Collard vs Pitbull

Who won Collard vs Pitbull?

Clay Collard beat Patricky Pitbull by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of PFL 2, on Friday 12th April 2024 at The Theater at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Collard vs Pitbull stats

Clay Collard stepped into the octagon with a record of 24 wins, 12 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Patricky Pitbull made his way to the cage with a record of 25 wins, 12 losses and 0 draws, 17 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Clay Collard's 11th fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2021. Patricky Pitbull marked his 1st fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2024.

Clay Collard's PFL record stood at 7-4-0, while Patricky Pitbull's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Pitbull had a large advantage in power over Collard, boasting a 68% knock out percentage over Collard's 46%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Collard had a slight advantage over Pitbull, with a 13% submission rate over Pitbull's 4%.

Clay Collard was the younger man by 7 years, at 31 years old.

Collard had a height advantage of 4 inches over Pitbull. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Collard was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 1 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2011, 5 years and 6 months later than Pitbull, whose first professional fight was in 2005. He had fought 1 more professional rounds, 89 to Pitbull's 88.

Collard vs Pitbull form

Collard had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to AJ McKee Jr at PFL vs. Bellator: CHAMPS on 24th February 2024 by submission in the 1st round at Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Olivier Aubin Mercier at PFL 10: 2023 PFL World Championship on 24th November 2023 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at The Anthem, Washington, United States.

Going into that contest, he had won against Shane Burgos at 2023 PFL Playoffs: Welterweights & Lightweights on 23rd August 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York.

Before that, he had beaten Stevie Ray at PFL 6 on 23rd June 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta.

He had defeated Yamato Nishikawa at PFL 3 on 14th April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Theater at Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas.

Pitbull had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had been defeated by Peter Queally at Bellator 258 on 7th May 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Tofiq Musayev at RIZIN 20 on 31st December 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Going into that contest, he was victorious against Luiz Gustavo at RIZIN 20 on 31st December 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Before that, he had won against Tatsuya Kawajiri at RIZIN 19 on 12th October 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Edion Arena, Osaka.

He had beaten Ryan Scope at Bellator Newcastle on 9th February 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, United Kingdom.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Clay Collard had been fighting more than Patricky Pitbull.

Going to this contest, Clay Collard had last fought 2 months and 2 days ago, while Patricky Pitbull's last outing had been 2 years, 11 months and 19 days ago.

Collard's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Pitbull's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 2 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Collard vs Pitbull?

Clay Collard was a 1/2 (-200) favourite going into the contest, while Patricky Pitbull made his way into the ring at 13/8 (+160) with oddsmakers.