Pitbull vs Straus

Who won Pitbull vs Straus?

Patricio Pitbull beat Daniel Straus by submission in the 2nd round during the main event of Bellator 178, on Friday 21st April 2017 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 Bellator Featherweight championship.

Pitbull vs Straus stats

Patricio Pitbull stepped into the octagon with a record of 25 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 10 by submission.

Daniel Straus made his way to the cage with a record of 25 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Patricio Pitbull's Bellator record stood at 23-6-0, while Daniel Straus' came in at 12-6-0.

The stats suggested Pitbull had a slight advantage in power over Straus, with a 36% knock out percentage over Straus' 28%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Pitbull had a large advantage over Straus, boasting a 40% submission rate over Straus' 12%.

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

Straus had a height advantage of 2 inches over Pitbull. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Pitbull was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 2 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2004, 4 years and 10 months earlier than Straus, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 8 more professional rounds, 107 to Straus' 99.

Pitbull vs Straus form

Pitbull had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 2 opponents and going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against 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, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten 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.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Juan Archuleta at Bellator 228 on 28th September 2019 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Featherweight championship fight at The Forum, Inglewood.

Before that, he was victorious against Michael Chandler at Bellator 221 on 11th May 2019 by knockout in the 1st round in their Bellator Lightweight championship fight at Allstate Arena, Rosemont.

He had won against Emmanuel Sanchez 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 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 4 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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