McCourt vs Borga

Who won McCourt vs Borga?

Leah McCourt beat Jessica Borga by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest, during the co-main event of Bellator London, on Friday 1st October 2021 at SSE Arena in London.

The scorecards were announced as 30-27, 29-28, 29-28 in favor of winner Leah McCourt.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Women’s Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

McCourt vs Borga stats

Leah McCourt stepped into the ring with a record of 4 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Jessica Borga made her way to the ring with a record of 3 wins, 3 loses and 0 draws, with 2 of those wins by knock out and 1 by submission.

The stats suggested Borga had a massive power advantage over McCourt, boosting at 67% knock out percentage over McCourt's 25%.

Leah McCourt was the younger woman by 2 years, at 30 years old.

McCourt had a height advantage of 1 inch over Borga. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

McCourt's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Borga's, having had 1 less fights, and made her debut in 2017, 8 months earlier than Borga, whose first professional fight was in 2018. She had fought 7 more professional rounds, 21 to Borga's 14.

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McCourt's last 3 fights had come over a period of 3 years and 4 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year and 1 day. In those fights, she fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.