Rodrigues vs Ferreira

Who won Rodrigues vs Ferreira?

Brunno Ferreira beat Gregory Rodrigues by during the prelims of UFC 283, on Saturday 21st January 2023 at Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Brunno Ferreira.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Rodrigues vs Ferreira stats

Gregory Rodrigues stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 4 loses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Brunno Ferreira made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 9 wins and 0 draws, with 6 of those by knock out and 3 by submission.

The stats suggested Ferreira had a slight advantage in power over Rodrigues, with a 67% knock out percentage over Rodrigues' 62%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Ferreira had a slight advantage over Rodrigues, with a 33% submission rate over Rodrigues' 23%.

Gregory Rodrigues was the older man by 1 year, at 31 years old.

Rodrigues had a height advantage of 4 inches over Ferreira.

Rodrigues was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 4 years and 7 months earlier than Ferreira, whose first professional fight was in 2019. He had fought 19 more professional rounds, 31 to Ferreira's 12.

Rodrigues vs Ferreira form

Rodrigues had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had beat Chidi Njokuani at UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Song on 17th September 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beat Julian Marquez at UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Emmett on 18th June 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Moody Center, Austin.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Armen Petrosyan at UFC Fight Night on 26th February 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had won against Jun Yong Park at UFC Vegas 41 on 23rd October 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had beat Du ko Todorovi at UFC Vegas 28 on 5th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest.

Activity check

Rodrigues' last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 9 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Rodrigues vs Ferreira?

Gregory Rodrigues was a 29/100 (-340) favourite going into the contest, while Brunno Ferreira made his way into the ring at 53/20 (+270) with oddsmakers.