McCourt vs Kavanagh

Who won McCourt vs Kavanagh?

Sinead Kavanagh beat Leah McCourt by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of Bellator MMA, on Friday 25th February 2022 at 3Arena Dublin in Dublin.

The scorecards were announced as 30-27, 29-28, 29-28 in favor of the winner Sinead Kavanagh.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Women’s Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

McCourt vs Kavanagh stats

Leah McCourt stepped into the octagon with a record of 6 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Sinead Kavanagh made her way to the cage with a record of 7 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out.

Leah McCourt's Bellator record stood at 7-2-0, while Sinead Kavanagh's came in at 6-6-0.

The stats suggested Kavanagh had a massive power advantage over McCourt, boasting a 57% knock out percentage over McCourt's 17%.

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

Leah McCourt was the older woman by 31 years, at 31 years old.

McCourt had a height advantage of 1 inch over Kavanagh. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

McCourt was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 5 fewer fights, and made her debut in 2017, 6 years and 10 months later than Kavanagh, whose first professional fight was in . She had fought 9 less professional rounds, 25 to Kavanagh's 34.

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McCourt's last 4 fights had come over a period of 4 years and 7 months, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 22 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.3 rounds on average.

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