Diaz vs Pettis

Who won Diaz vs Pettis?

Nate Diaz beat Anthony Pettis by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of UFC 241, on Saturday 17th August 2019 at Honda Center in Anaheim.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Nate Diaz.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Diaz vs Pettis stats

Nate Diaz stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 11 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 11 by submission.

Anthony Pettis made his way to the cage with a record of 22 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

Nate Diaz's UFC record stood at 16-11-0, while Anthony Pettis' came in at 11-9-0.

The stats suggested Pettis had a large advantage in power over Diaz, boasting a 50% knock out percentage over Diaz's 26%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Diaz had a large advantage over Pettis, boasting a 58% submission rate over Pettis' 32%.

Nate Diaz was the older man by 2 years, at 39 years old.

Diaz had a height advantage of 2 inches over Pettis. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Diaz was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2004, 19 years and 5 months later than Pettis, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought the same amount of professional rounds, 85 to Pettis' 85.

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Pettis' last 4 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 9 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 8 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

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