Pettis vs Thompson

Who won Pettis vs Thompson?

Anthony Pettis beat Stephen Thompson by during the main event of UFC on ESPN+ 6, on Saturday 23rd March 2019 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Anthony Pettis.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Pettis vs Thompson stats

Anthony Pettis stepped into the octagon with a record of 21 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Stephen Thompson made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 3 losses and 1 draw, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Anthony Pettis' UFC record stood at 11-9-0, while Stephen Thompson's came in at 12-7-1.

The stats suggested Thompson had a slight advantage in power over Pettis, with a 50% knock out percentage over Pettis' 48%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Pettis had a large advantage over Thompson, boasting a 33% submission rate over Thompson's 7%.

Anthony Pettis was the younger man by 4 years, at 37 years old.

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

Pettis was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 11 more fights, and made his debut in , 14 years and 2 months earlier than Thompson, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 14 more professional rounds, 85 to Thompson's 71.

Pettis vs Thompson form

Stephen Thompson had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Vicente Luque at UFC 244 on 2nd November 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Anthony Pettis at UFC on ESPN+ 6 on 23rd March 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Bridgestone Arena, Nashville.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Darren Till at UFC Fight Night 130 on 27th May 2018 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Echo Arena, Liverpool, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had beaten Jorge Masvidal at UFC 217 on 4th November 2017 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

He had been defeated by Tyron Woodley at UFC 209 on 4th March 2017 by majority decision in their UFC Welterweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Activity check

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.

Thompson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 1 month and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

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