Zeferino vs Ponet

Who won Zeferino vs Ponet?

Jo o Zeferino beat Jason Ponet by submission in the 2nd round during the prelims of PFL 2021 #5, on Thursday 17th June 2021 at Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Zeferino vs Ponet stats

Jo o Zeferino stepped into the octagon with a record of 24 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 16 by submission.

Jason Ponet made his way to the cage with a record of 20 wins, 12 losses and 1 draw, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

Jo o Zeferino's PFL record stood at 5-2-0, while Jason Ponet's came in at 0-2-0.

The stats suggested Ponet had an advantage in power over Zeferino, with a 30% knock out percentage over Zeferino's 17%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Zeferino had a massive advantage over Ponet, boasting a 67% submission rate over Ponet's 25%.

Jo o Zeferino was the older man by 3 years, at 39 years old.

Zeferino had a height advantage of 1 inch over Ponet.

Zeferino was the more experienced professional fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2005, 2 years and 4 months earlier than Ponet, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 1 more professional rounds, 69 to Ponet's 68.

Zeferino vs Ponet form

Jo o Zeferino had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Jason Ponet at PFL 2021 #5 on 17th June 2021 by submission in the 2nd round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Gleison Tibau at PFL 2021 #2 on 29th April 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Bojan Velickovic at PFL 2019 #4 on 11th July 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Before that, he was victorious against Yuri Villefort at PFL 2018 #6 on 16th August 2018 by submission in the 3rd round at Ocean Resort Casino, Atlantic City.

He had lost to Herman Terrado at PFL Daytona on 30th June 2017 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona.

Activity check

Zeferino's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 11 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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