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 40 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

Ferguson had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Charles Oliveira at UFC 256 on 12th December 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Justin Gaethje at UFC 249 on 9th May 2020 by knockout in the 5th round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Going into that contest, he had won against Donald Cerrone at UFC 238 on 8th June 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at United Center, Chicago.

Before that, he had beaten Anthony Pettis at UFC 229 on 6th October 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

He had defeated Kevin Lee at UFC 216 on 7th October 2017 by submission in the 3rd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

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 was victorious against Mateusz Gamrot at UFC 280 on 22nd October 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Previous to that, he had won against Tony Ferguson 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 beaten Diego Ferreira at UFC Vegas 18 on 6th February 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

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

He was victorious against Drakkar Klose at UFC 248 on 7th March 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Tony Ferguson had last fought 4 years and 9 days ago, while Beneil Dariush's last outing had been 2 years, 1 month and 29 days ago.

Ferguson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 2 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Dariush's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 9 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 16 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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