By The Numbers: Sergio Pettis vs. Patrick Mix

Room only exists for one.

Sergio Pettis will put his Bellator MMA bantamweight crown in the line against interim titleholder Patrick Mix when their unification bout co-headlines Bellator 301 on Friday at Wintrust Arena in Chicago. The championship has been fractured since April 2022. Pettis enters the cage with the wind of six-fight winning streak at his back, having established himself as one of the organization’s pound-for-pound standouts. The Roufusport rep last appeared at Bellator 297, where he retained his half of the title with a unanimous decision over Patricio Freire on June 16. Mix, meanwhile, has rattled off five straight victories. He last competed on April 22, when he cut down Raufeon Stots with a first-round knee strike at Bellator 295 to win the promotion’s $1 million bantamweight grand prix and the interim championship.

As Pettis and Mix move ever closer to their looming showdown at 135 pounds, a look at some of the numbers that have accompanied them to this point:

30: Years of age for Pettis, who was born in Milwaukee on Aug. 18, 1993.

4: Pettis wins by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 17.5% of his career total (23). His list of victims: Kyoji Horiguchi, Dillard Pegg, Tony Zelinski and Kyle Vivian. Pettis owns four other wins by submission (17.5%) and 15 more by decision (65%).

924: Days spent by Pettis as Bellator bantamweight champion. It ranks as the longest title reign in the history of the company’s 135-pound weight class, just ahead of Eduardo Dantas (911 days).

77: Rounds started by Pettis as a professional mixed martial artist. He has gone the distance on 18 different occasions and carries a 15-3 record in those bouts.

142: Combined victories between the six men—Freire, Horiguchi, Juan Archuleta, Ricky Bandejas, Alfred Khashakyan and Tyson Nam—Pettis has defeated since he last suffered a setback. They boast a cumulative .770 winning percentage at 142-42-1.

30: Years of age for Mix, who was born on Aug. 16, 1993 in Angola, New York.

12: Mix victories by submission, accounting for 67% of his career total (18). His methods of choice: five rear-naked chokes, four guillotine chokes, two kneebars and an arm-triangle choke. Mix holds two other victories by knockout or technical knockout (11%) and four more by decision (22%).

51: Seconds needed for Mix to dispatch Alberto Martinez Jr. with a rear-naked choke under the King of the Cage banner on Feb. 25, 2017. Nearly seven years later, it remains his fastest finish to date.

8: Consecutive calendar years in which Mix has fought at least once. In addition to his 1-0 mark in 2023, he went 2-0 in 2016, 4-0 in 2017, 3-0 in 2018, 4-0 in 2019, 0-1 in 2020, 2-0 in 2021 and 2-0 in 2022.

.816: Cumulative winning percentage between the five men—Stots, Horiguchi, Magomed Magomedov, James Gallagher and Albert Morales—Mix has beaten since he last experienced a loss. They sport a combined record of 95-21-1.