The most unusual part of the 12-round fight came in the fifth round.
The first offer came in the third round, Ferguson said.
Two 16-seeded teams came within one point of victory in the first round, and a third came with six points.
He said the change came because of the playoff defeat to Pittsburgh in the second round last spring.
He won 16 of those fights by knockout, 12 coming in the first round.
All of his wins came via submission in the first round.
But the real golden goose comes in the second round.
But his worst wound had also come in the second round.
The end, which came in the third round, was predictable.
Leonard's first real trouble came in the fourth round, when a cut opened over his left eyebrow.