Pitbull vs Nurmagomedov

Who won Pitbull vs Nurmagomedov?

Usman Nurmagomedov beat Patricky Pitbull by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the co-main event of Bellator 288, on Friday 18th November 2022 at Wintrust Arena in Chicago.

The scorecards were announced as 50-45, 50-44, 50-44 in favor of the winner Usman Nurmagomedov.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

This contest was for the Bellator Lightweight championship.

Pitbull vs Nurmagomedov stats

Patricky Pitbull stepped into the octagon with a record of 24 wins, 10 losses and 0 draws, 16 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Usman Nurmagomedov made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 15 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

This was Patricky Pitbull's 26th fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2011. Usman Nurmagomedov marked his 8th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2021.

Patricky Pitbull's Bellator record stood at 16-10-0, while Usman Nurmagomedov's came in at 7-0-0.

The stats suggested Pitbull had an advantage in power over Nurmagomedov, with a 67% knock out percentage over Nurmagomedov's 53%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Nurmagomedov had a large advantage over Pitbull, boasting a 33% submission rate over Pitbull's 4%.

Patricky Pitbull was the older man by 12 years, at 38 years old.

Nurmagomedov had a height advantage of 4 inches over Pitbull. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Pitbull was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 19 more fights, and made his debut in 2005, 11 years and 6 months earlier than Nurmagomedov, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 53 more professional rounds, 91 to Nurmagomedov's 38.

Pitbull vs Nurmagomedov form

Patricky Pitbull had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Peter Queally at Bellator MMA on 5th November 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round in their Bellator Lightweight championship fight at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

Previous to that, he had lost to Peter Queally at Bellator 258 on 7th May 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Tofiq Musayev at RIZIN 20 on 31st December 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Before that, he had beaten Luiz Gustavo at RIZIN 20 on 31st December 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

He had defeated Tatsuya Kawajiri at RIZIN 19 on 12th October 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Edion Arena, Osaka.

Activity check

Pitbull's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 2 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

Nurmagomedov's last 4 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 8 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.5 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Pitbull vs Nurmagomedov?

Patricky Pitbull was a 17/4 (+540) underdog going into the contest, while Usman Nurmagomedov made his way into the ring at 1/8 (-830) with oddsmakers.