Dariush vs Ferreira

Who won Dariush vs Ferreira?

Beneil Dariush beat Diego Ferreira by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Vegas 18, on Saturday 6th February 2021 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Beneil Dariush.

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).

Dariush vs Ferreira stats

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

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

Beneil Dariush's UFC record stood at 16-6-1, while Diego Ferreira's came in at 9-5-0.

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

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

Beneil Dariush was the younger man by 5 years, at 34 years old.

Dariush had a height advantage of 1 inch over Ferreira. Despite this, Ferreira had 2-inch reach advantage.

Dariush was the more experienced professional fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2009, 1 year and 4 months earlier than Ferreira, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 4 more professional rounds, 56 to Ferreira's 52.

Dariush vs Ferreira form

Ferreira had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 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

Dariush's last 2 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 1 month and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 6 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

Ferreira's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years and 3 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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