Harrison vs Morais

Who won Harrison vs Morais?

Kayla Harrison beat Mariana Morais by knockout in the 1st round during the co-main event of PFL 2021 #3, on Thursday 6th May 2021 at Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Harrison vs Morais stats

Kayla Harrison stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 8 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Mariana Morais made her way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 10 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 8 by submission.

This was Kayla Harrison's 16th fight in the PFL, having made her debut for the promotion in 2018.

Kayla Harrison's PFL record stood at 15-1-0, while Mariana Morais' came in at 1-2-0.

The stats suggested Harrison had an advantage in power over Morais, with a 38% knock out percentage over Morais' 25%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Morais had an advantage over Harrison, with a 50% submission rate over Harrison's 38%.

Kayla Harrison was the older woman by 5 years, at 33 years old.

Harrison had a height advantage of 4 inches over Morais. Despite this, Morais had 1-inch reach advantage.

Harrison was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 18 fewer fights, and made her debut in 2018, 6 years later than Morais, whose first professional fight was in 2012. She had fought 20 less professional rounds, 37 to Morais' 57.

Harrison vs Morais form

Harrison had beaten 4 of her last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In her last fight before this contest, she had won against Holly Holm at UFC 300 on 13th April 2024 by submission in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, she had beaten Aspen Ladd at PFL 10: 2023 PFL World Championship on 24th November 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Anthem, Washington.

Going into that contest, she had lost to Larissa Pacheco at PFL 2022 #10 -World Championship on 25th November 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Hulu Theater, Madison Square Garden, New York.

Before that, she had defeated Martina Jindrova at PFL 2022 #9 on 20th August 2022 by submission in the 1st round at Copper Box Arena, London, United Kingdom.

She was victorious against Kaitlin Young at PFL 2022 #6 on 1st July 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta, United States.

Activity check

Harrison's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 9 months and 25 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 4 months and 13 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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