Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2023-12-16, pretty good mma bout: Paddy Pimblett vs Tony Ferguson gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2023).Ferguson vs Pimblett is scheduled to take place Saturday, December 16th, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (Nevada, United States), in a 3-round lightweight (155 lbs, 70 kg) bout; it is on the undercard of Leon Edwards vs Colby Covington – UFC 296. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Paddy Pimblett record
The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Paddy Pimblett entered this fight with a professional record of 20-3-0 (75% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.44 lightweight in the world.
He lost to Soren Bak in 2018 but then he has won six fights defeating Rodrigo Vargas (Paddy Pimblett vs Rodrigo Vargas), Jordan Leavitt (Paddy Pimblett vs Jordan Leavitt) and Jared Gordon in his last three (Paddy Pimblett vs Jared Gordon).
Tony Ferguson record
His opponent, the black belt in 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu (no-gi Bjj), Tuf 13 tournament winner and former interim Ufc Lw champion Tony Ferguson, has a mma record of 25-9-0 (80% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.57 in the lightweight division.
The last time he won a fight was in 2019 when he faced Donald Cerrone (Tony Ferguson vs Donald Cerrone), after this match he has lost six consecutive fights, the last three with Michael Chandler (4-stars bout, Michael Chandler vs Tony Ferguson), Nate Diaz (Nate Diaz vs Tony Ferguson) and Bobby Green (Tony Ferguson vs Bobby Green).
If you want to watch Ferguson’s best fights, we suggest a 4-stars match of 2016, Tony Ferguson vs Landon Vannata, and two bouts that ranked in the top 10 Users’ Fight of the year 2015 and 2018, Tony Ferguson vs Edson Barboza and Tony Ferguson vs Anthony Pettis.
Fight card
Here is the UFC 296 full fight card (we are going to update it after the weigh-in):
MAIN CARD (live on ESPN ppv)
Leon Edwards vs Colby Covington
Alexandre Pantoja vs Brandon Royval 2
Shavkat Rakhmonov vs Stephen Thompson
Paddy Pimblett vs Tony Ferguson
Josh Emmett vs Bryce Mitchell
PRELIMINARY CARD (live on ESPN2 / ESPN+)
Dustin Jacoby vs Alonzo Menifield
Irene Aldana vs Karol Rosa
Cody Garbrandt vs Brian Kelleher
Casey O’Neill vs Ariane Lipski
EARLY PRELIMINARY CARD (live on ESPN+ / UFC Fight Pass)
Tagir Ulanbekov vs Cody Durden
Andre Fili vs Lucas Almeida
Shamil Gaziev vs Martin Buday
Full fight video / highlights
Here we are going to post a selection of the best videos about the bout Paddy Pimblett vs Tony Ferguson as soon as the match ends. If you have seen the full fight you can rate it at the bottom of this post. (All videos are hosted on free video platforms such as Youtube, Dailymotion, Facebook, etc. and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights.com)
Result
Who won Pimblett vs Ferguson fight?
Paddy Pimblett defeated Tony Ferguson via unanimous decision. Scores were 30–27, 30–27, 30–27.
Post-fight interview
Listen the words of the winner or the two fighters after their bout, here is the UFC 296 post-fight octagon interview of Paddy Pimblett and Tony Ferguson.
