Who won Pitbull vs Miranda?
Bruno Miranda beat Patricky Pitbull by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of PFL 5, on Friday 21st June 2024 at Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City.
The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Bruno Miranda.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).
Pitbull vs Miranda stats
Patricky Pitbull stepped into the octagon with a record of 25 wins, 13 losses and 0 draws, 17 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.
Bruno Miranda made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.
This was Patricky Pitbull's 2nd fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2024. Bruno Miranda marked his 6th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2022.
Patricky Pitbull's PFL record stood at 0-2-0, while Bruno Miranda's came in at 4-2-0.
The stats suggested Pitbull had an advantage in power over Miranda, with a 68% knock out percentage over Miranda's 56%.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Miranda had a slight advantage over Pitbull, with a 13% submission rate over Pitbull's 4%.
Patricky Pitbull was the older man by 4 years, at 38 years old.
Miranda had a height advantage of 2 inches over Pitbull.
Pitbull was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 17 more fights, and made his debut in 2005, 18 years and 11 months later than Miranda, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 46 more professional rounds, 91 to Miranda's 45.
Pitbull vs Miranda form
Patricky Pitbull had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.
In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Clay Collard at PFL 2: 2024 Regular Season on 12th April 2024 by knockout in the 2nd round at The Theater at Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas, United States.
Previous to that, he had been beaten by Alexander Shabliy at Bellator 301 on 17th November 2023 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Wintrust Arena, Chicago.
Going into that contest, he had won against Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza at Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN 2 on 29th July 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.
Before that, he had been defeated by Usman Nurmagomedov at Bellator 288 on 18th November 2022 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Lightweight championship fight at Wintrust Arena, Chicago, United States.
He had beaten 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.
Activity check
Pitbull's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 10 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.
What time did Pitbull vs Miranda start?
The fighters were expected to walk out at around 1:40 AM UTC , which was 9:40 PM EST or 6:40 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 2:40 AM BST in the UK.
What were the odds on Pitbull vs Miranda?
Patricky Pitbull was a 1/1 (+110) underdog going into the contest, while Bruno Miranda made his way into the ring at 4/5 (-140) with oddsmakers.
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