Nassourdine Imavov vs Jarod Cannonier
Nassourdine Imavov last fight with Jarod Cannnonier was a very classical fight in which Nassourdine Imavov stopped Jarod Cannonier to upgrade their ranking in the UFC middleweight Championship. Before the match, Jarod cannonier ranking was 4th in middle weight championship and Nassoudine Imavov ranking was at 7th place in UFC middleweight championship. Both are middleweight UFC fighters with a weight of 182 pounds.
This match was held on June 8, 2024, at Louisville. Nassourdine wins this fight in the fourth round by KO/TKO, where Jarod Cannonier was on the ground and Nassourdine Imavov continuously struck on him, but Empire calls for Jarod Cannonier safety and for Nassourdine Cannonier to win to stop the match in the fever of Nassourdine Imavov.
Usually, Nassourdine imavov belongs to France, but remember that the blood running in the veins of Nassourdine is Russian, and you all know better about the fighting style, their stamina, their power, and their love and taste for this striking game filled with blood and anger. But also remember that Jarod Cannonier from the United States of America also has the 4th ranking in the middleweight championship of UFC.
Nassourdine Imavov stops Jarod in the 4th round, but it was not a play-by-play for him to stop 40-year-old Jarod Cannonier who has more enthusiasm and power than this game.
Nassourdine talks about Sean Strickland after fight
After the fight, Nassourdine Imavov says to ESPN, “I’d like to fight with Sean Strickland in Paris! If you want to do it, then come to Paris, and we are going to fight together.” I thought that Nassourdine wanted to be blushing in the eyes of UFC and wanted to be famous like Jake Paul who was making eye contact with Mike Tyson.
But he wants to make sure that Strickland is not an old fighter like Mike Tyson. Recently, Sean Strickland beat Paulo Costa and without any break, he wants to fight with middleweight world champion Dricus Du Plessis
Who is Nassourdine Imavov?
Nassourdine Imavov (The Sniper) is a mixed martial arts (MMA) artist. His age is 29 years, his weight is 84 kg, and his height is 6 feet and 3 inches. He was born in Russia on March 1, 1995. He was born into the Kumyk family. When he was nine, his family moved to France, where he started his career in boxing. At the age of 19, he moved with his brother to Paris, where he joined the Fernand Lopez MMA factory.
He started his professional career in 2016. Before becoming a part of the UFC, he joined the Thunderstrike Fight League Welterweight Championship, and in the first round, he beat down Canadian professional MMA artist Jonathan Meunier on December 14, 2019. Then he joined the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He made his debut against Jordan Williams on October 4, 2020. He won this battle.
His second fight was with American MMA fighter Phil Hawes on February 20, 2021. He lost this fight through a majority decision. He also faced many other fighters, like Lan Heinisch, Edmen Shahbazyan, Kelvin Gastelum, Joaquin Buckley, Chris Curtis, Ikram Aliskerov, and Roman Dolidze. He recently competed with Jared Cannonier and won this fight. From 2016 to 2019, he was a Welterweight fighter. From 2019 to present, he is a middleweight fighter.
Who is Jared Cannonier?
Jared Cannonier (The Killa Gorilla) is an American mixed martial arts artist. His age is 40, his weight is 84 kg, and his height is 6 feet. He was born on March 16, 1984, in the US. Cannonier started his mixed martial arts career in 2011 by winning his first two fights by knockout. He made his first professional MMA debut in Alaska.
He also served in the in the United States Army, and then, after 3 years of service, he was discharged from the army due to testing positive for Marijuna. He worked as a traffic controller in Alaska before signing with the UFC. He joined the UFC in 2014 and made his first debut against Shawn Jordan on January 3, 2015. He lost this fight through a knockout. He made his second fight against Jonathan Wilson on August 8, 2015. He fights with many other MMA fighters. He recently competed with Nassourdine Imavov and lost this fight.
Summary of all rounds between Nassourdine Imavov vs Jarod Cannonier
In the first round of Nassourdine Imavov vs Jarod Cannonier fight, Cannonier makes a strike without waiting or judging his opponent, but Nassourdine does not take any pressure and attacks like the grappling style of Russian. But Jarod Cannonier has much more power in his hands, which makes him victorious over this technique. Cannonier again strikes on him and wins the first round by empire decision.
In second round of Nassourdine Imavov vs Jarod Cannonier fight, Nassourdine Imavov fights with both self-defense and full striking style, which becomes the reason for the loss of Jarod Cannonier.
In third round Nassourdine Imavov vs Jarod Cannonier fight, the Jarod team wants him to submit over Nassourdine Imavov because of Jarod condition. But he does not want to take her steps back. He stands up and fights for their victory without thinking about the behavior and fighting style of Nassourdine Imavov; again, he loses the next round. Now the score was two over one.
In fourth round of Nassourdine Imavov vs Jarod Cannonier fight, Nassourdine Imavov takes advantage of Jarod Cannonier bad condition; he feels that Jarod condition is very lazy. So that’s why he attacks him with full force and power. Nassourdin takes him down on the ground and attacks him with powerful punches. At that time, on Empires calls, the match was given to Nassourdine Imavov by Technival KO. So by this, Jarod Cannonier was defeated by Naeeourdine Imavovr in the fourth round by TKO.