Ferreira vs Gillespie

Who won Ferreira vs Gillespie?

Gregor Gillespie beat Diego Ferreira by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of UFC Vegas 26, on Saturday 8th May 2021 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

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 Gillespie stats

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

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

Diego Ferreira's UFC record stood at 9-5-0, while Gregor Gillespie's came in at 7-1-0.

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

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

Diego Ferreira was the older man by 2 years, at 39 years old.

Ferreira had a height advantage of 2 inches over Gillespie. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Ferreira was the more experienced professional fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2011, 2 years and 9 months earlier than Gillespie, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 28 more professional rounds, 52 to Gillespie's 24.

Ferreira vs Gillespie form

Gillespie had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Kevin Lee at UFC 244 on 2nd November 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Yancy Medeiros at UFC on ESPN+ 1 on 19th January 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Barclays Center, Brooklyn.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Vinc Pichel at UFC Fight Night 131 on 1st June 2018 by submission in the 2nd round at Adirondack Bank Center, Utica.

Before that, he had defeated Jordan Rinaldi at UFC on FOX 27 on 27th January 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Spectrum Center, Charlotte.

He was victorious against Jason Gonzalez at UFC Fight Night 116 on 16th September 2017 by submission in the 2nd round at PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh.

Activity check

Ferreira's last 3 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 7 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.7 rounds on average.

Gillespie's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 7 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

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