Tony Ferguson vs. Justin Gaethje – Preview & Matchup Analysis

UFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje is scheduled to take place on Saturday, April 18, 2020, in TBA location. In the main event, Tony “El Cucuy” Ferguson will take on Justin “The Highlight” Gaethje in the UFC Interim Lightweight Title Bout. You can view the full UFC 249 card.

In this post, we will break down Tony Ferguson vs. Justin Gaethje matchup. Let’s take look at the fighter’s ages, their height, records, reach, fight stats and more below ⤵

The 40-year-old, Tony Ferguson is coming in with a 26-3-0 record. Ferguson will be fighting for the first time since a win via KO/TKO against Donald Cerrone at UFC 238: Cejudo vs. Moraes in June.

Gaethje, meanwhile, is coming off a KO/TKO win against Donald Cerrone on June 8, 2019 at UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Gaethje and holds a 21-2-0 record.

Tony Ferguson has an orthodox fighting stance with a 76″ reach. The 36-year-old, Justin Gaethje is an orthodox fighter with a 70″ reach. An orthodox fighter stands with their left side forward and jabs with their left hand, the southpaw fighter is the opposite, southpaw stands with their right side forward and jabs with their right hand. In most cases, orthodox fighters are right-handed, if you are left-handed, then you fight southpaw.

Ferguson comes in with 45% striking accuracy, he typically lands about 5.81 significant strikes every minute. His opponent, Gaethje fires at 55% accuracy, landing about 8.57 significant strikes per minute. Tony Ferguson also has a 42% takedown accuracy and on average gets around 0.56 takedowns every 15 minutes, compared to Gaethje’s 0.00 takedowns and 80% takedown accuracy.

Justin spent on average 7:56 minutes in the Octagon and Tony has an average fight time of 10:04 minutes.

This looks like an interesting matchup, at least on paper. UFC 249 is live in , who do you think will win, Tony or Justin? Sound off in the comments.

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