Pico vs Jr.

Who won Pico vs Jr.?

Aaron Pico beat Solo Hatley Jr by submission in the 1st round during the main card of Bellator 242, on Friday 24th July 2020 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Pico vs Jr. stats

Aaron Pico stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.

Solo Hatley Jr made his way to the cage with a record of 8 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Aaron Pico's Bellator record stood at 13-4-0, while Solo Hatley Jr's came in at 1-1-0.

The stats suggested Hatley Jr had a massive power advantage over Pico, boasting a 38% knock out percentage over Pico's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Hatley Jr had an advantage over Pico, with a 13% submission rate over Pico's 0%.

Aaron Pico was the same age as Solo Hatley Jr, at 27 years old.

Pico had a height advantage of 2 inches over Hatley Jr. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Pico was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 10 fewer fights, and made his debut in , 6 years and 7 months earlier than Hatley Jr, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 2 more professional rounds, 28 to Hatley Jr's 26.

Pico vs Jr. form

Pico had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Henry Corrales at PFL vs. Bellator: CHAMPS on 24th February 2024 by knockout in the 1st round at Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Previous to that, he had beaten Pedro Carvalho at Bellator 299 on 23rd September 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

Going into that contest, he had defeated James Gonzalez at Bellator 295 on 22nd April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, United States.

Before that, he had lost to Jeremy Kennedy at Bellator 286 on 1st October 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center, Long Beach.

He was victorious against Adli Edwards at Bellator 277 on 15th April 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at SAP Center, San Jose.

Activity check

Pico's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 3 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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