Pitbull vs Souza

Who won Pitbull vs Souza?

Patricky Pitbull beat Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza by knockout in the 3rd round during the main event of Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN 2, on Saturday 29th July 2023 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Pitbull vs Souza stats

Patricky Pitbull stepped into the octagon with a record of 24 wins, 11 losses and 0 draws, 16 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza made his way to the cage with a record of 15 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 10 by submission.

This was Patricky Pitbull's 26th fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2011.

Patricky Pitbull's Bellator record stood at 16-10-0, while Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza's came in at 0-2-0.

The stats suggested Pitbull had a massive power advantage over Souza, boasting a 67% knock out percentage over Souza's 27%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Souza had a massive advantage over Pitbull, boasting a 67% submission rate over Pitbull's 4%.

Patricky Pitbull was the older man by 4 years, at 38 years old.

Souza had a height advantage of 4 inches over Pitbull.

Pitbull was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 18 more fights, and made his debut in 2005, 18 years and 7 months later than Souza, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 61 more professional rounds, 88 to Souza's 27.

Pitbull vs Souza form

Patricky Pitbull had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Usman Nurmagomedov at Bellator 288 on 18th November 2022 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Lightweight championship fight at Wintrust Arena, Chicago, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Peter Queally at Bellator MMA on 5th November 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round in their Bellator Lightweight championship fight at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Peter Queally at Bellator 258 on 7th May 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Before that, he had been defeated by Tofiq Musayev at RIZIN 20 on 31st December 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

He had beaten Luiz Gustavo at RIZIN 20 on 31st December 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Souza had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Tofiq Musayev at RIZIN 28 on 13th June 2021 by submission in the 1st round in their Rizin Lightweight championship fight at Tokyo Dome(東京ドーム), Bunkyo, Japan.

Previous to that, he was victorious against Kazuki Tokudome at RIZIN 27 on 21st March 2021 by submission in the 1st round at Nippongaishi Hall(日本ガイシホール), Nagoya.

Going into that contest, he had won against Yusuke Yachi at RIZIN 22 on 9th August 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Pia Arena MM, Yokohama.

Before that, he had lost to Johnny Case at RIZIN 19 on 12th October 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Edion Arena, Osaka.

He had beaten Mizuto Hirota at RIZIN 17 on 28th July 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Patricky Pitbull had been fighting more than Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza.

Going to this contest, Patricky Pitbull had last fought 1 year, 5 months and 7 days ago, while Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza's last outing had been 2 years, 10 months and 12 days ago.

Pitbull's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 3 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Souza's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 8 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1 rounds on average.

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