Poirier vs Pettis

Who won Poirier vs Pettis?

Dustin Poirier beat Anthony Pettis by knockout in the 3rd round during the main event of UFC Fight Night 120, on Saturday 11th November 2017 at Ted Constant Convocation Center in Norfolk.

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).

Poirier vs Pettis stats

Dustin Poirier stepped into the octagon with a record of 21 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Anthony Pettis made his way to the cage with a record of 20 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

This was Dustin Poirier's 31st fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2011.

Dustin Poirier's UFC record stood at 22-8-0, while Anthony Pettis' came in at 11-9-0.

The stats suggested Pettis had a slight advantage in power over Poirier, with a 50% knock out percentage over Poirier's 48%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Pettis had a slight advantage over Poirier, with a 30% submission rate over Poirier's 29%.

Dustin Poirier was the younger man by 2 years, at 35 years old.

Pettis had a height advantage of 1 inch over Poirier. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Poirier's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Pettis', having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2009, 15 years and 2 months later than Pettis, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 4 more professional rounds, 89 to Pettis' 85.

Poirier vs Pettis form

Poirier had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Conor McGregor at UFC 264 on 10th July 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Conor McGregor at UFC 257 on 23rd January 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Dan Hooker at UFC Vegas 4 on 27th June 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Before that, he had lost to Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 242 on 7th September 2019 by submission in the 3rd round in their UFC Lightweight championship fight at du Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

He was victorious against Max Holloway at UFC 236 on 13th April 2019 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at State Farm Arena, Atlanta, United States.

Activity check

Poirier's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 3 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

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