Pitbull vs Archuleta

Who won Pitbull vs Archuleta?

Patricio Pitbull beat Juan Archuleta by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the co-main event of Bellator 228, on Saturday 28th September 2019 at The Forum in Inglewood.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Patricio Pitbull.

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 Archuleta stats

Patricio Pitbull stepped into the octagon with a record of 29 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 11 by submission.

Juan Archuleta made his way to the cage with a record of 23 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Patricio Pitbull's Bellator record stood at 23-6-0, while Juan Archuleta's came in at 9-3-0.

The stats suggested Archuleta had an advantage in power over Pitbull, with a 48% knock out percentage over Pitbull's 34%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Pitbull had a massive advantage over Archuleta, boasting a 38% submission rate over Archuleta's 4%.

Patricio Pitbull was the same age as Juan Archuleta, at 36 years old.

Archuleta had a height advantage of 1 inch over Pitbull. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Pitbull was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 9 more fights, and made his debut in 2004, 9 years and 5 months earlier than Archuleta, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 8 more professional rounds, 107 to Archuleta's 99.

Pitbull vs Archuleta form

Juan Archuleta had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Naoki Inoue at RIZIN 42 on 6th May 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Tokyo Ariake Arena, Tokyo, Japan.

Previous to that, he had beaten Soo Chul Kim at Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN on 31st December 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Enrique Barzola at Bellator 286 on 1st October 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center, Long Beach, United States.

Before that, he had lost to Raufeon Stots at Bellator 279 on 23rd April 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

He had been beaten by Sergio Pettis at Bellator 258 on 7th May 2021 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Bantamweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

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Pitbull's last 4 fights had come over a period of 7 years and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 9 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.3 rounds on average.

Archuleta's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

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