McCourt vs Hughes

Who won McCourt vs Hughes?

Leah McCourt beat Kerry Hughes by submission in the 1st round during the main card of Bellator 227, on Friday 27th September 2019 at 3Arena in Dublin.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the 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 Hughes stats

Leah McCourt stepped into the octagon with a record of 2 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Kerry Hughes made her way to the cage with a record of 3 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out.

Leah McCourt's Bellator record stood at 7-2-0, while Kerry Hughes' came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested McCourt had an advantage in power over Hughes, with a 50% knock out percentage over Hughes' 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that McCourt and Hughes would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Leah McCourt was the younger woman by 8 years, at 31 years old.

McCourt had a height advantage of 2 inches over Hughes.

McCourt was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 4 fewer fights, and made her debut in 2017, 3 years and 10 months later than Hughes, whose first professional fight was in 2013. She had fought 8 more professional rounds, 25 to Hughes' 17.

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