Gaethje vs Ferguson

Who won Gaethje vs Ferguson?

Justin Gaethje beat Tony Ferguson by knockout in the 5th round during the main event of UFC 249, on Saturday 9th May 2020 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Gaethje vs Ferguson stats

Justin Gaethje stepped into the octagon with a record of 21 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 18 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

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

This was Justin Gaethje's 13th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2017.

Justin Gaethje's UFC record stood at 8-5-0, while Tony Ferguson's came in at 15-8-0.

The stats suggested Gaethje had a massive power advantage over Ferguson, boasting a 86% knock out percentage over Ferguson's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Gaethje had a slight advantage over Ferguson, with a 5% submission rate over Ferguson's 0%.

Justin Gaethje was the younger man by 5 years, at 35 years old.

Ferguson had a 6-inch reach advantage.

Gaethje was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 23 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 3 years and 4 months later than Ferguson, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 15 less professional rounds, 66 to Ferguson's 81.

Gaethje vs Ferguson form

Justin Gaethje had stopped 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 254 on 24th October 2020 by submission in the 2nd round in their UFC Lightweight championship fight at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Previous to that, he had won against Tony Ferguson at UFC 249 on 9th May 2020 by knockout in the 5th round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Donald Cerrone at UFC on ESPN+ 16 on 14th September 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Rogers Arena, Vancouver, Canada.

Before that, he had defeated Edson Barboza at UFC on ESPN 2 on 30th March 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, United States.

He was victorious against James Vick at UFC Fight Night 135 on 25th August 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Pinnacle Bank Arena, Lincoln.

Tony Ferguson had stopped 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had been beaten by Michael Chandler at UFC 274 on 7th May 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Previous to that, he had been defeated by Beneil Dariush at UFC 262 on 15th May 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Toyota Center, Houston, United States.

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

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

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

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Tony Ferguson had been fighting more than Justin Gaethje.

Going to this contest, Justin Gaethje had last fought 3 years and 9 months ago, while Tony Ferguson's last outing had been 2 years, 2 months and 17 days ago.

Gaethje's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 10 months and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Ferguson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 1 month and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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