Oliveira vs Ferguson

Who won Oliveira vs Ferguson?

Charles Oliveira beat Tony Ferguson by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of UFC 256, on Saturday 12th December 2020 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Charles Oliveira.

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).

Oliveira vs Ferguson stats

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

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

This was Charles Oliveira's 34th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2010. Tony Ferguson marked his 24th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2011.

Charles Oliveira's UFC record stood at 23-10-0, while Tony Ferguson's came in at 15-9-0.

The stats suggested that Oliveira and Ferguson have similar power, both with a 0% knock out percentage.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Oliveira and Ferguson would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Charles Oliveira was the younger man by 6 years, at 35 years old.

Ferguson had a height advantage of 1 inch over Oliveira. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Oliveira was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2008, 28 days earlier than Ferguson, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 2 more professional rounds, 84 to Ferguson's 82.

Oliveira vs Ferguson form

Oliveira had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 2 opponents and going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Kevin Lee at UFC on ESPN+ 28 on 14th March 2020 by submission in the 3rd round at Ginásio Nilson Nelson, Brasilia, Brazil.

Previous to that, he had beaten Jared Gordon at UFC on ESPN+ 22 on 16th November 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Ibirapuera Gymnasium, Sao Paulo.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Nik Lentz at UFC on ESPN+ 10 on 18th May 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Blue Cross Arena, Rochester, United States.

Before that, he was victorious against David Teymur at UFC on ESPN+ 2 on 2nd February 2019 by submission in the 2nd round at Centro de Formacao Olimpica do Nordeste, Fortaleza, Brazil.

He had won against Jim Miller at UFC on FOX 31 on 15th December 2018 by submission in the 1st round at Wisconsin Entertainment and Sports Center, Milwaukee, United States.

Ferguson had lost to all of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to 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.

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

Going into that 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.

Before 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.

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.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Charles Oliveira had last fought 5 years and 15 days ago, while Tony Ferguson's last outing had been 1 year, 3 months and 13 days ago.

Oliveira's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 3 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

Ferguson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 10 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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