Pimblett vs Leavitt

Who won Pimblett vs Leavitt?

Paddy Pimblett beat Jordan Leavitt by submission in the 2nd round during the main card of UFC Fight Night London, on Saturday 23rd July 2022 at The O2 in London.

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).

Pimblett vs Leavitt stats

Paddy Pimblett stepped into the octagon with a record of 18 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Jordan Leavitt made his way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

This was Paddy Pimblett's 7th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2021. Jordan Leavitt marked his 8th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2020.

Paddy Pimblett's UFC record stood at 7-0-0, while Jordan Leavitt's came in at 5-3-0.

The stats suggested Pimblett had a large advantage in power over Leavitt, boasting a 33% knock out percentage over Leavitt's 10%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Leavitt had an advantage over Pimblett, with a 60% submission rate over Pimblett's 44%.

Paddy Pimblett was the same age as Jordan Leavitt, at 30 years old.

Pimblett had a height advantage of 1 inch over Leavitt.

Pimblett was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 10 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 4 years and 11 months earlier than Leavitt, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 27 more professional rounds, 54 to Leavitt's 27.

Pimblett vs Leavitt form

Pimblett 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 Jordan Leavitt at UFC Fight Night London on 23rd July 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at The O2, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had beaten Rodrigo Vargas at UFC Fight Night London on 19th March 2022 by submission in the 1st round at 02 Arena, London.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Luigi Vendramini at UFC Vegas 36 on 4th September 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Before that, he was victorious against Decky Dalton at Cage Warriors 113 on 20th March 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at BEC Arena, Manchester, England.

He had lost to Soren Bak at Cage Warriors 96 on 1st September 2018 by unanimous decision in their Cage Warriors Lightweight championship fight at Echo Arena, Liverpool.

Activity check

Pimblett's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 9 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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