Delija vs Ferreira

Who won Delija vs Ferreira?

Ante Delija beat Renan Ferreira by knockout in the 1st round during the co-main event of PFL 2022 #8, on Saturday 13th August 2022 at Cardiff Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Delija vs Ferreira stats

Ante Delija stepped into the octagon with a record of 21 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Renan Ferreira made his way to the cage with a record of 9 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Ante Delija's PFL record stood at 8-3-0, while Renan Ferreira's came in at 7-1-0.

The stats suggested Ferreira had a massive power advantage over Delija, boasting a 78% knock out percentage over Delija's 43%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Delija had an advantage over Ferreira, with a 29% submission rate over Ferreira's 11%.

Ante Delija was the younger man by 1 year, at 33 years old.

Ferreira had a height advantage of 5 inches over Delija. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Delija was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 14 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 2 years and 10 months earlier than Ferreira, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 24 more professional rounds, 53 to Ferreira's 29.

Delija vs Ferreira form

Delija had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Shelton Graves at PFL 2022 #5 on 24th June 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Matheus Scheffel at PFL 2022 #2 on 28th April 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Bruno Henrique Cappelozza at PFL 2021 #10 on 27th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Denis Goltsov at PFL 2021 #8 on 19th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood.

He was victorious against Chandler Cole at PFL 2021 #6 on 25th June 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Activity check

Delija's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 10 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Ferreira's last 4 fights had come over a period of 4 years and 10 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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