Ferguson vs Pettis

Who won Ferguson vs Pettis?

Tony Ferguson beat Anthony Pettis by during the co-main event of UFC 229, on Saturday 6th October 2018 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Tony Ferguson.

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).

Ferguson vs Pettis stats

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

Anthony Pettis made his way to the cage with a record of 21 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

Tony Ferguson's UFC record stood at 15-8-0, while Anthony Pettis' came in at 11-9-0.

The stats suggested Pettis had a massive power advantage over Ferguson, boasting a 48% knock out percentage over Ferguson's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Pettis had a massive advantage over Ferguson, boasting a 33% submission rate over Ferguson's 0%.

Tony Ferguson was the older man by 3 years, at 40 years old.

Ferguson had a height advantage of 1 inch over Pettis. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Ferguson was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 28 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2008, 16 years later than Pettis, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 4 less professional rounds, 81 to Pettis' 85.

Ferguson vs Pettis 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

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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