Ferreira vs Taisumov

Who won Ferreira vs Taisumov?

Diego Ferreira beat Mairbek Taisumov by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 242, on Saturday 7th September 2019 at du Arena in Abu Dhabi.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Diego Ferreira.

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).

Ferreira vs Taisumov stats

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

Mairbek Taisumov made his way to the cage with a record of 27 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by knock out and 9 by submission.

This was Diego Ferreira's 16th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2014.

Diego Ferreira's UFC record stood at 10-6-0, while Mairbek Taisumov's came in at 7-2-0.

The stats suggested Taisumov had a massive power advantage over Ferreira, boasting a 56% knock out percentage over Ferreira's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Taisumov had a massive advantage over Ferreira, boasting a 33% submission rate over Ferreira's 0%.

Diego Ferreira was the older man by 4 years, at 40 years old.

Ferreira had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Ferreira was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 32 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2011, 4 years and 1 month later than Taisumov, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 3 more professional rounds, 58 to Taisumov's 55.

Ferreira vs Taisumov form

Ferreira had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Michael Johnson at UFC Fight Night – Pennington vs. Aldana 2 on 20th May 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Mateusz Gamrot at UFC Fight Night on 18th December 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Gregor Gillespie at UFC Vegas 26 on 8th May 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Before that, he had been defeated by Beneil Dariush at UFC Vegas 18 on 6th February 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had beaten Anthony Pettis at UFC 246 on 18th January 2020 by submission in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Ferreira's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 3 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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