Cejudo vs Pettis

Who won Cejudo vs Pettis?

Henry Cejudo beat Sergio Pettis by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 218, on Saturday 2nd December 2017 at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Henry Cejudo.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

Cejudo vs Pettis stats

Henry Cejudo stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Sergio Pettis made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Henry Cejudo's UFC record stood at 10-4-0, while Sergio Pettis' came in at 9-5-0.

The stats suggested Cejudo had a large advantage in power over Pettis, boasting a 45% knock out percentage over Pettis' 19%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Pettis had an advantage over Cejudo, with a 19% submission rate over Cejudo's 0%.

Henry Cejudo was the older man by 7 years, at 37 years old.

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

Cejudo was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 5 fewer fights, and made his debut in , 12 years and 7 months earlier than Pettis, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 29 less professional rounds, 50 to Pettis' 79.

Cejudo vs Pettis form

Pettis had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 1opponent and going the distance 4 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Patricio Pitbull at Bellator 297 on 16th June 2023 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Bantamweight championship fight at Wintrust Arena, Chicago, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Kyoji Horiguchi at Bellator MMA on 3rd December 2021 by knockout in the 4th round in their Bellator Bantamweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Juan Archuleta at Bellator 258 on 7th May 2021 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Bantamweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, he was victorious against Ricky Bandejas at Bellator 242 on 24th July 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

He had won against Alfred Khashakyan at Bellator 238 on 25th January 2020 by submission in the 1st round at The Forum, Inglewood.

Activity check

Cejudo's last 4 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 7 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Pettis' last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 2 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

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