Ferguson vs Pettis

Who won Ferguson vs Pettis?

Tony Ferguson beat Anthony Pettis by knockout in the 2nd round during the co-main event of UFC 229, on Saturday 6th October 2018 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).

Ferguson vs Pettis stats

Tony Ferguson 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 21 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

Tony Ferguson's UFC record stood at 15-8-0, while Anthony Pettis' came in at 11-9-0.

The stats suggested Pettis had a massive power advantage over Ferguson, boasting a 48% knock out percentage over Ferguson's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Pettis had a massive advantage over Ferguson, boasting a 33% submission rate over Ferguson's 0%.

Tony Ferguson was the older man by 3 years, at 40 years old.

Ferguson had a height advantage of 1 inch over Pettis. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Ferguson was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 28 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2008, 16 years later than Pettis, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 4 less professional rounds, 81 to Pettis' 85.

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Pettis' last 3 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 9 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 3 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.7 rounds on average.

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