Cyborg vs Smith

Who won Cyborg vs Smith?

Cris Cyborg beat Leslie Smith by during the main event of Bellator 259, on Friday 21st May 2021 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Cris Cyborg.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Women’s Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

This contest was for the Bellator women’s featherweight championship.

Cyborg vs Smith stats

Cris Cyborg stepped into the octagon with a record of 23 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 18 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Leslie Smith made her way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 8 losses and 1 draw, 5 of those wins coming by knock out.

Cris Cyborg's Bellator record stood at 6-0-0, while Leslie Smith's came in at 2-2-0.

The stats suggested Cyborg had a massive power advantage over Smith, boasting a 78% knock out percentage over Smith's 42%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Cyborg had a slight advantage over Smith, with a 4% submission rate over Smith's 0%.

Cris Cyborg was the younger woman by 3 years, at 38 years old.

Smith had a height advantage of 1 inch over Cyborg. Despite this, she had 3-inch reach advantage.

Cyborg was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 4 more fights, and made her debut in 2005, 3 years and 9 months earlier than Smith, whose first professional fight was in 2009. She had fought 7 more professional rounds, 64 to Smith's 57.

Cyborg vs Smith form

Cyborg had won all 5 of her most recent fights, stopping 3 opponents and going to the judges twice.

In her last fight before this contest, she had won against Sinead Kavanagh at Bellator 271 on 12th November 2021 by knockout in the 1st round in their Bellator Women’s Featherweight championship fight at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, United States.

Previous to that, she had beaten Leslie Smith at Bellator 259 on 21st May 2021 by knockout in the 5th round in their Bellator Women’s Featherweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Going into that contest, she had defeated Arlene Blencowe at Bellator 249 on 15th October 2020 by submission in the 2nd round in their Bellator Women’s Featherweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, she was victorious against Julia Budd at Bellator 238 on 25th January 2020 by knockout in the 4th round in their Bellator Women’s Featherweight championship fight at The Forum, Inglewood.

She had won against Felicia Spencer at UFC 240 on 27th July 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Rogers Place, Edmonton, Canada.

Activity check

Cyborg's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 8 months and 22 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 11 months and 11 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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