Tony Ferguson Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	#15Michael Chiesa Welterweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	3:44	UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov	Aug 3, 2024
L	Paddy Pimblett Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington	Dec 16, 2023
L	#13King Green Lightweight	Submission	Arm Triangle From Half Guard	R3	4:54	UFC 291: Poirier vs. Gaethje 2	Jul 29, 2023
L	#13Nate Diaz Welterweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke From Bottom Guard	R4	2:52	UFC 279: Diaz vs. Ferguson	Sep 10, 2022
L	#5Michael Chandler Lightweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Head At Distance Front kick	R2	0:17	UFC 274: Oliveira vs. Gaethje	May 7, 2022
L	#9Beneil Dariush Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 262: Oliveira vs. Chandler	May 15, 2021
L	#7Charles Oliveira Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 256: Figueiredo vs. Moreno	Dec 12, 2020
L	#4Justin GaethjeTitle Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R5	3:39	UFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje	May 9, 2020
W	#4Donald Cerrone Lightweight	KO/TKO	—	R2	5:00	UFC 238: Cejudo vs. Moraes	Jun 8, 2019
W	#8Anthony Pettis Lightweight	KO/TKO	to Corner Stoppage	R2	5:00	UFC 229: Khabib vs. McGregor	Oct 6, 2018
W	#7Kevin LeeTitle Lightweight	Submission	Triangle Choke From Bottom Guard	R3	4:02	UFC 216: Ferguson vs. Lee	Oct 7, 2017
W	#2Rafael Dos Anjos Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Ferguson	Nov 5, 2016
W	Lando Vannata Lightweight	Submission	D'Arce Choke After Drop to Ground	R2	2:22	UFC Fight Night: McDonald vs. Lineker	Jul 13, 2016
W	#6Edson Barboza Lightweight	Submission	D'Arce Choke On Ground	R2	2:54	The Ultimate Fighter: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber Finale	Dec 11, 2015
W	#10Josh Thomson Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Mir vs. Duffee	Jul 15, 2015
W	Gleison Tibau Lightweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	2:37	UFC 184: Rousey vs. Zingano	Feb 28, 2015
W	Abel Trujillo Lightweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R2	4:19	UFC 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler II	Dec 6, 2014
W	Danny Castillo Lightweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 177: Dillashaw vs. Soto	Aug 30, 2014
W	Katsunori Kikuno Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	4:06	UFC 173: Barao vs. Dillashaw	May 24, 2014
W	Mike Rio Lightweight	Submission	D'Arce Choke On Ground	R1	1:52	UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos 3	Oct 19, 2013
L	Michael Johnson Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC on FOX: Diaz vs. Miller	May 5, 2012
W	Yves Edwards Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	The Ultimate Fighter: Team Bisping vs. Team Miller Finale	Dec 3, 2011
W	Aaron Riley Lightweight	KO/TKO	Jaw Injury	R1	5:00	UFC 135: Jones vs. Rampage	Sep 24, 2011
W	Ramsey NijemTitle Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R1	3:54	The Ultimate Fighter: Team Lesnar vs. Team dos Santos Finale	Jun 4, 2011

Outside the UFC

10-2across 12 bouts · 9 promotions · wins by 7 KO · 2 sub · 1 decNFAMMA · PureCombat 12 · CA Fight Syndicate · RF · All Star Boxing +4

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Brock Jardine12-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R4	2:35	PureCombat 12	Sep 25, 2010
W	David Gardner18-21	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	1:52	CA Fight Syndicate	Mar 26, 2010
W	Chris Kennedy8-12	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R1	2:29	NFAMMA	Dec 18, 2009
L	Jamie Toney17-7	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	2:15	NFAMMA	Oct 16, 2009
W	James Fanshier18-12	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	RF	Jul 17, 2009
W	Devin Benjamin2-3	KO/TKO	Punches and Elbows	R1	1:08	NFAMMA	May 28, 2009
W	Daniel Hernandez20-18	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:22	NFAMMA	Mar 5, 2009
L	Karen Darabedyan14-6	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	All Star Boxing	Feb 6, 2009
W	Frank Park4-4	Submission	Neck Crank	R1	2:43	LBFN 3	Jan 4, 2009
W	Joe Schilling4-7	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	2:12	TFA 12	Sep 13, 2008
W	Brandon Adams1-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	2:18	TFA 11	Jul 12, 2008
W	Steve Avalos1-1	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R2	1:25	CXF	Apr 12, 2008

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

12 wins, 2 losses

W12

L2

Submission

8 wins, 4 losses

W8

L4

Decision

5 wins, 5 losses

W5

L5

Finishes

UFC KOs

5

Above avg · 13%Welterweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.13

Below avg · 0.24Welterweight

UFC submissions

6

Above avg · 7%Welterweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.67

Above avg · 0.39Welterweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Tony Ferguson

PowerChin

Knockout rate

21%

5 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

3

0.38 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

2

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

6

0.76 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Decision behavior

Judging

6 scorecards on file

Tony Ferguson

Scorecard luck

Cards have leaned their way

Won 1 of 1 coin-flip decision — the kind of close calls that have tended to fall their way. Judges have given them 1 of 1 round they disagreed on (100%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

1–0

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

1–0

Won – Lost

100% went their way

Unanimous5 decisions · 83%

1W4L

Split1 decision · 17%

1W

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

3 rounds total

0

Won

3

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallB59th

45%1,332 / 2,905

Striking accuracy

55%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.54 differential

Landed4.91

Absorbed4.37

61%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+0%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head60%84th800
Body19%79th259
Leg20%83rd273

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

91%Standing

Standing91%1,210
Clinch2%31
Ground7%91

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Tony Ferguson

Landed per 15

Head

A+

86th

44.2

86th

Body

A

81st

14.3

81st

Leg

A+

85th

15.1

85th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

F

22nd

43.6

22nd

Body

D

29th

12.4

29th

Leg

D

30th

9.4

30th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	44.2	800	2,182	37%
Body	14.3	259	393	66%
Leg	15.1	273	330	83%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	43.6	790	2,103	38%
Body	12.4	225	356	63%
Leg	9.4	171	199	86%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Tony Ferguson

35%

Takedown accuracy

66%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-3.1 min net

On top0.4

On bottom3.5

Offense

Takedowns

D

28th

0.4

28th

TD accuracy

C

47th

35%

47th

Sub attempts

A

74th

0.9

74th

Control

F

15th

0.4 min

15th

Defense

TD defense

C

56th

66%

56th

Controlled

3.5 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	7 / 20
Submission attempts	16
Control time	8:00

Defense

TDs defended	39 / 59
Control absorbed	63:46

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (272min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Tony Ferguson

24 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 272 min

110%

R3 pace · 12 bouts

Ferguson builds (+8% per round through round 5). Within fights that reached round 3, Ferguson lifts to 110% of round-1 output by round 3 (12 bouts).

Ferguson ▲ BUILDSOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Fergusonlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Fergusonattempts / min

Control time

Ferguson% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	5.2	4.8	4.7	0.08	3%	24
R2	5.8	5.4	4.0	0.06	5%	18
R3	4.0	3.8	3.7	0.05	0%	12
R4	7.5	6.8	5.6	0.23	1%	3
R5	6.6	6.6	6.9	0.00	0%	2

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Tony Ferguson

24 resolved UFC bouts · 13 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

68/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

92nd

69%

92nd

Win quality

A

82nd

52%

82nd

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

4

9

2

3

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Title-fight challengerBout was for a title (no other rank signal)
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	4	2-2	50%
Top-5	9	4-5	44%
Top-15	2	0-2	0%
Title-fight challenger	1	1-0	100%
Contender-level	1	1-0	100%
Established	3	3-0	100%
Building	1	1-0	100%
Unproven	3	3-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Michael Chiesa#15	Top-5	72	Aug 3, 2024
L	Paddy Pimblett	Top-5	57	Dec 16, 2023
L	King Green#13	Top-15	64	Jul 29, 2023
L	Nate Diaz#13	Top-15	71	Sep 10, 2022
L	Michael Chandler#5	Top-5	80	May 7, 2022
L	Beneil Dariush#9	Top-5	79	May 15, 2021
L	Charles Oliveira#7	Champion	91	Dec 12, 2020
L	Justin Gaethje#4	Champion	93	May 9, 2020
W	Donald Cerrone#4	Top-5	85	Jun 8, 2019
W	Anthony Pettis#8	Champion	90	Oct 6, 2018
W	Kevin Lee#7	Top-5	78	Oct 7, 2017
W	Rafael Dos Anjos#2	Champion	96	Nov 5, 2016
W	Lando Vannata	Unproven	8	Jul 13, 2016
W	Edson Barboza#6	Top-5	81	Dec 11, 2015
W	Josh Thomson#10	Top-5	79	Jul 15, 2015
W	Gleison Tibau	Contender-level	50	Feb 28, 2015
W	Abel Trujillo	Established	26	Dec 6, 2014
W	Danny Castillo	Established	30	Aug 30, 2014
W	Katsunori Kikuno	Building	15	May 24, 2014
W	Mike Rio	Unproven	8	Oct 19, 2013
L	Michael Johnson	Top-5	57	May 5, 2012
W	Yves Edwards	Established	35	Dec 3, 2011
W	Aaron Riley	Unproven	12	Sep 24, 2011
W	Ramsey Nijem	Title-fight challenger	50	Jun 4, 2011

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

24 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

4-0

4 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

4-4

8 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

6-5

11 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

1-7

8 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

13-2

15 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

2-1

3 bouts

As champion

defending the belt

0-1

1 bout

As challenger

fighting for the belt

2-0

2 bouts

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

—

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

1y 11mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Tony Ferguson

Extended layoff

1y 11mosince last bout

vs Michael Chiesa · Aug 3, 2024

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 14-4As underdog 1-5

67.7

DK avg

85.0

Median

111.6

Ceiling

10.6

Floor

50%

Boom

21%

Bust

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