Who won Mckee Jr. vs Pitbull II?
Patricio Pitbull beat AJ McKee Jr by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of Bellator 277, on Friday 15th April 2022 at SAP Center in San Jose.
The scorecards were announced as 49-46, 48-47, 48-47 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 Bellator Featherweight championship.
Mckee Jr. vs Pitbull II stats
AJ McKee Jr stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 18 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.
Patricio Pitbull made his way to the cage with a record of 32 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by knock out and 12 by submission.
This was AJ McKee Jr's 23rd fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2015.
AJ McKee Jr's Bellator record stood at 22-1-0, while Patricio Pitbull's came in at 23-6-0.
The stats suggested Pitbull had a slight advantage in power over McKee Jr, with a 34% knock out percentage over McKee Jr's 33%.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested McKee Jr had a slight advantage over Pitbull, with a 39% submission rate over Pitbull's 38%.
AJ McKee Jr was the younger man by 8 years, at 29 years old.
McKee Jr had a height advantage of 4 inches over Pitbull. That also extended to a 9-inch reach advantage.
McKee Jr was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 19 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2015, 11 years and 1 month later than Pitbull, whose first professional fight was in 2004. He had fought 56 less professional rounds, 51 to Pitbull's 107.
Mckee Jr. vs Pitbull II form
AJ McKee Jr had beaten 5 of his last 5 opponents.
In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Patricio Pitbull at Bellator 263 on 31st July 2021 by submission in the 1st round in their Bellator Featherweight championship fight at The Forum, Inglewood, United States.
Previous to that, he had beaten Darrion Caldwell at Bellator 253 on 19th November 2020 by submission in the 1st round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.
Going into that contest, he had defeated Derek Campos at Bellator 236 on 21st December 2019 by submission in the 3rd round at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.
Before that, he was victorious against Pat Curran at Bellator 221 on 11th May 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Allstate Arena, Rosemont.
He had won against Daniel Crawford at Bellator 212 on 14th December 2018 by submission in the 1st round at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.
Pitbull 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 AJ McKee Jr at Bellator 263 on 31st July 2021 by submission in the 1st round in their Bellator Featherweight championship fight at The Forum, Inglewood, United States.
Previous to that, he had beaten Emmanuel Sanchez at Bellator 255 on 2nd April 2021 by submission in the 1st round in their Bellator Featherweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.
Going into that contest, he had defeated Pedro Carvalho at Bellator 252 on 12th November 2020 by knockout in the 1st round in their Bellator Featherweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.
Before that, he was victorious against Juan Archuleta at Bellator 228 on 28th September 2019 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Featherweight championship fight at The Forum, Inglewood.
He had won against Michael Chandler at Bellator 221 on 11th May 2019 by knockout in the 1st round in their Bellator Lightweight championship fight at Allstate Arena, Rosemont.
Activity check
In terms of activity leading into the fight, Patricio Pitbull had been fighting more than AJ McKee Jr.
Going to this contest, AJ McKee Jr had last fought 3 years, 3 months and 2 days ago, while Patricio Pitbull's last outing had been 3 years, 3 months and 2 days ago.
McKee Jr's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 10 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.
Pitbull's 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 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.
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