Patrício Pitbull will look to become a three-division champion and cement his status as the greatest fighter in Bellator MMA history if he successfully picks up the Bantamweight world championship in the co-main event of Bellator 297 in Chicago. The former Bellator Lightweight champion and current Featherweight king shocked the MMA world when he decided to cut weight to try to make history and become, for the second time, a Bellator simultaneous two-division champion by adding the Bantamweight strip to his Featherweight title. His opponent Sergio Pettis, the Featherweight world champion, is unbeaten in the promotion.
MMA: Bellator Bantamweight World Championship
Location: Wintrust Arena, Chicago, Illinois
Where to watch: Showtime
Date: 17.06.2023. 05.00
Sergio Pettis
American Sergio Pettis, 29, has expertise in Taekwondo, BJJ, and Kickboxing. Turning professional in 2011, "The Phenom" has primarily competed at Flyweight and Bantamweight. The former UFC fighter has several notable names on his resume, including Brandon Moreno and Joseph Benavidez. At UFC, he was a decent competitor. However, since debuting in Bellator MMA in January 2020, Pettis has speedily taken over the Bantamweight division, winning the championship from Juan Archuleta in 2021. He has won several accolades in the promotion, like the 2021 Bellator Knockout of the Year vs. Kyoji Horiguch by CBS. Of his twenty-two wins in pro-MMA, fourteen have come by way of decision.
Tale of the Tape
- Age: 29
- Height: 5' 6"
- Reach: 69"
- Record: 22-5
Patrício Pitbull
Pitbull is a veteran of mixed martial arts at 35 years old. He is ranked as the number two featherweight fighter outside of the UFC. In Bellator, he became the second fighter to hold simultaneous two-weight championships when he won the Bellator Lightweight championships in May 2019 to add to his Featherweight championship. The Brazilian fighter, who debuted in Bellator MMA in 2010, first picked up the Featherweight title in 2014 when he dethroned Pat Curran. He briefly lost and regained the title against Daniel Straus and A. J. McKee. In May 2019, he ended Michael Chandler's reign by taking the Lightweight title from him. Although he subsequently vacated the Lightweight belt, he made it into the history books across the MMAverse. Riding a three fight streak, his last match was in December 2022 in Japan in the RIZIN vs Bellator invitational, where he defeated Kleber Koike Erbst. The three-time featherweight champ is number one in the Bellator men's pound-for-pound rankings.
Tale of the Tape
- Age: 35
- Height: 5' 6"
- Weight: 145
- Reach: 65.5"
- Record: 35-5-0
Betting Odds
Pitbull is the favorite to win the Bantamweight title across the sportsbooks. On 1XBET, the featherweight champ is priced at 1.48 odds. The underdog to win is available at 2.639. On Coinplay, betting yes that round five will start comes at 1.53 odds. The No is 2.35.
