jared cannonier vs caio borralho | UFC Vegas 96 | Full Fight highlights

Intro up [Applause] with got hurt again he is the number one middleweight Contender he made himself undeniable and tonight he gets a title shot we shall see what he can do with it he made himself undeniable you know nothing has ever guaranteed sometimes you got to do more he just kept his head down he kept working whoever they put in front of him he beat him and ultimately he finds himself on the verge of a championship the preparation has been thorough the preparation has been very intense and he feels like they have done everything necessary to become the champ tonight now most people would argue right now the UFC's 185lb division has never been stronger and a lot of people believe that this man is going to alter history by resting the title away tonight [Applause] all right so here he is the killer gorilla longtime middleweight Contender Jared caner and how do you assess the career to this point in time well only two guys to beat him in the last five or 6 years Robert Whitaker and Israel outan so most of the fights like this one tonight that Jared caner is expected to win he has held serve and done just that if there has been any knock on caner is that his game just hasn't been quite a lead enough when the challenges have been the guys at the top of the division but koner is world class he has realized Fighter Profiles success in three different UFC divisions and even though he's coming up on 40 don't let the age fool you that's just a number this guy looks a whole lot better with his shirt off the m [Applause] [Music] jeral K ready to make a statement here tonight all right now our taale of the tape for this middleweight championship fight here is Bruce Buffer ladies and gentlemen this is the main event of the [Applause] [Music] evening it's time five rounds for the Undisputed UFC middleweight championship of the world introducing first fighting out of the blue Corner presenting the Challenger car the natural [Applause] [Music] behind and now introducing the champion fighting out of the Red Corner ladies and gentlemen the reigning defending UFC middleweight champion Jared the killer gorilla kir Round-by-Round Breakdown all right herdan our referee for this one just about to get underway all right another big spot for the killer gorilla Jared can he has been on the cusp of contention at middleweight and at light heavyweight many of you know he actually began his UFC career as a heavyweight and look at him now like I would never wear a shirt DC if I look like that guy Jared caner back on the proven ground here tonight oh nice body oh cut has just opened up on his forehead that bears watching want to see the short uppercut here in the clinch by caner nice defense here Single Leg Takedown attempt will not materialize oh there's the double leg taked down now he's got good body position yep posture is up oh and he lands a brutal strike to The Heading now he's going full mount and there it is another strike on the ground gets through caners in half cour big ground and pal oh these are some serious punches from the top here he's continuing to maintain good posture and making these strikes count he's doing a really good job of watching for the up kick making his punches count while not putting himself in danger lot of top pressure being a applied here as he works out of side control that was nice W it looks as though that strike maybe open up a cut around the eye area yeah it looks like that strike opened up a cut John but there's nothing to worry about now but he's got to start to protected all right half guard position for him here and I can hear Dominick Cruz in the back of my head just screaming about underhooks somewhere yeah he loved I mean but he's right right he's so right in terms of if you're on your back in the half guard one thing you can't be is flat on your back you need to be up on an elbow you need to be half on the side and you need to control the far side underhook it is a battle for underhook when you're fighting in a half guard position on the map AR's trying to control posture here now trying to hip Escape he's just trying to move out of this position up the bottom oh there some good attacking arm oh looks like he's got the arm isolated he's got it isolated working towards the Finish oh what a transition for the belly down arm B now oh he's out notice how his opponent circled back off to his right back towards the side of his opponent was all got his hits all the way across to release the pressure off off of his arm beautiful submission defense the ground strikes continue to pile [Applause] up yes smart adjustment yep 10 seconds to go on round one that horn sounds means we have reached the end of round one all right there's the horn so the round is over but not before the fighter sustain that cut on his forehead we'll see if the cutman can close it up and prevent it from becoming an issue here into the latter rounds all right well one minute of nwell can only do so much let us look back at some of the damaging strikes in that previous round it doesn't seem like it's going to do much and if it does he can't take any more of these shots he was tooo stationary he took everything Square on the target he's got to move his head and he's got to be proactive instead of reactive in terms of his defenses ready to fight ready second round underway oh nice jab up top by caner [Applause] oh one accac on that punch right there his opponent's compromised DC it's one thing to land a hard shot it's another thing completely to land a perfect oh how good is this both men going for the Finish got Hur again trying to finish this fight gets back to his feet oh nice kick big right hand and mix is in a take down why not oh and he's able to land a strike there from the bottom nicely done by the Alaskan Jared caner he's got to start throwing down nice movement to avoid some of those strikes from the Key Highlights top oh he's got his back out of there and busy as he looks to improve position position here he's in the M man this is some serious ground and pound he's trying to put this dude's head like through the canvas he's one of the better ground and pound Fighters we have in the entire UFC and your seeing [Applause] why postures up now oh and deliver huge Punch To The Head there all right so it has been punches and Strikes in bunches tonight his opponent is wearing it and when you see swelling like that maybe a facial fracture of some kind well it seems as though something's hurt bad here the last time I saw somebody get this one I remember watching Yani on J ch's head looking at the just size blow up you know that damage is getting done every time he hits him on looks like he's got a couple hooks in here DC and defensively you better be careful all right so he continues to land a high volume of strikes he talked to us a lot about pace and pressure and he is certainly oh heavy shots continue to rain down all right let's C you some replays now certainly a lot for our replay guys to work with in the truck this was a clinic tonight in terms of mixed martial arts Acumen in every Realm of the game and once he got to the top he started to land brutal grounding pound until the fight was called off just a dominant performance from the top position all right the official decision is in here is Bruce Buffer ladies and gentlemen referee Herb Dean is called a stop to this contest at 3 minutes 54 seconds of round number two playing the winner by knock out and new USC middleweight champion of the world K the natural [Music] oh all right well the next time he fights it'll be black trunks with gold trim congrats to the new UFC