UFC 237 Results: Jared Cannonier stops Anderson Silva (VIDEO)

By Chris Taylor - May 11, 2019

A middleweight bout featuring former division kingpin Anderson Silva taking on Jared Cannonier served as the co-headliner of tonight’s UFC 237 event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Silva was most recently seen in action in the main event of UFC 234 this past February, where he suffered a decision loss to newly crowned interim title holder Israel Adesanya.

Prior to the setback, ‘The Spider’ was coming off a unanimous decision victory over Derek Brunson at UFC 208.

Meanwhile, Jared Cannonier most recently competed at November’s UFC 230 pay-per-view event. That night in New York, ‘The Killa Gorilla’ picked up a TKO victory over hometown favorite David Branch.

Round one of the UFC 237 co-main event begins and Cannonier opens things up with a low kick. ‘The Killa Gorilla’ continues to fire off low kicks early. Another and then another. Jared with a right hand over the top. Another hard leg kick from Cannonier and Silva looked like that one hurt. Hard body kick from Silva. Cannonier replies with a low kick. The fighters clinch and Jared opts to break free. Silva with a front kick to the body. Cannonier with a jab. Anderson Silva with a left hand. Jared Cannonier with another low kick and Silva drops. This looks like a knee injury and the fight is done. The referee has waved it off. Silva is in all sorts of pain.

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Official UFC 237 Result: Jared Cannonier defeats Anderson Silva via TKO (leg injury) in Round 1


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