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 35th 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 23-11-0, 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 3 more professional rounds, 85 to Ferguson's 82.

Oliveira vs Ferguson form

Oliveira had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Beneil Dariush at UFC 289 on 10th June 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Rogers Arena, Vancouver, Canada.

Previous to that, he had lost to Islam Makhachev at UFC 280 on 22nd October 2022 by submission in the 2nd round in their UFC Lightweight championship fight at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Justin Gaethje at UFC 274 on 7th May 2022 by submission in the 1st round in their UFC Lightweight championship fight at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Before that, he had defeated Dustin Poirier at UFC 269 on 11th December 2021 by submission in the 3rd round in their UFC Lightweight championship fight at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

He was victorious against Michael Chandler at UFC 262 on 15th May 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Lightweight championship fight at Toyota Center, Houston.

Ferguson had lost to all of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had been beaten by 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 defeated 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 lost to 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 been beaten by 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 defeated 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 2 years, 1 month and 6 days ago, while Tony Ferguson's last outing had been 1 year and 7 months ago.

Oliveira's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 2 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months. 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 4 years, 2 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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