Porto vs Joanne

Who won Porto vs Joanne?

Vanessa Porto beat Ilara Joanne by split decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of Bellator 263, on Saturday 31st July 2021 at The Forum in Inglewood.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Vanessa Porto.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Women’s Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

Porto vs Joanne stats

Vanessa Porto stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.

Ilara Joanne made her way to the cage with a record of 9 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Vanessa Porto's Bellator record stood at 1-2-0, while Ilara Joanne's came in at 3-4-0.

The stats suggested Joanne had a massive power advantage over Porto, boasting a 44% knock out percentage over Porto's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Joanne had a massive advantage over Porto, boasting a 33% submission rate over Porto's 0%.

Vanessa Porto was the older woman by 11 years, at 40 years old.

Porto had 1-inch reach advantage.

Porto was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 14 fewer fights, and made her debut in , 10 years and 8 months earlier than Joanne, whose first professional fight was in 2013. She had fought 34 more professional rounds, 75 to Joanne's 41.

Porto vs Joanne form

Ilara Joanne had beaten 2 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight before this contest, she had lost to Bruna Ellen at Bellator 295 on 22nd April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, United States.

Previous to that, she had won against Denise Kielholtz at Bellator 289 on 9th December 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Going into that contest, she had beaten Alejandra Lara at Bellator 282 on 24th June 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, she had been beaten by Vanessa Porto at Bellator 263 on 31st July 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at The Forum, Inglewood.

She had been defeated by Kana Watanabe at Bellator 237 on 28th December 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

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Joanne's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years and 4 months, meaning she had been fighting on average every 10 months and 12 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Porto vs Joanne?

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