Mckee Jr. vs Pitbull II

Who won Mckee Jr. vs Pitbull II?

Patricio Pitbull beat AJ McKee Jr by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of Bellator 277, on Friday 15th April 2022 at SAP Center in San Jose.

The scorecards were announced as 49-46, 48-47, 48-47 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.

Mckee Jr. vs Pitbull II stats

AJ McKee Jr stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 18 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Patricio Pitbull made his way to the cage with a record of 32 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by knock out and 12 by submission.

AJ McKee Jr's Bellator record stood at 22-1-0, while Patricio Pitbull's came in at 23-6-0.

The stats suggested Pitbull had a slight advantage in power over McKee Jr, with a 34% knock out percentage over McKee Jr's 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested McKee Jr had a slight advantage over Pitbull, with a 39% submission rate over Pitbull's 38%.

AJ McKee Jr was the younger man by 7 years, at 29 years old.

McKee Jr had a height advantage of 4 inches over Pitbull. That also extended to a 9-inch reach advantage.

McKee Jr was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 19 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2015, 11 years and 1 month later than Pitbull, whose first professional fight was in 2004. He had fought 59 less professional rounds, 48 to Pitbull's 107.

Mckee Jr. vs Pitbull II form

AJ McKee Jr had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Spike Carlyle 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.

Previous to that, he had lost to Patricio Pitbull at Bellator 277 on 15th April 2022 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Featherweight championship fight at SAP Center, San Jose.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Patricio Pitbull at Bellator 263 on 31st July 2021 by submission in the 1st round in their Bellator Featherweight championship fight at The Forum, Inglewood.

Before that, he had defeated Darrion Caldwell at Bellator 253 on 19th November 2020 by submission in the 1st round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

He was victorious against Derek Campos at Bellator 236 on 21st December 2019 by submission in the 3rd round at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

Patricio Pitbull had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had been beaten by Sergio Pettis 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 won against Kleber Koike Erbst at Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN on 31st December 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Adam Borics at Bellator 286 on 1st October 2022 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Featherweight championship fight at Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center, Long Beach, United States.

Before that, he had defeated AJ McKee Jr at Bellator 277 on 15th April 2022 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Featherweight championship fight at SAP Center, San Jose.

He had been defeated by AJ McKee Jr at Bellator 263 on 31st July 2021 by submission in the 1st round in their Bellator Featherweight championship fight at The Forum, Inglewood.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Patricio Pitbull had been fighting more than AJ McKee Jr.

Going to this contest, AJ McKee Jr had last fought 1 year, 6 months and 17 days ago, while Patricio Pitbull's last outing had been 10 months and 2 days ago.

McKee Jr's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 3 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Pitbull's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 8 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 19 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.8 rounds on average.

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