Ferreira vs Pettis

Who won Ferreira vs Pettis?

Diego Ferreira beat Anthony Pettis by submission in the 2nd round during the main card of UFC 246, on Saturday 18th January 2020 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Diego Ferreira.

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 Pettis stats

Diego Ferreira 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 22 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

Diego Ferreira's UFC record stood at 9-5-0, while Anthony Pettis' came in at 11-9-0.

The stats suggested Pettis had a massive power advantage over Ferreira, boasting a 50% knock out percentage over Ferreira's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Pettis had a massive advantage over Ferreira, boasting a 32% submission rate over Ferreira's 0%.

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

Pettis had a height advantage of 1 inch over Ferreira. Despite this, he had 1-inch reach advantage.

Ferreira was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 31 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2011, 13 years later than Pettis, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 33 less professional rounds, 52 to Pettis' 85.

Ferreira vs Pettis form

Ferreira had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 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.

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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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