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

Ferguson had lost to all of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Michael Chiesa at UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov on 3rd August 2024 by submission in the 1st round at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Paddy Pimblett at UFC 296 on 16th December 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Bobby Green at UFC 291 on 29th July 2023 by submission in the 3rd round at Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City.

Before that, he had lost to Nate Diaz at UFC 279 on 10th September 2022 by submission in the 4th round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

He had been beaten by Michael Chandler at UFC 274 on 7th May 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Kevin Lee had stopped 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had been defeated by Gadzhi Rabadanov at PFL 2025 World Tournament: Semifinals 2 on 20th June 2025 by knockout in the 1st round at INTRUST Bank Arena, Wichita, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Rinat Fakhretdinov at UFC Fight Night – Strickland vs. Magomedov on 1st July 2023 by submission in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Daniel Rodriguez at UFC Vegas 35 on 28th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Enterprise.

Before that, he had been defeated by Charles Oliveira at UFC on ESPN+ 28 on 14th March 2020 by submission in the 3rd round at Ginásio Nilson Nelson, Brasilia, Brazil.

He had won against Gregor Gillespie at UFC 244 on 2nd November 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Tony Ferguson had last fought 11 months and 8 days ago, while Kevin Lee's last outing had been 21 days ago.

Ferguson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 2 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Lee's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 8 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 19 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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