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 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

Pitbull had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 2 opponents and going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Emmanuel Sanchez at Bellator 255 on 2nd April 2021 by submission in the 1st round in their Bellator Featherweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Pedro Carvalho at Bellator 252 on 12th November 2020 by knockout in the 1st round in their Bellator Featherweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Juan Archuleta at Bellator 228 on 28th September 2019 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Featherweight championship fight at The Forum, Inglewood.

Before that, he was victorious against Michael Chandler at Bellator 221 on 11th May 2019 by knockout in the 1st round in their Bellator Lightweight championship fight at Allstate Arena, Rosemont.

He had won against Emmanuel Sanchez at Bellator 209 on 15th November 2018 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Featherweight championship fight at Menora Mivtachim, Tel Aviv, Israel.

McKee Jr had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 1opponent and going the distance 4 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had beaten Darrion Caldwell at Bellator 253 on 19th November 2020 by submission in the 1st round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

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

Going into that contest, he was victorious against Pat Curran at Bellator 221 on 11th May 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Allstate Arena, Rosemont.

Before that, he had won against Daniel Crawford at Bellator 212 on 14th December 2018 by submission in the 1st round at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

He had beaten John Teixeira at Bellator 205 on 21st September 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Centurylink Arena, Boise.

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 3 years and 18 days ago, while AJ McKee Jr's last outing had been 3 years, 5 months and 1 day ago.

Pitbull's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 5 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 1 month. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

McKee Jr's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 6 months and 30 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 11 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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