Diaz vs Ferguson

Who won Diaz vs Ferguson?

Nate Diaz beat Tony Ferguson by submission in the 4th round during the main event of UFC 279, on Saturday 10th September 2022 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Nate Diaz.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Diaz vs Ferguson stats

Nate Diaz stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 12 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 11 by submission.

Tony Ferguson made his way to the cage with a record of 25 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by knock out and 8 by submission.

Nate Diaz's UFC record stood at 16-11-0, while Tony Ferguson's came in at 15-8-0.

The stats suggested Ferguson had a large advantage in power over Diaz, boasting a 48% knock out percentage over Diaz's 25%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Diaz had a large advantage over Ferguson, boasting a 55% submission rate over Ferguson's 32%.

Nate Diaz was the younger man by 1 year, at 39 years old.

Diaz had a height advantage of 1 inch over Ferguson. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Diaz was the more experienced professional fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2004, 3 years and 5 months earlier than Ferguson, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 4 more professional rounds, 85 to Ferguson's 81.

Diaz vs Ferguson form

Tony Ferguson had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Beneil Dariush at UFC 262 on 15th May 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Toyota Center, Houston, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Charles Oliveira at UFC 256 on 12th December 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Justin Gaethje at UFC 249 on 9th May 2020 by knockout in the 5th round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Before that, he had won against Donald Cerrone at UFC 238 on 8th June 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at United Center, Chicago.

He had beaten Anthony Pettis at UFC 229 on 6th October 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Diaz's last 4 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 8 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.8 rounds on average.

Ferguson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 6 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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