Pitbull vs Archuleta

Who won Pitbull vs Archuleta?

Patricio Pitbull beat Juan Archuleta by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the co-main event of Bellator 228, on Saturday 28th September 2019 at The Forum in Inglewood.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Patricio Pitbull.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

This contest was for the vacant Bellator Featherweight championship.

Pitbull vs Archuleta stats

Patricio Pitbull stepped into the octagon with a record of 29 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 11 by submission.

Juan Archuleta made his way to the cage with a record of 23 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Patricio Pitbull's 30th fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2010. Juan Archuleta marked his 12th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2018.

Patricio Pitbull's Bellator record stood at 24-6-0, while Juan Archuleta's came in at 9-3-0.

The stats suggested Archuleta had an advantage in power over Pitbull, with a 48% knock out percentage over Pitbull's 34%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Pitbull had a massive advantage over Archuleta, boasting a 38% submission rate over Archuleta's 4%.

Patricio Pitbull was the same age as Juan Archuleta, at 37 years old.

Archuleta had a height advantage of 1 inch over Pitbull. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Pitbull was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 9 more fights, and made his debut in 2004, 9 years and 5 months earlier than Archuleta, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 13 more professional rounds, 114 to Archuleta's 101.

Pitbull vs Archuleta form

Archuleta had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 2opponents and going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Eduardo Dantas at Bellator 222 on 14th June 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Ricky Bandejas at Bellator 214 on 26th January 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Forum, Los Angeles.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Jeremy Spoon at Bellator 210 on 30th November 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at WinStar World Casino and Resort, Thackerville.

Before that, he was victorious against Robbie Peralta at Bellator 201 on 29th June 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round at Pechanga Resort Casino, Temecula.

He had won against William Joplin at Bellator 195 on 2nd March 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at WinStar World Casino, Thackerville.

Activity check

Pitbull's last 4 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 1 month and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.3 rounds on average.

Archuleta's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years and 3 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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