Poirier vs Pettis

Who won Poirier vs Pettis?

Dustin Poirier beat Anthony Pettis by knockout in the 3rd round during the main event of UFC Fight Night 120, on Saturday 11th November 2017 at Ted Constant Convocation Center in Norfolk.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Poirier vs Pettis stats

Dustin Poirier stepped into the octagon with a record of 21 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Anthony Pettis made his way to the cage with a record of 20 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

This was Dustin Poirier's 31st fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2011.

Dustin Poirier's UFC record stood at 22-8-0, while Anthony Pettis' came in at 11-9-0.

The stats suggested Pettis had a slight advantage in power over Poirier, with a 50% knock out percentage over Poirier's 48%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Pettis had a slight advantage over Poirier, with a 30% submission rate over Poirier's 29%.

Dustin Poirier was the younger man by 2 years, at 36 years old.

Pettis had a height advantage of 1 inch over Poirier. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Poirier's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Pettis', having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2009, 15 years and 9 months later than Pettis, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 4 more professional rounds, 89 to Pettis' 85.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Anthony Pettis had been fighting more than Dustin Poirier.

Going to this contest, Dustin Poirier had last fought 8 years, 1 month and 2 days ago, while Anthony Pettis' last outing had been 7 years, 8 months and 5 days ago.

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