Pitbull vs McKee

Who won Pitbull vs McKee?

AJ McKee Jr beat Patricio Pitbull by submission in the 1st round during the main event of Bellator 263, on Saturday 31st July 2021 at The Forum in Inglewood.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

This contest was for the vacant Bellator Featherweight championship.

Pitbull vs McKee stats

Patricio Pitbull stepped into the octagon with a record of 31 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 11 by submission.

AJ McKee Jr made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 17 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

This was Patricio Pitbull's 30th fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2010. AJ McKee Jr marked his 23rd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2015.

Patricio Pitbull's Bellator record stood at 24-6-0, while AJ McKee Jr's came in at 22-1-0.

The stats suggested that Pitbull and McKee Jr have similar power, both with a 35% knock out percentage.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Pitbull and McKee Jr would have been pretty equal, both with a 35% submission rate.

Patricio Pitbull was the older man by 7 years, at 37 years old.

McKee Jr had a height advantage of 4 inches over Pitbull. That also extended to a 9-inch reach advantage.

Pitbull was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 18 more fights, and made his debut in 2004, 11 years and 1 month earlier than McKee Jr, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 63 more professional rounds, 114 to McKee Jr's 51.

Pitbull vs McKee form

Pitbull had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Yair Rodriguez at UFC 314 on 12th April 2025 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Kaseya Center, Miami, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Jeremy Kennedy at Bellator Champions Series: Belfast on 22nd March 2024 by knockout in the 3rd round in their Bellator Featherweight championship fight at SSE Arena, Belfast, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Chihiro Suzuki at Super RIZIN 2 on 30th July 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Before that, he had been defeated by Sergio Pettis at Bellator 297 on 16th June 2023 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Bantamweight championship fight at Wintrust Arena, Chicago, United States.

He had beaten Kleber Koike Erbst at Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN on 31st December 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

McKee Jr had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 1opponent and going the distance 4 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Darrion Caldwell at Bellator 253 on 19th November 2020 by submission in the 1st round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Previous to that, he was victorious against Derek Campos at Bellator 236 on 21st December 2019 by submission in the 3rd round at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

Going into that contest, he had won against Pat Curran at Bellator 221 on 11th May 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Allstate Arena, Rosemont.

Before that, he had beaten Daniel Crawford at Bellator 212 on 14th December 2018 by submission in the 1st round at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

He had defeated John Teixeira at Bellator 205 on 21st September 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Centurylink Arena, Boise.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Patricio Pitbull had been fighting more than AJ McKee Jr.

Going to this contest, Patricio Pitbull had last fought 2 months and 22 days ago, while AJ McKee Jr's last outing had been 4 years, 7 months and 15 days ago.

Pitbull's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 6 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

McKee Jr's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 9 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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