Ferguson vs Dariush

Who won Ferguson vs Dariush?

Beneil Dariush beat Tony Ferguson by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of UFC 262, on Saturday 15th May 2021 at Toyota Center in Houston.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Beneil Dariush.

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 Dariush stats

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

Beneil Dariush 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 Beneil Dariush's came in at 16-6-1.

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

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

Tony Ferguson was the older man by 5 years, at 41 years old.

Ferguson had a height advantage of 1 inch over Dariush. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Ferguson was the more experienced professional fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2008, 1 year and 7 months earlier than Dariush, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 26 more professional rounds, 82 to Dariush's 56.

Ferguson vs Dariush form

Dariush had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 2opponents and going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Diego Ferreira at UFC Vegas 18 on 6th February 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Scott Holtzman at UFC Vegas 6 on 8th August 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Drakkar Klose at UFC 248 on 7th March 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he was victorious against Frank Camacho at UFC on ESPN+ 20 on 26th October 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Kallang, Singapore.

He had won against Drew Dober at UFC on ESPN+ 4 on 9th March 2019 by submission in the 2nd round at INTRUST Bank Arena, Wichita, United States.

Activity check

Dariush's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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