Pettis vs Horiguchi

Who won Pettis vs Horiguchi?

Sergio Pettis beat Kyoji Horiguchi by knockout in the 4th round during the main event of Bellator MMA, on Friday 3rd December 2021 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

This contest was for the Bellator Bantamweight championship.

Pettis vs Horiguchi stats

Sergio Pettis stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Kyoji Horiguchi made his way to the cage with a record of 29 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

This was Sergio Pettis' 6th fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2020. Kyoji Horiguchi marked his 5th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2019.

Sergio Pettis' Bellator record stood at 5-1-0, while Kyoji Horiguchi's came in at 2-2-0.

The stats suggested Horiguchi had a massive power advantage over Pettis, boasting a 52% knock out percentage over Pettis' 15%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Pettis had a slight advantage over Horiguchi, with a 20% submission rate over Horiguchi's 10%.

Sergio Pettis was the younger man by 3 years, at 31 years old.

Pettis had a height advantage of 1 inch over Horiguchi. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Pettis was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 7 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2011, 1 year and 4 months later than Horiguchi, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 16 less professional rounds, 79 to Horiguchi's 95.

Pettis vs Horiguchi 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.

Horiguchi 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 beaten Kai Asakura at RIZIN 26 on 31st December 2020 by knockout in the 1st round in their Rizin Bantamweight championship fight at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had lost to Kai Asakura at RIZIN 18 on 18th August 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Dolphins Arena, Nagoya.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Darrion Caldwell at Bellator 222 on 14th June 2019 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Bantamweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Before that, he was victorious against Ben Nguyen at RIZIN 15 on 21st April 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Yokohama Arena, Yokohama, Japan.

He had won against Darrion Caldwell at RIZIN 14 on 31st December 2018 by submission in the 3rd round in their Rizin Bantamweight championship fight at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Sergio Pettis had been fighting more than Kyoji Horiguchi.

Going to this contest, Sergio Pettis had last fought 1 year, 10 months and 23 days ago, while Kyoji Horiguchi's last outing had been 4 years, 4 months and 8 days ago.

Pettis' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 3 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

Horiguchi's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 4 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 9 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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