Avsaragova vs Kish

Who won Avsaragova vs Kish?

Justine Kish beat Diana Avsaragova by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of Bellator 298 – Storley vs. Ward, on Friday 11th August 2023 at Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Justine Kish.

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).

Avsaragova vs Kish stats

Diana Avsaragova stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 6 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Justine Kish made his way to the cage with a record of 8 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws and 2 by submission.

Diana Avsaragova's Bellator record stood at 4-1-0, while Justine Kish's came in at 2-2-0.

The stats suggested Avsaragova had an advantage in power over Kish, with a 17% knock out percentage over Kish's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Kish had a slight advantage over Avsaragova, with a 25% submission rate over Avsaragova's 17%.

Diana Avsaragova was the younger man by 11 years, at 25 years old.

Avsaragova had a height advantage of 2 inches over Kish. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Avsaragova was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 8 fewer fights, and made his debut in , 13 years and 7 months earlier than Kish, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 26 less professional rounds, 17 to Kish's 43.

Avsaragova vs Kish form

Justine Kish had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had lost to DeAnna Bennett at Bellator 284 on 12th August 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls, United States.

Previous to that, she had won against Ilima Lei Macfarlane at Bellator 279 on 23rd April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

Going into that contest, she had been beaten by DeAnna Bennett at Bellator 274 on 19th February 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, she had been defeated by Tracy Cortez at UFC Vegas 24 on 17th April 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

She had lost to Felice Herrig at UFC Fight Night 112 on 25th June 2017 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Chesapeake Energy Arena, Oklahoma City.

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Kish's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Avsaragova vs Kish?

Diana Avsaragova was a 13/25 (-190) favourite going into the contest, while Justine Kish made his way into the ring at 11/8 (+140) with oddsmakers.