Ferguson vs Cerrone

Who won Ferguson vs Cerrone?

Tony Ferguson beat Donald Cerrone by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of UFC 238, on Saturday 8th June 2019 at United Center in Chicago.

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).

Ferguson vs Cerrone stats

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

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

Tony Ferguson's UFC record stood at 15-8-0, while Donald Cerrone's came in at 23-14-0.

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

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

Tony Ferguson was the younger man by 1 year, at 40 years old.

Cerrone had a height advantage of 2 inches over Ferguson. Despite this, he had 3-inch reach advantage.

Ferguson was the less experienced professional fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2008, 2 years and 2 months later than Cerrone, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 34 less professional rounds, 81 to Cerrone's 115.

Ferguson vs Cerrone form

Tony Ferguson had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Beneil Dariush at UFC 262 on 15th May 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Toyota Center, Houston, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Charles Oliveira at UFC 256 on 12th December 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Justin Gaethje at UFC 249 on 9th May 2020 by knockout in the 5th round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Before that, he had won against Donald Cerrone at UFC 238 on 8th June 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at United Center, Chicago.

He had beaten Anthony Pettis at UFC 229 on 6th October 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Ferguson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 6 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Ferguson vs Cerrone?

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