Ferguson vs Lee

Who won Ferguson vs Lee?

Tony Ferguson beat Kevin Lee by submission in the 3rd round during the main event of UFC 216, on Saturday 7th October 2017 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

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).

Ferguson vs Lee stats

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

Kevin Lee made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 8 by submission.

This was Tony Ferguson's 24th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2011. Kevin Lee marked his 19th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2014.

Tony Ferguson's UFC record stood at 15-9-0, while Kevin Lee's came in at 11-8-0.

The stats suggested Lee had a slight advantage in power over Ferguson, with a 6% knock out percentage over Ferguson's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Lee had a massive advantage over Ferguson, boasting a 50% submission rate over Ferguson's 0%.

Tony Ferguson was the older man by 9 years, at 41 years old.

Ferguson had a height advantage of 2 inches over Lee. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Ferguson was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 18 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2008, 3 years and 11 months earlier than Lee, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 13 more professional rounds, 82 to Lee's 69.

Ferguson vs Lee form

Tony Ferguson had stopped 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, 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.

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by 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 lost to 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

Ferguson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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