Bennett vs Lara

Who won Bennett vs Lara?

DeAnna Bennett beat Alejandra Lara by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of Bellator 266, on Saturday 18th September 2021 at SAP Center in San Jose.

The scorecards were announced as 30-27, 30-27, 30-26 in favor of the winner DeAnna Bennett.

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).

Bennett vs Lara stats

DeAnna Bennett stepped into the octagon with a record of 10 wins, 7 losses and 1 draw, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

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

DeAnna Bennett's Bellator record stood at 3-2-0, while Alejandra Lara's came in at 3-6-0.

The stats suggested Lara had a large advantage in power over Bennett, boasting a 44% knock out percentage over Bennett's 20%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Lara had an advantage over Bennett, with a 33% submission rate over Bennett's 20%.

DeAnna Bennett was the older woman by 10 years, at 39 years old.

Lara had a height advantage of 3 inches over Bennett. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Bennett was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 6 more fights, and made her debut in 2012, 2 months later than Lara, whose first professional fight was in 2011. She had fought 21 more professional rounds, 58 to Lara's 37.

Bennett vs Lara form

Lara had beaten 2 of her last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.

In her last fight before this contest, she had lost to Kana Watanabe at Bellator 255 on 2nd April 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Previous to that, she had won against Veta Arteaga at Bellator 235 on 20th December 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

Going into that contest, she had beaten Taylor Turner at Bellator 225 on 24th August 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Webster Bank Arena, Bridgeport.

Before that, she had been beaten by Juliana Velasquez at Bellator 212 on 14th December 2018 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

She had been defeated by Ilima Lei Macfarlane at Bellator 201 on 29th June 2018 by submission in the 3rd round in their Bellator Women’s Flyweight championship fight at Pechanga Resort Casino, Temecula.

Activity check

Bennett's last 2 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 4 months and 26 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 3 years, 2 months and 14 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Lara's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 9 months and 29 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 1 day. In those fights, she fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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