Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2024-08-03, mma bout not so exciting: Michael Chiesa vs Tony Ferguson gets two stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2024).Ferguson vs Chiesa is scheduled to take place Saturday, August 3rd, at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), in a 3-round welterweight (170 lbs, 77 kg) bout; it is on the undercard of Cory Sandhagen vs Umar Nurmagomedov – UFC on ABC 7 (also known as UFC Abu Dhabi). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Michael Chiesa record
The Tuf winner Michael Chiesa entered this fight with a professional record of 16-7-0 (62% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.42 welterweight in the world.
The last time he won a match was against Neil Magny in 2021 (Michael Chiesa vs Neil Magny), then he has lost to Vicente Luque (Michael Chiesa vs Vicente Luque), to Sean Brady (Michael Chiesa vs Sean Brady) and to Kevin Holland (Kevin Holland vs Michael Chiesa).
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 champ Tony Ferguson, has a mma record of 25-10-0 (80% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.96 in the welterweight 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 seven consecutive bouts, the last three with Nate Diaz (Nate Diaz vs Tony Ferguson), Bobby Green (Tony Ferguson vs Bobby Green) and Paddy Pimblett (Paddy Pimblett vs Tony Ferguson).
If you want to watch Ferguson’s best fights, we suggest a 4-stars match of 2016, Tony Ferguson vs Landon Vannata, 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, and the four stars bout with Michael Chandler of 2022, Michael Chandler vs Tony Ferguson.
Fight card
Here is the UFC on ABC 7 full fight card (we are going to update it after the weigh-in):
MAIN CARD (live on ABC / ESPN+)
Cory Sandhagen vs Umar Nurmagomedov
Sharabutdin Magomedov vs Michal Oleksiejczuk
Marlon Vera vs Deiveson Figueiredo
Michael Chiesa vs Tony Ferguson
Mackenzie Dern vs Lupita Godinez
Joel Alvarez vs Elves Brener
PRELIMINARY CARD (live on ESPN2 / ESPN+) Alonzo Menifield vs Azamat Murzakanov
Kaue Fernandes vs Mohammad Yahya
Shamil Gaziev vs Dontale Mayes
Guram Kutateladze vs Jordan Vucenic
Victoria Dudakova vs Sam Hughes
Jai Herbert vs Rolando Bedoya
Sedriques Dumas vs Denis Tiuliulin
Full fight video / highlights
Here we are going to post a selection of the best videos about the bout Michael Chiesa 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)
Official highlights
Result
Who won Chiesa vs Ferguson fight?
Michael Chiesa defeated Tony Ferguson via submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:44, round 1.
Post-fight interview
Listen the words of the winner or the two fighters after their bout, here is the UFC on ABC 7 post-fight octagon interview of Michael Chiesa and Tony Ferguson.
