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UFC Copenhagen: Huge Upset! Jared Cannonier Silences the Crowd With a KnockOut Win Over Jack Hermansson

Published 09/28/2019, 5:22 PM EDT

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UFC Copenhagen featured the middleweight fight between Jared Cannonier and Jack Hermansson. Going into the fight, Hermansson was the clear favorite since he was an elite-level grappler who defeated Jacare Souza on short notice. However, Cannonier’s power is a problem with anyone in the division.

The fight started with Hermansson landing couple of takedowns pretty easily. However, Cannonier powered back to his feet with ease. there was a moment Hermansson was going for a rear-naked choke on Cannonier, but Cannonier got back up and won the rest of the round. Cannonier stopped rest of the takedowns with ease. Cannonier’s strength was just too much for Hermansson.

Cannonier hurt Hermansson with several inside leg kicks. He was calm and patient on his feet and picked his moment to land his shots. At the end of the first round, Hermansson was hurt. Even though Hermansson threw a few leg kicks of his own it did not stop Cannonier in implementing his game plan.

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As soon as the second round started, Cannonier closed the distance and hurt Hermansson with some powerful strikes before finishing him with some brutal ground and pound.

With this fight, Jared Cannonier has sent an warning to the entire middleweight division. The win against Hermansson is by far the most impressive victory in Cannonier’s career since it has put his name into the title picture. Though Cannonier showed interest in fighting for the title next, he also said that he would be open to any challenges in the middleweight division.

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On the other hand, the crowd in the Royal Arena became speechless with the loss of Jack Hermansson.

If Jared Cannonier was not a threat to the middleweight title, then after this emphatic win in UFC Copenhagen he is for sure a strong contender for the title. After this win, a fight against Paulo Costa woudl make sense for Jared Cannonier since Costa just defeated former number one title contender, Yoel Romero.

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UFC Copenhagen Results:

( James Phillips knock out, Mark Madsen UFC Debut, OSP’s submission win)

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Alok Nayak

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