PFL Chicago: Mitch McKee upsets Sergio Pettis to stay undefeated

Mitch McKee got it done at PFL Chicago.

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Mitch McKee is still undefeated, and just notched his biggest win yet.

The former University of Minnesota wrestler defeated former Bellator champion Sergio Pettis by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) to improve his career record to 11-0. Five years after his first professional fight, McKee just beat the man at the top of the PFL bantamweight rankings.

McKee did it with persistence on the ground, landing three out of four takedowns and 10:26 of control time, per the PFL’s numbers. Pettis got him in some danger at times, but was never given a window to do real damage.

McKee landed 114 significant strikes to Pettis’ 20.

McKee graded himself on a tough rubric after the fight:

I think it was a B-plus, maybe. I feel like I had such good positions that I coulda went for the finish, but against a guy that’s tricky like him, I just felt like I was doing a little too much of keeping the position instead of looking for more damage … I’m just really hard on myself.

Full PFL Chicago results

Main Card

Bantamweight: Mitch McKee def. Sergio Pettis via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Bantamweight: Renat Khavalov def. Raufeon Stots via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Catchweight: Viviane Araujo def. Shanna Young via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Featherweight: Gabriel Braga def. Cheyden Leialoha via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Prelims

Women’s flyweight: Jena Bishop vs. Borena Tsertsvadze via submission at 2:21 of R1

Welterweight: Omar El Dafrawy def. James Vake via KO at 1:12 of R1

Women’s flyweight: Paulina Wisniewska def. Kana Watanabe via TKO at 3:15 of R2

Heavyweight: Alexandr Romanov def. Rodrigo Nascimento via submission at 3:20 of R2

Catchweight: Biaggio Ali Walsh def. Dash Harris via TKO at 4:45 of R1

Welterweight: Valanti Atsas def. Nate Jennerman via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)