Oliveira vs Ferguson

Who won Oliveira vs Ferguson?

Charles Oliveira beat Tony Ferguson by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of UFC 256, on Saturday 12th December 2020 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Charles Oliveira.

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).

Oliveira vs Ferguson stats

Charles Oliveira stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.

Tony Ferguson made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

This was Charles Oliveira's 33rd fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2010.

Charles Oliveira's UFC record stood at 22-10-0, while Tony Ferguson's came in at 15-8-0.

The stats suggested that Oliveira and Ferguson have similar power, both with a 0% knock out percentage.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Oliveira and Ferguson would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Charles Oliveira was the younger man by 6 years, at 34 years old.

Ferguson had a height advantage of 1 inch over Oliveira. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Oliveira was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2008, 28 days earlier than Ferguson, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 2 less professional rounds, 79 to Ferguson's 81.

Oliveira vs Ferguson form

Oliveira had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 2 opponents and going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Kevin Lee at UFC on ESPN+ 28 on 14th March 2020 by submission in the 3rd round at Ginásio Nilson Nelson, Brasilia, Brazil.

Previous to that, he had beaten Jared Gordon at UFC on ESPN+ 22 on 16th November 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Ibirapuera Gymnasium, Sao Paulo.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Nik Lentz at UFC on ESPN+ 10 on 18th May 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Blue Cross Arena, Rochester, United States.

Before that, he was victorious against David Teymur at UFC on ESPN+ 2 on 2nd February 2019 by submission in the 2nd round at Centro de Formacao Olimpica do Nordeste, Fortaleza, Brazil.

He had won against Jim Miller at UFC on FOX 31 on 15th December 2018 by submission in the 1st round at Wisconsin Entertainment and Sports Center, Milwaukee, United States.

Activity check

Oliveira's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 4 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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