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.

Activity check

Gaethje's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 3 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Ferguson's last 3 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 5 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 5 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.3 rounds on average.

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