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

Cerrone had lost to all of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Alex Morono at UFC Vegas 26 on 8th May 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, his fight against Niko Price at UFC Vegas 11 on 19th September 2020 ended in a no contest.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Conor McGregor at UFC 246 on 18th January 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been defeated by Justin Gaethje at UFC on ESPN+ 16 on 14th September 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Rogers Arena, Vancouver, Canada.

He had lost to Tony Ferguson at UFC 238 on 8th June 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at United Center, Chicago, United States.

Activity check

Ferguson's last 2 fights had come over a period of 7 years and 7 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 9 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

Cerrone's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 10 months and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

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