Lara vs Turner

Who won Lara vs Turner?

Alejandra Lara beat Taylor Turner by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of Bellator 225, on Saturday 24th August 2019 at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Women’s Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Lara vs Turner stats

Alejandra Lara stepped into the octagon with a record of 7 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Taylor Turner made her way to the cage with a record of 4 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Alejandra Lara's Bellator record stood at 3-6-0, while Taylor Turner's came in at 1-2-0.

The stats suggested Turner had a slight advantage in power over Lara, with a 50% knock out percentage over Lara's 43%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Turner had a slight advantage over Lara, with a 50% submission rate over Lara's 43%.

Alejandra Lara was the younger woman by 11 years, at 30 years old.

Turner had a height advantage of 3 inches over Lara. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Lara was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made her debut in 2011, 2 years and 10 months earlier than Turner, whose first professional fight was in 2014. She had fought 18 more professional rounds, 37 to Turner's 19.

Lara vs Turner form

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

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had lost to Kana Watanabe at Bellator 255 on 2nd April 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Previous to that, 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.

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

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

She had been defeated by Ilima Lei Macfarlane at Bellator 201 on 29th June 2018 by submission in the 3rd round in their Bellator Women’s Flyweight championship fight at Pechanga Resort Casino, Temecula.

Activity check

Lara's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 3 months and 14 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 4 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Lara vs Turner?

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