Ferguson vs Cerrone

Who won Ferguson vs Cerrone?

Tony Ferguson beat Donald Cerrone by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of UFC 238, on Saturday 8th June 2019 at United Center in Chicago.

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).

Ferguson vs Cerrone stats

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

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

This was Tony Ferguson's 24th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2011.

Tony Ferguson's UFC record stood at 15-9-0, while Donald Cerrone's came in at 23-14-0.

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

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

Tony Ferguson was the younger man by 1 year, at 41 years old.

Cerrone had a height advantage of 2 inches over Ferguson. Despite this, he had a 3-inch reach advantage.

Ferguson was the less experienced professional fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2008, 2 years and 2 months later than Cerrone, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 33 less professional rounds, 82 to Cerrone's 115.

Ferguson vs Cerrone form

Ferguson had lost to all of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Paddy Pimblett at UFC 296 on 16th December 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Bobby Green at UFC 291 on 29th July 2023 by submission in the 3rd round at Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Nate Diaz at UFC 279 on 10th September 2022 by submission in the 4th round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had lost to Michael Chandler at UFC 274 on 7th May 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

He had been beaten by Beneil Dariush at UFC 262 on 15th May 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Toyota Center, Houston, United States.

Donald Cerrone had stopped 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had been defeated by Leon Edwards at UFC Fight Night 132 on 23rd June 2018 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Previous to that, he had won against Yancy Medeiros at UFC Fight Night 126 on 18th February 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Frank Erwin Center, Austin, United States.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Darren Till at UFC Fight Night 118 on 21st October 2017 by knockout in the 1st round at Ergo Arena, Gdansk, Poland.

Before that, he had been beaten by Robbie Lawler at UFC 214 on 29th July 2017 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Honda Center, Anaheim, United States.

He had been defeated by Jorge Masvidal at UFC on FOX 23 on 28th January 2017 by knockout in the 2nd round at Pepsi Center, Denver.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Tony Ferguson had last fought 1 year, 6 months and 11 days ago, while Donald Cerrone's last outing had been 7 years and 4 days ago.

Ferguson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 1 month and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Cerrone's last 5 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 4 months and 30 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 8 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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