Pettis vs Miller

Who won Pettis vs Miller?

Anthony Pettis beat Jim Miller by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 213, on Saturday 8th July 2017 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Anthony Pettis.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Pettis vs Miller stats

Anthony Pettis stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Jim Miller made his way to the cage with a record of 28 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 14 by submission.

Jim Miller marked his 46th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2008.

Anthony Pettis' UFC record stood at 11-9-0, while Jim Miller's came in at 27-18-0.

The stats suggested Pettis had a massive power advantage over Miller, boasting a 53% knock out percentage over Miller's 14%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Miller had an advantage over Pettis, with a 50% submission rate over Pettis' 32%.

Anthony Pettis was the younger man by 3 years, at 38 years old.

Pettis had a height advantage of 2 inches over Miller. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Pettis was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 12 fewer fights, and made his debut in , 19 years and 7 months earlier than Miller, whose first professional fight was in 2005. He had fought 41 less professional rounds, 85 to Miller's 126.

Pettis vs Miller form

Miller had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Alexander Hernandez at UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Blanchfield on 18th February 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Donald Cerrone at UFC 276 on 2nd July 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Nikolas Motta at UFC Fight Night on 19th February 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Erick Gonzalez at UFC Vegas 40 on 16th October 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He was victorious against Roosevelt Roberts at UFC Vegas 3 on 20th June 2020 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Pettis' last 2 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 11 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 11 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Miller's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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