Oliveira vs Ferguson

Who won Oliveira vs Ferguson?

Charles Oliveira beat Tony Ferguson by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of UFC 256, on Saturday 12th December 2020 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Charles Oliveira.

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).

Oliveira vs Ferguson stats

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

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

This was Charles Oliveira's 33rd fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in August 2010.

Charles Oliveira's UFC record stood at 22-10-0, while Tony Ferguson's came in at 15-8-0.

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

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

Charles Oliveira was the younger man by 6 years, at 34 years old.

Ferguson had a height advantage of 1 inch over Oliveira. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Oliveira was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2008, 28 days earlier than Ferguson, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 2 less professional rounds, 79 to Ferguson's 81.

Oliveira vs Ferguson form

Oliveira had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 3 opponents and going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Michael Chandler at UFC 262 on 15th May 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Lightweight championship fight at Toyota Center, Houston, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Tony Ferguson 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 defeated Kevin Lee at UFC on ESPN+ 28 on 14th March 2020 by submission in the 3rd round at Ginásio Nilson Nelson, Brasilia, Brazil.

Before that, he was victorious against Jared Gordon at UFC on ESPN+ 22 on 16th November 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Ibirapuera Gymnasium, Sao Paulo.

He had won against Nik Lentz at UFC on ESPN+ 10 on 18th May 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Blue Cross Arena, Rochester, United States.

Ferguson had lost to all of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Nate Diaz at UFC 279 on 10th September 2022 by submission in the 4th round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that contest, 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.

Before that, 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.

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.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Charles Oliveira had last fought 2 years, 11 months and 3 days ago, while Tony Ferguson's last outing had been 1 year, 7 months and 8 days ago.

Oliveira's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years and 11 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Ferguson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 11 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

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