Pico vs Higo

Who won Pico vs Higo?

Aaron Pico beat Leandro Higo by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of Bellator 206, on Saturday 29th September 2018 at SAP Center in San Jose.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Pico vs Higo stats

Aaron Pico stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.

Leandro Higo made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 10 by submission.

Leandro Higo marked his 10th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2017.

Aaron Pico's Bellator record stood at 13-4-0, while Leandro Higo's came in at 6-4-0.

The stats suggested Higo had an advantage in power over Pico, with a 17% knock out percentage over Pico's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Higo had a massive advantage over Pico, boasting a 56% submission rate over Pico's 0%.

Aaron Pico was the younger man by 8 years, at 28 years old.

Higo had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Pico was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 22 fewer fights, and made his debut in , 19 years earlier than Higo, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 38 less professional rounds, 28 to Higo's 66.

Pico vs Higo form

Pico had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Pedro Carvalho at Bellator 299 on 23rd September 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

Previous to that, he had beaten James Gonzalez at Bellator 295 on 22nd April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, United States.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Jeremy Kennedy at Bellator 286 on 1st October 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center, Long Beach.

Before that, he had defeated Adli Edwards at Bellator 277 on 15th April 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at SAP Center, San Jose.

He was victorious against Justin Gonzales at Bellator 271 on 12th November 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood.

Activity check

Pico's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 5 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 11 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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