Pitbull vs Shabliy

Who won Pitbull vs Shabliy?

Alexander Shabliy beat Patricky Pitbull by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main card of Bellator 301, on Friday 17th November 2023 at Wintrust Arena in Chicago.

The scorecards were announced as 50-45, 50-45, 50-45 in favor of the winner Alexander Shabliy.

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 Shabliy stats

Patricky Pitbull stepped into the octagon with a record of 25 wins, 11 losses and 0 draws, 17 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Alexander Shabliy made his way to the cage with a record of 23 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 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 Alexander Shabliy's came in at 5-0-0.

The stats suggested Pitbull had an advantage in power over Shabliy, with a 68% knock out percentage over Shabliy's 52%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Shabliy had a large advantage over Pitbull, boasting a 30% submission rate over Pitbull's 4%.

Patricky Pitbull was the older man by 7 years, at 38 years old.

Shabliy had a height advantage of 2 inches over Pitbull.

Pitbull was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 10 more fights, and made his debut in 2005, 5 years and 1 month earlier than Shabliy, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 37 more professional rounds, 88 to Shabliy's 51.

Pitbull vs Shabliy form

Pitbull 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 lost to Tofiq Musayev at RIZIN 20 on 31st December 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had won against Luiz Gustavo at RIZIN 20 on 31st December 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Tatsuya Kawajiri at RIZIN 19 on 12th October 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Edion Arena, Osaka.

Before that, he had defeated Ryan Scope at Bellator Newcastle on 9th February 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, United Kingdom.

He was victorious against Roger Huerta at Bellator 205 on 21st September 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at Centurylink Arena, Boise, United States.

Activity check

Pitbull's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 7 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Pitbull vs Shabliy?

Patricky Pitbull was a 9/2 (+450) underdog going into the contest, while Alexander Shabliy made his way into the ring at 1/7 (-710) with oddsmakers.