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 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.

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 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 36 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

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

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against 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, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Juan Archuleta at Bellator 228 on 28th September 2019 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Featherweight championship fight at The Forum, Inglewood.

Going into that contest, he had defeated 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.

Before that, he was victorious 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.

He had won against Daniel Weichel at Bellator 203 on 14th July 2018 by split decision in their Bellator Featherweight championship fight at Il Centrale Live Roma, Rome, Italy.

Activity check

Pitbull's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 9 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

Sanchez's last 4 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 11 months and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.5 rounds on average.

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