Ferreira vs Rebecki

Who won Ferreira vs Rebecki?

Diego Ferreira beat Mateusz Rebecki by knockout in the 3rd round during the main card of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 11th May 2024 at Enterprise Center in St. Louis.

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 Rebecki stats

Diego Ferreira stepped into the octagon with a record of 18 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Mateusz Rebecki made his way to the cage with a record of 19 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

This was Diego Ferreira's 15th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2014. Mateusz Rebecki marked his 4th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2023.

Diego Ferreira's UFC record stood at 10-5-0, while Mateusz Rebecki's came in at 3-1-0.

The stats suggested Rebecki had a large advantage in power over Ferreira, boasting a 47% knock out percentage over Ferreira's 22%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Ferreira had a slight advantage over Rebecki, with a 39% submission rate over Rebecki's 37%.

Diego Ferreira was the older man by 8 years, at 39 years old.

Ferreira had a height advantage of 2 inches over Rebecki. That also extended to a 8-inch reach advantage.

Ferreira was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 2 years and 11 months earlier than Rebecki, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 12 more professional rounds, 55 to Rebecki's 43.

Ferreira vs Rebecki form

Ferreira had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Michael Johnson at UFC Fight Night – Pennington vs. Aldana 2 on 20th May 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Mateusz Gamrot at UFC Fight Night on 18th December 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Gregor Gillespie at UFC Vegas 26 on 8th May 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Before that, he had been defeated by Beneil Dariush at UFC Vegas 18 on 6th February 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had beaten Anthony Pettis at UFC 246 on 18th January 2020 by submission in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Ferreira's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 4 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Rebecki's last 3 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 4 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Ferreira vs Rebecki?

Diego Ferreira was a 3/1 (+300) underdog going into the contest, while Mateusz Rebecki made his way into the ring at 1/4 (-400) with oddsmakers.