Pettis vs Stots

Who won Pettis vs Stots?

Sergio Pettis beat Raufeon Stots by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of PFL 2025 World Tournament, on Friday 27th June 2025 at Wintrust Arena in Chicago.

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

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Pettis vs Stots stats

Sergio Pettis stepped into the octagon with a record of 23 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Raufeon Stots made his way to the cage with a record of 20 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Both men made their promotional debut for the PFL.

The stats suggested Stots had a slight advantage in power over Pettis, with a 20% knock out percentage over Pettis' 17%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Stots had a slight advantage over Pettis, with a 20% submission rate over Pettis' 17%.

Sergio Pettis was the younger man by 5 years, at 31 years old.

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

Pettis was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 3 years and 8 months earlier than Stots, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 19 more professional rounds, 79 to Stots' 60.

Pettis vs Stots form

Pettis had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Kyoji Horiguchi at RIZIN 47 on 9th June 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Yoyogi National Stadium, Shibuya, Japan.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Patchy Mix at Bellator 301 on 17th November 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round in their Bellator Bantamweight championship fight at Wintrust Arena, Chicago, United States.

Going into that 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.

Before 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.

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.

Stots had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he was victorious against Danny Sabatello at Bellator 301 on 17th November 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Wintrust Arena, Chicago, United States.

Previous to that, he had been defeated by Patchy Mix at Bellator 295 on 22nd April 2023 by knockout in the 1st round in their Bellator Interim Bantamweight championship fight at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

Going into that contest, he had won against Danny Sabatello at Bellator 289 on 9th December 2022 by split decision in their 5 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, he had beaten Juan Archuleta at Bellator 279 on 23rd April 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

He had defeated Magomed Magomedov at Bellator 264 on 13th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Sergio Pettis had last fought 1 year and 20 days ago, while Raufeon Stots' last outing had been 1 year, 7 months and 12 days ago.

Pettis' last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 1 month and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 19 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.8 rounds on average.

Stots' last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 10 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What time did Pettis vs Stots start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 3:40 AM UTC , which was 11:40 PM EST or 8:40 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 4:40 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Pettis vs Stots?

Sergio Pettis was a 11/5 (+220) underdog going into the contest, while Raufeon Stots made his way into the ring at 4/11 (-280) with oddsmakers.