Sergio Pettis

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Sergio Pettis

Nickname“The Phenom”

Record

25-8

Streak

L1

Age

33

Date of birth

Aug 18, 1993

Fighting out of: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Born: United States
Camp: Roufusport
Weight class: Bantamweight
Height: 5'6" · 168 cm
Reach: 69" · 175 cm
Stance: Orthodox
Last fight: Sep 21, 2019

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

Tyson Nam

Flyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Stephens · Sep 21, 2019

UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Stephens

Rob Font

Bantamweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Iaquinta · Dec 15, 2018

UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Iaquinta

Jussier Formiga

#5Jussier Formiga

Flyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 229: Khabib vs. McGregor · Oct 6, 2018

UFC 229: Khabib vs. McGregor

Joseph Benavidez

#1Joseph Benavidez

Flyweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2 · Jun 9, 2018

UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2

Henry Cejudo

Flyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 218: Holloway vs. Aldo 2 · Dec 2, 2017

UFC 218: Holloway vs. Aldo 2

Brandon Moreno

#7Brandon Moreno

Flyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R5 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Pettis vs. Moreno · Aug 5, 2017

UFC Fight Night: Pettis vs. Moreno

John Moraga

Flyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Penn · Jan 15, 2017

UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Penn

Chris Kelades

Flyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 197: Jones vs. Saint Preux · Apr 23, 2016

UFC 197: Jones vs. Saint Preux

Chris Cariaso

#10Chris Cariaso

Flyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 192: Cormier vs. Gustafsson · Oct 3, 2015

UFC 192: Cormier vs. Gustafsson

Ryan Benoit

Flyweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head In Clinch · R2 · 1:34

UFC 185: Pettis vs. Dos Anjos · Mar 14, 2015

Punch to Head In Clinch

UFC 185: Pettis vs. Dos Anjos

Matt Hobar

Bantamweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler II · Dec 6, 2014

UFC 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler II

Yaotzin Meza

Bantamweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. Khabilov · Jun 7, 2014

UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. Khabilov

Alex Caceres

Bantamweight · Submission · Rear Naked Choke · R3 · 4:39

UFC on FOX: Henderson vs. Thomson · Jan 25, 2014

Rear Naked Choke

UFC on FOX: Henderson vs. Thomson

Will Campuzano

Bantamweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 167: St-Pierre vs. Hendricks · Nov 16, 2013

UFC 167: St-Pierre vs. Hendricks

Outside the UFC

16-3across 19 bouts · 9 promotions · wins by 5 KO · 4 sub · 7 decBellator · NAFC · PFL · RIZIN · RFA 8 +4

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Mitchell McKee11-0	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	PFL	Apr 11, 2026
W	Magomed Magomedov22-5	KO/TKO	Spinning Back Elbow and Punch	R2	4:31	PFL	Oct 3, 2025
W	Raufeon Stots21-4	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	PFL	Jun 27, 2025
L	Kyoji Horiguchi36-5	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	RIZIN	Jun 9, 2024
L	Patrick Mix20-4	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	1:51	Bellator	Nov 17, 2023
W	Patricio Freire37-9	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	Bellator	Jun 16, 2023
W	Kyoji Horiguchi36-5	KO/TKO	Spinning Backfist	R4	3:24	Bellator	Dec 3, 2021
W	Juan Archuleta31-7	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	Bellator	May 7, 2021
W	Ricky Bandejas15-9	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Bellator	Jul 24, 2020
W	Alfred Khashakyan11-5	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	3:00	Bellator	Jan 25, 2020
W	James Porter8-6	Submission	Kimura	R1	2:33	NAFC	Sep 28, 2013
W	Dillard Pegg6-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:51	RFA 8	Jun 21, 2013
W	Josh Robinson12-13	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	NAFC	Mar 29, 2013
W	Jimmy Jones4-5-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	RFA 4	Nov 2, 2012
W	Tom McKenna7-4	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	3:52	LOF 53	Jun 16, 2012
W	Chris Haney4-11	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	NAFC	May 4, 2012
W	Mike Lindquist8-33	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	1:43	Madtown Throwdown 26	Jan 7, 2012
W	Tony Zelinski5-11	KO/TKO	Head Kick	R2	1:59	NAFC	Nov 18, 2011
W	Kyle Vivian0-8	KO/TKO	Head Kick	R1	1:46	CFC	Sep 10, 2011

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Amateur

3-0across 3 amateur bouts · 3 promotionsNAFC · WFC · GCF

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Scott Walenski1-6	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	2:17	NAFC	Aug 7, 2010
W	Levi Johnson0-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	WFC	Jan 30, 2010
W	Jordan Winski12-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:55	GCF	Aug 15, 2009

Amateur (pre-professional) bouts — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.

Career striking

OverallC53rd

37%819 / 2,188

Striking accuracy

65%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.97 differential

Landed3.88

Absorbed2.91

66%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+2%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head79%83rd645
Body10%29th82
Leg11%47th92

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

89%Standing

Standing89%730
Clinch5%42
Ground6%47

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

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Landed per 15

Head

A+

86th

45.8

86th

Body

F

21st

5.8

21st

Leg

C

45th

6.5

45th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

B

66th

27.2

66th

Body

C

51st

10.2

51st

Leg

B

64th

6.2

64th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	45.8	645	1,935	33%
Body	5.8	82	147	56%
Leg	6.5	92	106	87%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	27.2	383	1,433	27%
Body	10.2	144	231	62%
Leg	6.2	88	115	77%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

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Sergio Pettis

14 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 211 min

108%

R3 pace · 13 bouts

Pettis holds steady (+1% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Pettis lifts to 108% of round-1 output by round 3 (13 bouts).

Sergio Pettis

Pettis — HOLDSOutput / min

Faded points are drawn from a single bout that reached that round, so they’re less reliable than the solid points averaged over many fights.

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

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Pettislanded / min

Takedown attempts

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Pettisattempts / min

Control time

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Pettis% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.5	3.8	3.3	0.13	8%	14
R2	4.9	4.1	2.9	0.12	11%	14
R3	4.6	3.8	2.7	0.19	8%	13
R4	4.8	4.8	2.4	0.00	0%	1
R5	3.2	2.6	1.4	0.20	1%	1

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Sergio Pettis

Sergio Pettis

14 resolved UFC bouts · 7 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

60/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

89th

64%

89th

Win quality

A

76th

49%

76th

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

2

4

4

1

3

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Ranked 6–15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	2	1-1	50%
Top-5	4	2-2	50%
Ranked 6–15	4	2-2	50%
Building	1	1-0	100%
Unproven	3	3-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
W	Tyson Nam	Ranked 6–15	44	Sep 21, 2019
L	Rob Font#11	Top-5	78	Dec 15, 2018
L	Jussier Formiga#5	Top-5	86	Oct 6, 2018
W	Joseph Benavidez#1	Top-5	90	Jun 9, 2018
L	Henry Cejudo#2	Champion	96	Dec 2, 2017
W	Brandon Moreno#7	Champion	91	Aug 5, 2017
W	John Moraga#8	Top-5	78	Jan 15, 2017
W	Chris Kelades	Building	18	Apr 23, 2016
W	Chris Cariaso#10	Ranked 6–15	72	Oct 3, 2015
L	Ryan Benoit	Ranked 6–15	51	Mar 14, 2015
W	Matt Hobar	Unproven	8	Dec 6, 2014
W	Yaotzin Meza	Unproven	8	Jun 7, 2014
L	Alex Caceres	Ranked 6–15	51	Jan 25, 2014
W	Will Campuzano	Unproven	8	Nov 16, 2013

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.