Lara vs Joanne

Who won Lara vs Joanne?

Ilara Joanne beat Alejandra Lara by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of Bellator 282, on Friday 24th June 2022 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Ilara Joanne.

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).

Lara vs Joanne stats

Alejandra Lara stepped into the octagon with a record of 9 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Ilara Joanne made her way to the cage with a record of 9 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Alejandra Lara's Bellator record stood at 3-6-0, while Ilara Joanne's came in at 3-4-0.

The stats suggested that Lara and Joanne have similar power, both with a 44% knock out percentage.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Lara and Joanne would have been pretty equal, both with a 33% submission rate.

Alejandra Lara was the same age as Ilara Joanne, at 29 years old.

Lara had a height advantage of 4 inches over Joanne. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Lara was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 1 fewer fights, and made her debut in 2011, 1 year and 7 months earlier than Joanne, whose first professional fight was in 2013. She had fought 4 less professional rounds, 37 to Joanne's 41.

Lara vs Joanne form

Lara had beaten 2 of her last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In her last fight before this contest, she had lost to DeAnna Bennett at Bellator 266 on 18th September 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at SAP Center, San Jose, United States.

Previous to that, she had been beaten by Kana Watanabe at Bellator 255 on 2nd April 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Going into that contest, she had won against Veta Arteaga at Bellator 235 on 20th December 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

Before that, she had beaten Taylor Turner at Bellator 225 on 24th August 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Webster Bank Arena, Bridgeport.

She had been defeated by Juliana Velasquez at Bellator 212 on 14th December 2018 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

Activity check

Lara's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 4 months and 24 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year and 29 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Joanne's last 3 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 6 months and 13 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 6 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.7 rounds on average.

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