Ferreira vs Pettis

Who won Ferreira vs Pettis?

Diego Ferreira beat Anthony Pettis by submission in the 2nd round during the main card of UFC 246, on Saturday 18th January 2020 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

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 Pettis stats

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

Anthony Pettis made his way to the cage with a record of 22 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

Diego Ferreira's UFC record stood at 9-5-0, while Anthony Pettis' came in at 11-9-0.

The stats suggested Pettis had a massive power advantage over Ferreira, boasting a 50% knock out percentage over Ferreira's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Pettis had a massive advantage over Ferreira, boasting a 32% submission rate over Ferreira's 0%.

Diego Ferreira was the older man by 2 years, at 39 years old.

Pettis had a height advantage of 1 inch over Ferreira. Despite this, he had 1-inch reach advantage.

Ferreira was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 31 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2011, 13 years later than Pettis, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 33 less professional rounds, 52 to Pettis' 85.

Ferreira vs Pettis form

Pettis had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Nate Diaz at UFC 241 on 17th August 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Honda Center, Anaheim, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Stephen Thompson at UFC on ESPN+ 6 on 23rd March 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Bridgestone Arena, Nashville.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Tony Ferguson at UFC 229 on 6th October 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had beaten Michael Chiesa at UFC 226 on 7th July 2018 by submission in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Last Vegas.

He had been defeated by Dustin Poirier at UFC Fight Night 120 on 11th November 2017 by knockout in the 3rd round at Ted Constant Convocation Center, Norfolk.

Activity check

Pettis' last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 5 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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