Werdum vs Ferreira

Who won Werdum vs Ferreira?

Renan Ferreira beat Fabricio Werdum by knockout in the 1st round during the main event of PFL 2021 #3, on Thursday 6th May 2021 at Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Werdum vs Ferreira stats

Fabricio Werdum stepped into the octagon with a record of 24 wins, 9 losses and 1 draw, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 12 by submission.

Renan Ferreira made his way to the cage with a record of 6 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Fabricio Werdum will be making their debut in the PFL. Renan Ferreira marked his 12th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2021.

Renan Ferreira's PFL record stood at 7-2-0.

The stats suggested Ferreira had a massive power advantage over Werdum, boasting a 83% knock out percentage over Werdum's 25%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Werdum had a massive advantage over Ferreira, boasting a 50% submission rate over Ferreira's 17%.

Fabricio Werdum was the older man by 12 years, at 47 years old.

Ferreira had a height advantage of 6 inches over Werdum. That also extended to a 6-inch reach advantage.

Werdum was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 26 more fights, and made his debut in 2002, 11 years and 5 months earlier than Ferreira, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 46 more professional rounds, 76 to Ferreira's 30.

Werdum vs Ferreira form

Fabricio Werdum had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Alexander Gustafsson at UFC Fight Island 3 on 25th July 2020 by submission in the 1st round at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Previous to that, he had lost to Alexander Volkov at UFC Fight Night 127 on 17th March 2018 by knockout in the 4th round at 02 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Marcin Tybura at UFC Fight Night 121 on 18th November 2017 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney, Australia.

Before that, he had defeated Walt Harris at UFC 216 on 7th October 2017 by submission in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

He had been beaten by Alistair Overeem at UFC 213 on 8th July 2017 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Renan Ferreira had stopped 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had been defeated by Francis NGannou at PFL Super Fights: Battle of the Giants on 19th October 2024 by knockout in the 1st round at Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Previous to that, he was victorious against Ryan Bader at PFL vs. Bellator: CHAMPS on 24th February 2024 by knockout in the 1st round at Kingdom Arena, Riyadh.

Going into that contest, he had won against Denis Goltsov at PFL 10: 2023 PFL World Championship on 24th November 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at The Anthem, Washington, United States.

Before that, he had beaten Maurice Greene at PFL Playoffs: Heavyweights & Women’s Featherweights on 18th August 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at The Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

He had defeated Matheus Scheffel at PFL 5 on 16th June 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Renan Ferreira had been fighting more than Fabricio Werdum.

Going to this contest, Fabricio Werdum had last fought 4 years, 11 months and 2 days ago, while Renan Ferreira's last outing had been 8 months and 8 days ago.

Werdum's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 11 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Ferreira's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.2 rounds on average.

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