Who won McCourt vs Harding?
Leah McCourt beat Janay Harding by submission in the 2nd round during the prelims of Bellator 259, on Friday 21st May 2021 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville.
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 Harding stats
Leah McCourt stepped into the octagon with a record of 4 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.
Janay Harding made her way to the cage with a record of 6 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 Janay Harding's came in at 3-5-0.
The stats suggested Harding had a massive power advantage over McCourt, boasting a 67% knock out percentage over McCourt's 25%.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested McCourt had a large advantage over Harding, boasting a 25% submission rate over Harding's 0%.
Leah McCourt was the older woman by 2 years, at 31 years old.
Harding had a height advantage of 2 inches over McCourt. Despite this, she had a 2-inch reach advantage.
McCourt was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 6 fewer fights, and made her debut in 2017, 3 years and 2 months later than Harding, whose first professional fight was in 2014. She had fought 7 less professional rounds, 25 to Harding's 32.
McCourt vs Harding form
McCourt had beaten 3 of her last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.
In her last fight before this contest, she had won against Sara McMann at Bellator 300 on 7th October 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Pechanga Arena, San Diego, United States.
Previous to that, she had lost to Cat Zingano at Bellator 293 on 31st March 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Pechanga Resort Casino, Temecula.
Going into that contest, she had beaten Dayana Silva at Bellator 285 on 23rd September 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, United Kingdom.
Before that, she had been beaten by Sinead Kavanagh at Bellator MMA on 25th February 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
She had defeated Jessica Borga at Bellator London on 1st October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at SSE Arena, London, England.
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McCourt's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 7 months and 5 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 6 months and 8 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.
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