Pettis vs Moraga

Who won Pettis vs Moraga?

Sergio Pettis beat John Moraga by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Night 103, on Sunday 15th January 2017 at Talking Stick Arena in Phoenix.

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

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

Pettis vs Moraga stats

Sergio Pettis stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

John Moraga made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 8 by submission.

This was Sergio Pettis' 14th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2013.

Sergio Pettis' UFC record stood at 9-5-0, while John Moraga's came in at 8-6-0.

The stats suggested Pettis had a slight advantage in power over Moraga, with a 21% knock out percentage over Moraga's 13%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Moraga had a large advantage over Pettis, boasting a 50% submission rate over Pettis' 21%.

Sergio Pettis was the younger man by 10 years, at 31 years old.

Pettis had a 3-inch reach advantage.

Pettis was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 5 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2011, 1 year and 10 months later than Moraga, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 21 more professional rounds, 85 to Moraga's 64.

Pettis vs Moraga form

Pettis had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 1 opponent and going to the judges 4 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Patricio Pitbull at Bellator 297 on 16th June 2023 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Bantamweight championship fight at Wintrust Arena, Chicago, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Kyoji Horiguchi at Bellator MMA on 3rd December 2021 by knockout in the 4th round in their Bellator Bantamweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Juan Archuleta at Bellator 258 on 7th May 2021 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Bantamweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, he was victorious against Ricky Bandejas at Bellator 242 on 24th July 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

He had won against Alfred Khashakyan at Bellator 238 on 25th January 2020 by submission in the 1st round at The Forum, Inglewood.

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Pettis' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 5 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

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