LAS VEGAS — Jared Cannonier has the stoic look that so many fighters do when they're doing interviews before their bouts. The vast majority of fighters would rather do anything but answer the same questions repeatedly in the days and weeks before they compete, but it's a part of the job in 2022.
But his stoicism turns into a huge grin as a question points out that while Sean Strickland, his opponent Saturday at Apex in the five-round middleweight main event of UFC Vegas 66, lands a lot of punches but also gets hit a lot, as well."Oh, yes I am," he said, laughing, when asked if he's looking forward to fighting an opponent who doesn't have defense foremost on his mind.
Both are coming off losses to champions. Strickland was knocked out by Alex Pereira, who after knocking Strickland out in the first round at UFC 276 in Las Vegas on July 2 would go on to knock out champion Israel Adesanya in the fifth round of UFC 282 on Nov. 12 in New York. "That's not to discount his abilities. He's definitely a good fighter. He's Top 10 for a good reason. He's a dog in there. He goes forward. He puts his fist in your face. And he's not too scared to get one put in his. So, excited."
"It's how the fight played out," Cannonier said of the bout with Adesanya."But I've noticed that as a tendency in some of his fights, as well. I have a tendency to, I don't know, I don't want to say sit back and wait, but I guess for the lack of a better term, I sit back and wait. I've noticed that tendency and it was apparent in that fight. I didn't like it seeing that in myself.
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