Cormier vs Jones

Who won Cormier vs Jones?

The fight between Daniel Cormier and Jon Jones finished in a no contest at UFC 214 on Saturday 29th July 2017.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

This contest was for the UFC Light Heavyweight championship.

Cormier vs Jones stats

Daniel Cormier stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Jon Jones made his way to the cage with a record of 22 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

Jon Jones marked his 24th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2008.

Daniel Cormier's UFC record stood at 11-3-0, while Jon Jones' came in at 22-1-0.

The stats suggested Cormier had a slight advantage in power over Jones, with a 42% knock out percentage over Jones' 41%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Jones had a slight advantage over Cormier, with a 27% submission rate over Cormier's 21%.

Daniel Cormier was the older man by 9 years, at 46 years old.

Jones had a height advantage of 5 inches over Cormier. That also extended to a 13-inch reach advantage.

Cormier was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 3 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2009, 1 year and 5 months later than Jones, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 20 less professional rounds, 66 to Jones' 86.

Cormier vs Jones form

Jones had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Dominick Reyes at UFC 247 on 8th February 2020 by unanimous decision in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at Toyota Center, Houston, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Thiago Santos at UFC 239 on 6th July 2019 by split decision in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Anthony Smith at UFC 235 on 2nd March 2019 by unanimous decision in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he was victorious against Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 232 on 29th December 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at The Forum, Inglewood.

His fight against Daniel Cormier at UFC 214 on 29th July 2017 ended in a no contest.

Activity check

Cormier's last 2 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 10 months and 30 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 years, 5 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

Jones' last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 10 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 21 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.2 rounds on average.

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