There are some UFC hunters who, no matter how hurt them can be, can never be postponed -and Jared Cannonier is certainly one of those 'comeback kings'.
After he fell in the opening round twice, the 'Killa Gorilla' came in the third and fourth meeting to run fire to Gregory Rodrigues in Knock -out in the UFC Vegas 102 Main Event.
Although the popular middleweight candidate did not call in the Octagon, he would reveal his plans for a great 2025 at the UFC Fight Night Post-Fight Presser.
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Jared Cannonier focuses on Sean Strickland or Israel Adesanya
During the press conference after the fight, Jared Cannonier stated that for his next UFC fight, “if an arranged opponent certainly had” idealist someone with a higher ranking than he was.
“I think I will definitely get a ranked opponent after that victory; I would like someone to be higher than me, “Cannonier explained his #7 place, although he knows that only a limited number of doors is open to him.
“Unfortunately, all the people who are higher than I stand in line to get a title shot, or are going to wait for a title shot, or just beat me – but I'm not going to exclude anything … SHOTS, SHOTS, If they said, 'Hey Jared, we need you to fight against Dricus for the belt', I would be as 'Hell yes, I am ready'.
“Yes, well, four people in the rankings for me have defeated me, and I am on #7 – that means there are three people for me that I did not fight or have not been defeated; two people I don't have fought, his Dricus and Khamzat, the other five people are [fighters] I fought like that. “
When asked if he would be willing to entertain long -awaited Rematches with former champions Sean Strickland and Israel Adesanya, Cannonier easily explained: “Absolutely; As long as I keep winning – you know what I mean – yes. “
Cannonier lost a unanimous decision to Israel Adesanya for the middleweight title in July 2022, which bounced back to defeat Sean Strickland via a split decision, just five months later.
After Strickland lost to Dricus du Plessis on UFC 312, he dropped one place and now retains the #2 place in the ranking.
Israel Adesanya was eliminated earlier this month by Nassourdine Imavov and is currently ranked #4 – with both superstars coming from losses, it would certainly make sense to the UFC to make one of those two rematches versus Cannonier.
Fighters respond to Cannonier's comeback Ko at UFC Vegas 102
Cannonier's Comeback Ko was 'Super Impressive Stuff', a good that there were UFC hunters both in the past and the present to lose their minds on social media.
“These are usually the fights where RoboCop returns and wins. Really cool to see Jared Cannonier bouncing back in this way! Very impressive, “said the new UFC Hall of Famer -Inductee Kelvin Gastelum.
“Wow what a comeback he still has it,” noted UFC Welterweight champion Belal Muhammad.
“Rodrigues head must be crazy !!! Cannonier landed a clean hook and his hand bounced back while Rodrigues Head stopped !! That's crazy !! Lol, “Cory Anderson shouted.
“2-0 for 40+!!!” Said colleague UFC Vegas 102 Winner Angela Hill, who scored a split profit earlier in the night.
“Wow, Canonier steals around 3 with that short elbow and BNP and now closes the deal in round 4 with a TKO interruption,” Kenny Florian explained, and added “Robocop struggles with efficiency/pacing.”
Jared Cannonier is now 18-8 as a professional and is 2-2 since the aforementioned victory over Sean Strickland at the end of 2012-Zou 2025 can be the year of the 'Killa Gorilla'?
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