Ferreira vs Luiz

Who won Ferreira vs Luiz?

Anderson Ferreira beat Junior Luiz by knockout in the 1st round during the co-main event of LFA 159, on Saturday 27th May 2023 at CIDE Casa Branca Sports Complex in Caraguatatuba.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Ferreira vs Luiz stats

Anderson Ferreira stepped into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Junior Luiz made his way to the cage with a record of 8 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out.

Anderson Ferreira's LFA record stood at 2-1-0, while Junior Luiz's came in at 0-2-0.

The stats suggested Ferreira had a large advantage in power over Luiz, boasting a 88% knock out percentage over Luiz's 63%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Ferreira had a slight advantage over Luiz, with a 6% submission rate over Luiz's 0%.

Anderson Ferreira was the older man by 2 years, at 34 years old.

Ferreira had a height advantage of 2 inches over Luiz.

Ferreira's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Luiz's, having had 9 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 12 years later than Luiz, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought the same amount of professional rounds, 28 to Luiz's 28.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Junior Luiz had been fighting more than Anderson Ferreira.

Going to this contest, Anderson Ferreira had last fought 1 year, 2 months and 30 days ago, while Junior Luiz's last outing had been 2 years, 9 months and 10 days ago.

What were the odds on Ferreira vs Luiz?

Anderson Ferreira was a 8/13 (-160) favourite going into the contest, while Junior Luiz made his way into the ring at 23/20 (+120) with oddsmakers.