Pico vs Kennedy

Who won Pico vs Kennedy?

Jeremy Kennedy beat Aaron Pico by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of Bellator 286, on Saturday 1st October 2022 at Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center in Long Beach.

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 Kennedy stats

Aaron Pico stepped into the octagon with a record of 10 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Jeremy Kennedy made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Aaron Pico's Bellator record stood at 13-4-0, while Jeremy Kennedy's came in at 4-1-0.

The stats suggested Pico had a massive power advantage over Kennedy, boasting a 70% knock out percentage over Kennedy's 35%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Pico had a slight advantage over Kennedy, with a 20% submission rate over Kennedy's 12%.

Aaron Pico was the younger man by 4 years, at 27 years old.

Kennedy had a height advantage of 3 inches over Pico. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Pico was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 7 fewer fights, and made his debut in , 11 years and 1 month earlier than Kennedy, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 26 less professional rounds, 28 to Kennedy's 54.

Pico vs Kennedy 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.

Jeremy Kennedy had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Emmanuel Sanchez at Bellator MMA on 3rd December 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Adam Borics at Bellator 256 on 9th April 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Going into that contest, his fight against Daniel Pineda at PFL 2019 #8 on 17th October 2019 ended in a no contest.

Before that, he had beaten Steven Siler at PFL 2019 #5 on 25th July 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

He had been defeated by Luis Rafael Laurentino at PFL 2019 #2 on 23rd May 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Long Island.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Aaron Pico had been fighting more than Jeremy Kennedy.

Going to this contest, Aaron Pico had last fought 5 months ago, while Jeremy Kennedy's last outing had been 2 years, 7 months and 21 days ago.

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.

Kennedy's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 2 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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