Who won Pettis vs Moreno?
Sergio Pettis beat Brandon Moreno by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC Fight Night 114, on Saturday 5th August 2017 at Mexico City Arena in Mexico City.
The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Sergio Pettis.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).
Pettis vs Moreno stats
Sergio Pettis stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.
Brandon Moreno made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 3 loses and 0 draws, with 1 of those wins by knock out and 10 by submission.
The stats suggested Pettis had an advantage in power over Moreno, with a 20% knock out percentage over Moreno's 7%.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Moreno had a massive advantage over Pettis, boosting at 71% submission rate over Pettis' 20%.
Sergio Pettis was the older man by 1 year, at 30 years old.
Moreno had a height advantage of 1 inch over Pettis. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.
Pettis was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2011, 4 months later than Moreno, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 2 less professional rounds, 79 to Moreno's 81.
Pettis vs Moreno form
Moreno had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.
In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Deiveson Figueiredo at UFC 270 on 22nd January 2022 by unanimous decision in their UFC Flyweight championship fight at Honda Center, Anaheim, United States.
Previous to that, he had won against Deiveson Figueiredo at UFC 263 on 12th June 2021 by submission in the 3rd round in their UFC Flyweight championship fight at Gila River Arena, Glendale.
Going into that contest, he had drawn with Deiveson Figueiredo at UFC 256 on 12th December 2020 by majority draw in their 5 round contest in their UFC Flyweight championship fight at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.
Before that, he had drawn with Askar Askarov at UFC on ESPN+ 17 on 21st September 2019 by split draw in their 3 round contest at Arena Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico.
He had beat Maikel P rez at LFA 69 on 7th June 2019 by knockout in the 4th round in their LFA Flyweight championship fight at Morongo Casino Resort & Spa, Cabazon, United States.
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Moreno's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 5 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 20 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.
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