Connelly vs Sabatini

Who won Connelly vs Sabatini?

Pat Sabatini beat Tristan Connelly by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC 261, on Saturday 24th April 2021 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Pat Sabatini.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Connelly vs Sabatini stats

Tristan Connelly stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 9 by submission.

Pat Sabatini made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 9 by submission.

Tristan Connelly's UFC record stood at 1-2-0, while Pat Sabatini's came in at 5-2-0.

The stats suggested Connelly had an advantage in power over Sabatini, with a 29% knock out percentage over Sabatini's 15%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Sabatini had a slight advantage over Connelly, with a 69% submission rate over Connelly's 64%.

Tristan Connelly was the older man by 5 years, at 38 years old.

Connelly had a height advantage of 2 inches over Sabatini.

Connelly was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 4 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 4 years and 1 month earlier than Sabatini, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 8 more professional rounds, 52 to Sabatini's 44.

Connelly vs Sabatini form

Pat Sabatini had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Damon Jackson at UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Song on 17th September 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against T.J. Laramie at UFC Fight Night: Luque vs. Muhammad 2 on 16th April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Tucker Lutz at UFC Vegas 43 on 20th November 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Jamall Emmers at UFC Vegas 35 on 28th August 2021 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Enterprise.

He was victorious against Tristan Connelly at UFC 261 on 24th April 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

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Sabatini's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 3 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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