Macfarlane vs Jackson

Who won Macfarlane vs Jackson?

Ilima Lei Macfarlane beat Kate Jackson by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of Bellator 236, on Saturday 21st December 2019 at Neal S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Ilima Lei Macfarlane.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Women’s Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

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

Macfarlane vs Jackson stats

Ilima Lei Macfarlane stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 10 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Kate Jackson made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 3 losses and 1 draw, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Ilima Lei Macfarlane's Bellator record stood at 12-3-0, while Kate Jackson's came in at 3-4-0.

The stats suggested Jackson had a massive power advantage over Macfarlane, boasting a 55% knock out percentage over Macfarlane's 20%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Macfarlane had a massive advantage over Jackson, boasting a 60% submission rate over Jackson's 9%.

Ilima Lei Macfarlane was the younger man by 3 years, at 34 years old.

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

Macfarlane was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 5 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2015, 5 years and 7 months later than Jackson, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 7 more professional rounds, 49 to Jackson's 42.

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Macfarlane's last 4 fights had come over a period of 7 years and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 9 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

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