Delija vs Ferreira

Who won Delija vs Ferreira?

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

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Ante Delija.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant there was no weight limit.

Delija vs Ferreira stats

Ante Delija stepped into the octagon with a record of 21 wins, 5 loses 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 loses and 0 draws, with 7 of those wins by knock out and 1 by submission.

The stats suggested Ferreira had a massive power advantage over Delija, boosting at 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 32 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 28 more professional rounds, 49 to Ferreira's 21.

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 won against 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 been beaten by 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 beat 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 had defeated Chandler Cole at PFL 2021 #6 on 25th June 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Ferreira had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Klidson Abreu 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 won against Jamelle Jones at PFL 2022 #2 on 28th April 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Stuart Austin at PFL 2021 #8 on 19th August 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood.

Before that, he had beat Carl Seumanutafa at PFL 2021 #6 on 25th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

He had won against Fabr cio Werdum at PFL 2021 #3 on 6th May 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Ante Delija had been fighting more than Renan Ferreira.

Going to this contest, Ante Delija had last fought 9 months and 6 days ago, while Renan Ferreira's last outing had been 9 months and 6 days ago.

Delija's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 9 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Ferreira's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 10 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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