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History · 2009 · The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights Finale · Kevin Ferguson vs Houston Alexander
From the tape · 5 Dec 2009

Kevin Ferguson vs Houston Alexander

The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights Finale · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Result

Kevin Ferguson beat Houston Alexander

Method
Decision - Unanimous
Round
3 of 3
Clock
5:00
Catch WeightMain cardReferee · Josh Rosenthal

We published no prediction for this bout. Everything on this page is the official record and the tape it was fought on — the result, the round-by-round counts, the judges’ cards where they exist and the sportsbook line where one was published. Our graded calls start in 2026 and live on the public record.

KF
Red corner KevinFerguson“Kimbo Slice”American Top Team · Miami, Florida
VSOn the tape
HA
Blue corner HoustonAlexander“The Assassin”Omaha, Nebraska
Catch Weight3 rounds5 Dec 2009
The story going in
  • Averages 1.9 more takedowns per 15 minutes than Alexander.
  • Has dropped 3 straight in the UFC.
  • Carries 14 points more striking defence than Ferguson.
5-2
Record
17-15-1
−2 yr35
Age
37
+2″6' 2"
Height
6' 0"
+5″77″
Reach
72″
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Miami, Florida
From
Omaha, Nebraska
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Round by round

Every round the fight went, shaded by where the significant strikes actually landed — and the takedowns, control time and knockdowns beside them.

UFCStats · per round

3 rounds of tape

Round 15:00 of action
Kevin Ferguson3 sig landed
HEAD100%3 of 17BODY0%0 landedLEGS0%0 landed
Houston Alexander12 sig landed
HEAD8%1 of 8BODY0%0 landedLEGS92%11 of 17
3 of 17
Sig.
strikes
12 of 25
0 of 0
Take-
downs
0 of 0
0:00
Control
0:00
0
Sub
attempts
0
Distance 3Clinch 0Ground 0
Where it
happened
Distance 12Clinch 0Ground 0
JudgesNo per-round card for this bout in our decisions source — the judges’ totals are in the scorecards section below.
Round 25:00 of action1 sub attempt
Kevin Ferguson13 sig landed
HEAD92%12 of 20BODY8%1 of 1LEGS0%0 landed
Houston Alexander11 sig landed
HEAD0%0 landedBODY0%0 landedLEGS100%11 of 12
13 of 21
Sig.
strikes
11 of 12
3 of 3
Take-
downs
0 of 0
2:15
Control
0:10
1
Sub
attempts
0
Distance 2Clinch 2Ground 9
Where it
happened
Distance 11Clinch 0Ground 0
JudgesNo per-round card for this bout in our decisions source — the judges’ totals are in the scorecards section below.
Round 35:00 of actionEnded 5:00
Kevin Ferguson11 sig landed
HEAD73%8 of 25BODY27%3 of 3LEGS0%0 landed
Houston Alexander20 sig landed
HEAD50%10 of 27BODY0%0 landedLEGS50%10 of 15
11 of 28
Sig.
strikes
20 of 42
1 of 1
Take-
downs
0 of 0
1:06
Control
0:06
0
Sub
attempts
0
Distance 7Clinch 2Ground 2
Where it
happened
Distance 17Clinch 1Ground 2
JudgesNo per-round card for this bout in our decisions source — the judges’ totals are in the scorecards section below.

Significant strikes, takedowns, control time, knockdowns and submission attempts exactly as UFCStats recorded them for this bout, round by round. Zone percentages are that round’s landed head, body and leg counts over their own total — raw arithmetic, nothing modelled or smoothed. A round in which a fighter landed nothing shades empty and reads zero; it is never filled in from the round before.

Judges’ scorecards

The judges’ totals, the media’s cards beside them, and how these judges usually score.

Official card

Decision - Unanimous

Referee · Josh Rosenthal
Official totals — Kevin Ferguson first
JudgeTotal
Glenn Trowbridge2.1 avg spread · 47% wide29–28
Tony Weeks2.1 avg spread · 49% wide29–28
Dave Hagen2.0 avg spread · 45% wide30–27

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Takedowns

Takedowns

The level change — head to head

Career UFC takedown rates. Red corner left, blue corner right.

Kevin Ferguson

3.10takedowns / 15 min
3.10 / 15m
TAKEDOWNS
1.19 / 15m
4.31 / 15m
ATTEMPTS
2.09 / 15m
72%
ACCURACY
57%
1.20 / 15m
SUB ATT
0.00 / 15m

Houston Alexander

1.19takedowns / 15 min

Career UFC takedown rates exactly as UFCStats publishes them: takedowns landed per 15 minutes, completion rate, submission attempts per 15 minutes, and the share of takedowns tried on them that they stuffed. Attempts per 15 is the one derived figure — landed ÷ completion rate — and it is omitted wherever either input is missing. UFCStats writes 0% where no attempt was recorded at all, so a percentage of exactly zero reads “n/a” here rather than as a measured rate. “Field” is the average fighter in that weight class, or across every division where a class is too small to average. Rate bars run to the population’s 95th percentile (5.32 takedowns / 15m); a fighter above it pins the bar. Percentages are drawn on their own axis.

Ranked roster-wide

The market story

What the market did on the way to the cage — the price, not our model. This bout is settled; the window below is closed.

We hold no market price for this bout — no captured price series, and no opening or closing line in the sportsbook record we fall back on. So there is nothing to show, and we would rather show nothing than draw a line that was never there.

Kevin Ferguson vs Houston Alexander.

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