Pitbull vs Sanchez

Who won Pitbull vs Sanchez?

Patricio Pitbull beat Emmanuel Sanchez by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of Bellator 209, on Thursday 15th November 2018 at Menora Mivtachim in Tel Aviv.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Patricio Pitbull.

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 Bellator Featherweight championship.

Pitbull vs Sanchez stats

Patricio Pitbull stepped into the octagon with a record of 27 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 11 by submission.

Emmanuel Sanchez made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

Patricio Pitbull's Bellator record stood at 23-6-0, while Emmanuel Sanchez's came in at 12-8-0.

The stats suggested Pitbull had a large advantage in power over Sanchez, boasting a 33% knock out percentage over Sanchez's 6%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Pitbull and Sanchez would have been pretty equal, both with a 41% submission rate.

Patricio Pitbull was the older man by 3 years, at 37 years old.

Sanchez had a height advantage of 3 inches over Pitbull. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Pitbull was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 11 more fights, and made his debut in 2004, 7 years and 8 months earlier than Sanchez, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 32 more professional rounds, 107 to Sanchez's 75.

Pitbull vs Sanchez form

Emmanuel Sanchez had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Mads Burnell at Bellator 263 on 31st July 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Forum, Inglewood, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Patricio Pitbull at Bellator 255 on 2nd April 2021 by submission in the 1st round in their Bellator Featherweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Going into that contest, he had won against Daniel Weichel at Bellator 252 on 12th November 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, he had beaten Georgi Karakhanyan at Bellator 218 on 22nd March 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at WinStar World Casino, Thackerville.

He had been defeated by Patricio Pitbull at Bellator 209 on 15th November 2018 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Featherweight championship fight at Menora Mivtachim, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Activity check

Pitbull's last 2 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 11 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 11 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.5 rounds on average.

Sanchez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 4 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

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