Ferreira vs Greene

Who won Ferreira vs Greene?

Renan Ferreira beat Maurice Greene by knockout in the 1st round during the main event of PFL Playoffs, on Friday 18th August 2023 at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York 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).

Ferreira vs Greene stats

Renan Ferreira stepped into the octagon with a record of 10 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Maurice Greene made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

This was Renan Ferreira's 12th fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2021.

Renan Ferreira's PFL record stood at 7-2-0, while Maurice Greene's came in at 1-3-0.

The stats suggested Ferreira had a massive power advantage over Greene, boasting a 80% knock out percentage over Greene's 27%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Greene had a massive advantage over Ferreira, boasting a 55% submission rate over Ferreira's 10%.

Renan Ferreira was the younger man by 3 years, at 35 years old.

Ferreira had a height advantage of 3 inches over Greene. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Ferreira was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 5 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2013, 1 year and 4 months later than Greene, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 11 less professional rounds, 30 to Greene's 41.

Ferreira vs Greene form

Maurice Greene had stopped 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Ante Delija at PFL 5 on 16th June 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Marcelo Nunes at PFL 2 on 7th April 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at The Theater at Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Denis Goltsov at PFL 2022 #5 on 24th June 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta.

Before that, he had been defeated by Marcos Rogerio de Lima at UFC Vegas 26 on 8th May 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had lost to Greg Hardy at UFC Vegas 12 on 31st October 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Ferreira's last 4 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 7 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

Greene's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years and 3 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Ferreira vs Greene?

Renan Ferreira was a 1/5 (-500) favourite going into the contest, while Maurice Greene made his way into the ring at 17/5 (+340) with oddsmakers.