Pitbull vs McKee

Who won Pitbull vs McKee?

AJ McKee Jr beat Patricio Pitbull by submission in the 1st round during the main event of Bellator 263, on Saturday 31st July 2021 at The Forum in Inglewood.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner AJ McKee Jr.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

This contest was for the Bellator featherweight championship.

Pitbull vs McKee stats

Patricio Pitbull stepped into the octagon with a record of 31 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 11 by submission.

AJ McKee Jr made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 17 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

Patricio Pitbull's Bellator record stood at 23-6-0, while AJ McKee Jr's came in at 22-1-0.

The stats suggested that Pitbull and McKee Jr have similar power, both with a 35% knock out percentage.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Pitbull and McKee Jr would have been pretty equal, both with a 35% submission rate.

Patricio Pitbull was the older man by 7 years, at 36 years old.

McKee Jr had a height advantage of 4 inches over Pitbull. That also extended to a 9-inch reach advantage.

Pitbull was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 18 more fights, and made his debut in 2004, 11 years and 1 month earlier than McKee Jr, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 59 more professional rounds, 107 to McKee Jr's 48.

Pitbull vs McKee form

Patricio Pitbull had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Sergio Pettis at Bellator 297 on 16th June 2023 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Bantamweight championship fight at Wintrust Arena, Chicago, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Kleber Koike Erbst at Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN on 31st December 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Adam Borics at Bellator 286 on 1st October 2022 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Featherweight championship fight at Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center, Long Beach, United States.

Before that, he had defeated AJ McKee Jr at Bellator 277 on 15th April 2022 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Featherweight championship fight at SAP Center, San Jose.

He had been beaten by AJ McKee Jr at Bellator 263 on 31st July 2021 by submission in the 1st round in their Bellator Featherweight championship fight at The Forum, Inglewood.

AJ McKee Jr had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he was victorious against Spike Carlyle at Bellator 286 on 1st October 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center, Long Beach, United States.

Previous to that, he had been defeated by Patricio Pitbull at Bellator 277 on 15th April 2022 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Featherweight championship fight at SAP Center, San Jose.

Going into that contest, he had won against Patricio Pitbull at Bellator 263 on 31st July 2021 by submission in the 1st round in their Bellator Featherweight championship fight at The Forum, Inglewood.

Before that, he had beaten Darrion Caldwell at Bellator 253 on 19th November 2020 by submission in the 1st round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

He had defeated Derek Campos at Bellator 236 on 21st December 2019 by submission in the 3rd round at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Patricio Pitbull had been fighting more than AJ McKee Jr.

Going to this contest, Patricio Pitbull had last fought 10 months and 2 days ago, while AJ McKee Jr's last outing had been 1 year, 6 months and 17 days ago.

Pitbull's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 8 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 19 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.8 rounds on average.

McKee Jr's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 3 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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