Poirier vs Pettis

Who won Poirier vs Pettis?

Dustin Poirier beat Anthony Pettis by knockout in the 3rd round during the main event of UFC Fight Night 120, on Saturday 11th November 2017 at Ted Constant Convocation Center in Norfolk.

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).

Poirier vs Pettis stats

Dustin Poirier stepped into the octagon with a record of 21 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Anthony Pettis made his way to the cage with a record of 20 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

This was Dustin Poirier's 31st fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2011.

Dustin Poirier's UFC record stood at 22-8-0, while Anthony Pettis' came in at 11-9-0.

The stats suggested Pettis had a slight advantage in power over Poirier, with a 50% knock out percentage over Poirier's 48%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Pettis had a slight advantage over Poirier, with a 30% submission rate over Poirier's 29%.

Dustin Poirier was the younger man by 2 years, at 36 years old.

Pettis had a height advantage of 1 inch over Poirier. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Poirier's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Pettis', having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2009, 16 years and 1 month later than Pettis, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 4 more professional rounds, 89 to Pettis' 85.

Poirier vs Pettis form

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

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Islam Makhachev at UFC 302 on 1st June 2024 by submission in the 5th round in their UFC Lightweight championship fight at Prudential Center, Newark, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Benoit Saint-Denis at UFC 299 on 9th March 2024 by knockout in the 2nd round at Kaseya Center, Miami.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Justin Gaethje at UFC 291 on 29th July 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City.

Before that, he had beaten Michael Chandler at UFC 281 on 12th November 2022 by submission in the 3rd round at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

He had been defeated by Charles Oliveira at UFC 269 on 11th December 2021 by submission in the 3rd round in their UFC Lightweight championship fight at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

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Poirier's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 6 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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