Pettis vs Khashakyan

Who won Pettis vs Khashakyan?

Sergio Pettis beat Alfred Khashakyan by submission in the 1st round during the main card of Bellator 238, on Saturday 25th January 2020 at The Forum in Inglewood.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Pettis vs Khashakyan stats

Sergio Pettis stepped into the octagon with a record of 18 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Alfred Khashakyan made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Sergio Pettis' 6th fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2020.

Sergio Pettis' Bellator record stood at 5-1-0, while Alfred Khashakyan's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Khashakyan had a massive power advantage over Pettis, boasting a 100% knock out percentage over Pettis' 17%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Pettis had an advantage over Khashakyan, with a 17% submission rate over Khashakyan's 0%.

Sergio Pettis was the younger man by 6 years, at 30 years old.

Khashakyan had a height advantage of 2 inches over Pettis. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Pettis was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 1 year and 8 months earlier than Khashakyan, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 55 more professional rounds, 79 to Khashakyan's 24.

Pettis vs Khashakyan form

Pettis had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against 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, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Juan Archuleta at Bellator 258 on 7th May 2021 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Bantamweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Ricky Bandejas at Bellator 242 on 24th July 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, he was victorious against Alfred Khashakyan at Bellator 238 on 25th January 2020 by submission in the 1st round at The Forum, Inglewood.

He had lost to Rob Font at UFC on FOX 31 on 15th December 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Wisconsin Entertainment and Sports Center, Milwaukee.

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Pettis' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 7 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

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