McCourt vs Silva

Who won McCourt vs Silva?

Leah McCourt beat Dayana Silva by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of Bellator 285, on Friday 23rd September 2022 at 3Arena Dublin in Dublin.

The scorecards were announced as 29-28, 30-27, 30-27 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 Silva stats

Leah McCourt stepped into the octagon with a record of 6 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Dayana Silva made her way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out.

Leah McCourt's Bellator record stood at 7-2-0, while Dayana Silva's came in at 1-4-0.

The stats suggested Silva had a slight advantage in power over McCourt, with a 20% knock out percentage over McCourt's 17%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested McCourt had a massive advantage over Silva, boasting a 33% submission rate over Silva's 0%.

Leah McCourt was the younger woman by 1 year, at 32 years old.

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

McCourt was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 9 fewer fights, and made her debut in 2017, 7 years and 6 months later than Silva, whose first professional fight was in 2009. She had fought 30 less professional rounds, 25 to Silva's 55.

McCourt vs Silva form

McCourt had beaten 3 of her last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had won against Sara McMann at Bellator 300 on 7th October 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Pechanga Arena, San Diego, United States.

Previous to that, she had lost to Cat Zingano at Bellator 293 on 31st March 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Pechanga Resort Casino, Temecula.

Going into that contest, she had beaten Dayana Silva at Bellator 285 on 23rd September 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, United Kingdom.

Before that, she had been beaten by Sinead Kavanagh at Bellator MMA on 25th February 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

She had defeated Jessica Borga at Bellator London on 1st October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at SSE Arena, London, England.

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McCourt's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 9 months and 23 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 6 months and 24 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Silva's last 3 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 3 months and 8 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 2 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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