Jared Cannonier may not have aced his latest exam, but his B-plus effort was enough to get past Kelvin Gastelum inside the Octagon.
“The Killa Gorilla” kept his place in line in the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s middleweight division, as he laid claim to a unanimous decision over Gastelum in the UFC on ESPN 29 headliner on Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. All three cageside judges struck 48-47 scorecards for Cannonier, who bounced back from his Oct. 24 defeat to former champion Robert Whittaker.
Operating out of the John Crouch-led MMA Lab camp, Cannonier played role of the matador and did so brilliantly.