Gaethje vs Ferguson

Who won Gaethje vs Ferguson?

Justin Gaethje beat Tony Ferguson by knockout in the 5th round during the main event of UFC 249, on Saturday 9th May 2020 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Gaethje vs Ferguson stats

Justin Gaethje stepped into the octagon with a record of 21 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 18 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

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

This was Justin Gaethje's 13th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2017.

Justin Gaethje's UFC record stood at 8-5-0, while Tony Ferguson's came in at 15-8-0.

The stats suggested Gaethje had a massive power advantage over Ferguson, boasting a 86% knock out percentage over Ferguson's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Gaethje had a slight advantage over Ferguson, with a 5% submission rate over Ferguson's 0%.

Justin Gaethje was the younger man by 5 years, at 35 years old.

Ferguson had a 6-inch reach advantage.

Gaethje was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 23 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 3 years and 4 months later than Ferguson, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 15 less professional rounds, 66 to Ferguson's 81.

Gaethje vs Ferguson form

Gaethje had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Rafael Fiziev at UFC 286 on 18th March 2023 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at o2 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had lost to Charles Oliveira at UFC 274 on 7th May 2022 by submission in the 1st round in their UFC Lightweight championship fight at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Michael Chandler at UFC 268 on 6th November 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Before that, he had been beaten by Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 254 on 24th October 2020 by submission in the 2nd round in their UFC Lightweight championship fight at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

He had defeated Tony Ferguson at UFC 249 on 9th May 2020 by knockout in the 5th round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, United States.

Activity check

Gaethje's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 11 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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