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, 15 years and 11 months later than Pettis, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 4 more professional rounds, 89 to Pettis' 85.

Poirier vs Pettis form

Pettis had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Nate Diaz at UFC 241 on 17th August 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Honda Center, Anaheim, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Stephen Thompson at UFC on ESPN+ 6 on 23rd March 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Bridgestone Arena, Nashville.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Tony Ferguson at UFC 229 on 6th October 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had beaten Michael Chiesa at UFC 226 on 7th July 2018 by submission in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Last Vegas.

He had been defeated by Dustin Poirier at UFC Fight Night 120 on 11th November 2017 by knockout in the 3rd round at Ted Constant Convocation Center, Norfolk.

Activity check

Pettis' last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 6 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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