared CannonierRoundKelvin Gastelum
19/45strikes0/0TD0KD0:00controlR122/57strikes0/1TD0KD0:02control
17/43strikes0/0TD0KD0:00controlR224/59strikes0/1TD0KD0:00control
17/40strikes0/0TD1KD0:02controlR315/54strikes0/2TD0KD0:19control
19/49strikes0/0TD0KD0:00controlR416/41strikes0/1TD0KD0:45control
19/41strikes0/0TD0KD0:00controlR512/35strikes0/3TD0KD1:25control

Judges’ scorecards

Mike Bell

10R199R21010R3910R499R510

48total47

Sal D'amato

10R199R21010R3910R499R510

48total47

Junichiro Kamijo

10R199R21010R3910R499R510

48total47

Form going into the fight

Jared Cannonier

  1. LRobert Whittakerunanimous decision2020
  2. WJack HermanssonKO/TKO R2 0:272019
  3. WAnderson SilvaKO/TKO R1 4:472019
  4. WDavid BranchKO/TKO R2 0:392018
  5. LDominick Reyes2018

Kelvin Gastelum

  1. LRobert Whittakerunanimous decision2021
  2. WIan Heinischunanimous decision2021
  3. LJack Hermanssonsubmission R1 1:182020
  4. LDarren Tillsplit decision2019
  5. LIsrael Adesanyaunanimous decision2019

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