Goltsov vs Ferreira

Who won Goltsov vs Ferreira?

Denis Goltsov beat Cezar Ferreira by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of PFL 3, on Friday 14th April 2023 at The Theater at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Goltsov vs Ferreira stats

Denis Goltsov stepped into the octagon with a record of 29 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 13 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 10 by submission.

Cezar Ferreira made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 10 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Denis Goltsov's PFL record stood at 10-3-0, while Cezar Ferreira's came in at 1-2-0.

The stats suggested Goltsov had an advantage in power over Ferreira, with a 45% knock out percentage over Ferreira's 29%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Goltsov had a slight advantage over Ferreira, with a 34% submission rate over Ferreira's 29%.

Denis Goltsov was the younger man by 6 years, at 33 years old.

Goltsov had a height advantage of 4 inches over Ferreira. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Goltsov was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 12 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 3 years and 3 months later than Ferreira, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 27 more professional rounds, 74 to Ferreira's 47.

Goltsov vs Ferreira form

Goltsov had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Maurice Greene at PFL 2022 #5 on 24th June 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Cody Goodale at PFL 2022 #2 on 28th April 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Ante Delija at PFL 2021 #8 on 19th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood.

Before that, he had defeated Brandon Sayles at PFL 2021 #6 on 25th June 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

He was victorious against Mo DeReese at PFL 2021 #3 on 6th May 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Cezar Ferreira had stopped 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had been beaten by Marthin Hamlet Nielsen at PFL 2021 #9 on 27th August 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood, United States.

Previous to that, he had been defeated by Chris Camozzi at PFL 2021 #5 on 17th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Going into that contest, he had won against Nick Roehrick at PFL 2021 #2 on 29th April 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Before that, he had lost to Marvin Vettori at UFC on ESPN+ 13 on 13th July 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Golden1 Center, Sacramento.

He had been beaten by Ian Heinisch at UFC Fight Night 140 on 17th November 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Denis Goltsov had been fighting more than Cezar Ferreira.

Going to this contest, Denis Goltsov had last fought 1 year, 10 months and 3 days ago, while Cezar Ferreira's last outing had been 2 years and 8 months ago.

Goltsov's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Ferreira's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 5 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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