Gaethje vs Ferguson

Who won Gaethje vs Ferguson?

Justin Gaethje beat Tony Ferguson by knockout in the 5th round during the main event of UFC 249, on Saturday 9th May 2020 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville.

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).

Gaethje vs Ferguson stats

Justin Gaethje stepped into the octagon with a record of 21 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 18 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Tony Ferguson made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

This was Justin Gaethje's 14th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2017. Tony Ferguson marked his 24th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2011.

Justin Gaethje's UFC record stood at 9-5-0, while Tony Ferguson's came in at 15-9-0.

The stats suggested Gaethje had a massive power advantage over Ferguson, boasting a 86% knock out percentage over Ferguson's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Gaethje had a slight advantage over Ferguson, with a 5% submission rate over Ferguson's 0%.

Justin Gaethje was the younger man by 5 years, at 36 years old.

Ferguson had a 6-inch reach advantage.

Gaethje was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 23 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 3 years and 4 months later than Ferguson, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 13 less professional rounds, 69 to Ferguson's 82.

Gaethje vs Ferguson form

Justin Gaethje had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Donald Cerrone at UFC on ESPN+ 16 on 14th September 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Rogers Arena, Vancouver, Canada.

Previous to that, he had beaten Edson Barboza at UFC on ESPN 2 on 30th March 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, United States.

Going into that contest, he had defeated James Vick at UFC Fight Night 135 on 25th August 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Pinnacle Bank Arena, Lincoln.

Before that, he had lost to Dustin Poirier at UFC on FOX 29 on 14th April 2018 by knockout in the 4th round at Gila River Arena, Glendale.

He had been beaten by Eddie Alvarez at UFC 218 on 2nd December 2017 by knockout in the 3rd round at Little Caesars Arena, Detroit.

Ferguson had lost to all of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had been defeated by Nate Diaz at UFC 279 on 10th September 2022 by submission in the 4th round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Michael Chandler at UFC 274 on 7th May 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Beneil Dariush at UFC 262 on 15th May 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Toyota Center, Houston, United States.

Before that, he had been defeated by Charles Oliveira at UFC 256 on 12th December 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had lost to Justin Gaethje at UFC 249 on 9th May 2020 by knockout in the 5th round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Justin Gaethje had last fought 5 years, 9 months and 13 days ago, while Tony Ferguson's last outing had been 2 years, 9 months and 17 days ago.

Gaethje's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 6 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Ferguson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 1 month and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

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