Pitbull vs Sanchez

Who won Pitbull vs Sanchez?

Patricio Pitbull beat Emmanuel Sanchez by submission in the 1st round during the main event of Bellator 255, on Friday 2nd April 2021 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville.

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 Sanchez 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.

Emmanuel Sanchez made his way to the cage with a record of 20 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 8 by submission.

This was Patricio Pitbull's 30th fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2010.

Patricio Pitbull's Bellator record stood at 24-6-0, while Emmanuel Sanchez's came in at 12-8-0.

The stats suggested Pitbull had a large advantage in power over Sanchez, boasting a 35% knock out percentage over Sanchez's 5%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Sanchez had a slight advantage over Pitbull, with a 40% submission rate over Pitbull's 35%.

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 39 more professional rounds, 114 to Sanchez's 75.

Pitbull vs Sanchez form

Pitbull had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against AJ McKee Jr at Bellator 277 on 15th April 2022 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Featherweight championship fight at SAP Center, San Jose, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to AJ McKee Jr at Bellator 263 on 31st July 2021 by submission in the 1st round in their Bellator Featherweight championship fight at The Forum, Inglewood.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Emmanuel Sanchez at Bellator 255 on 2nd April 2021 by submission in the 1st round in their Bellator Featherweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, he had defeated Pedro Carvalho at Bellator 252 on 12th November 2020 by knockout in the 1st round in their Bellator Featherweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

He was victorious against Juan Archuleta at Bellator 228 on 28th September 2019 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Featherweight championship fight at The Forum, Inglewood.

Activity check

Pitbull's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 8 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Sanchez's last 4 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 1 month and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 9 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.5 rounds on average.

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