Pitbull vs Sanchez

Who won Pitbull vs Sanchez?

Patricio Pitbull beat Emmanuel Sanchez by submission in the 1st round during the main event of Bellator 255, on Friday 2nd April 2021 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville.

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 Sanchez 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.

Emmanuel Sanchez made his way to the cage with a record of 20 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 8 by submission.

Patricio Pitbull's Bellator record stood at 23-6-0, while Emmanuel Sanchez's came in at 12-8-0.

The stats suggested Pitbull had a large advantage in power over Sanchez, boasting a 35% knock out percentage over Sanchez's 5%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Sanchez had a slight advantage over Pitbull, with a 40% submission rate over Pitbull's 35%.

Patricio Pitbull was the older man by 4 years, at 37 years old.

Sanchez had a height advantage of 3 inches over Pitbull. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Pitbull was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 11 more fights, and made his debut in 2004, 7 years and 8 months earlier than Sanchez, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 32 more professional rounds, 107 to Sanchez's 75.

Pitbull vs Sanchez form

Pitbull had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against 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.

Previous to that, he had beaten AJ McKee Jr 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 lost to 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.

Before that, he had defeated 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.

He was victorious against 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.

Emmanuel Sanchez had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had been beaten by Patricio Pitbull 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 won against Daniel Weichel at Bellator 252 on 12th November 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Georgi Karakhanyan at Bellator 218 on 22nd March 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at WinStar World Casino, Thackerville.

Before that, he had been defeated by Patricio Pitbull at Bellator 209 on 15th November 2018 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Featherweight championship fight at Menora Mivtachim, Tel Aviv, Israel.

He had defeated Sam Sicilia at Bellator 198 on 28th April 2018 by submission in the 1st round at AllState Arena, Rosemont, United States.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Patricio Pitbull had been fighting more than Emmanuel Sanchez.

Going to this contest, Patricio Pitbull had last fought 1 year, 9 months and 23 days ago, while Emmanuel Sanchez's last outing had been 3 years, 3 months and 22 days ago.

Pitbull's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 8 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Sanchez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 3 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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