Ferreira vs Taisumov

Who won Ferreira vs Taisumov?

Diego Ferreira beat Mairbek Taisumov by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 242, on Saturday 7th September 2019 at du Arena in Abu Dhabi.

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 Taisumov stats

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

Mairbek Taisumov made his way to the cage with a record of 27 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by knock out and 9 by submission.

Diego Ferreira's UFC record stood at 9-5-0, while Mairbek Taisumov's came in at 7-2-0.

The stats suggested Taisumov had a massive power advantage over Ferreira, boasting a 56% knock out percentage over Ferreira's 0%.

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

Diego Ferreira was the older man by 4 years, at 39 years old.

Ferreira had 1-inch reach advantage.

Ferreira was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 32 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2011, 4 years and 1 month later than Taisumov, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 3 less professional rounds, 52 to Taisumov's 55.

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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.

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