Pettis vs Chiesa

Who won Pettis vs Chiesa?

Anthony Pettis beat Michael Chiesa by submission in the 2nd round during the main card of UFC 226, on Saturday 7th July 2018 at T-Mobile Arena in Last Vegas.

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 Chiesa stats

Anthony Pettis stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Michael Chiesa made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws and 10 by submission.

Michael Chiesa marked his 20th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2012.

Anthony Pettis' UFC record stood at 11-9-0, while Michael Chiesa's came in at 13-7-0.

The stats suggested Pettis had a massive power advantage over Chiesa, boasting a 50% knock out percentage over Chiesa's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Chiesa had a massive advantage over Pettis, boasting a 71% submission rate over Pettis' 30%.

Anthony Pettis was the older man by 1 year, at 38 years old.

Chiesa had a height advantage of 3 inches over Pettis. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Pettis was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 10 more fights, and made his debut in , 16 years and 7 months earlier than Chiesa, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 34 more professional rounds, 85 to Chiesa's 51.

Pettis vs Chiesa form

Anthony Pettis had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Stevie Ray at PFL 2022 #5 on 24th June 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Myles Price at PFL 2022 #3 on 6th May 2022 by submission in the 1st round at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Raush Manfio at PFL 2021 #6 on 25th June 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Before that, he had been defeated by Clay Collard at PFL 2021 #1 on 23rd April 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

He had lost to Diego Ferreira at UFC 246 on 18th January 2020 by submission in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Pettis' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 2 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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