Who won Mokhonoana vs O’Connor?
Josh O’Connor beat Kenny Mokhonoana by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of Bellator 299, on Saturday 23rd September 2023 at 3Arena Dublin in Dublin.
The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Josh O’Connor.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).
Mokhonoana vs O’Connor stats
Kenny Mokhonoana stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 5 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.
Josh O’Connor made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 2 wins and 0 draws, with 1 of those by knock out and 1 by submission.
The stats suggested O'Connor had a large advantage in power over Mokhonoana, boosting at 50% knock out percentage over Mokhonoana's 20%.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Mokhonoana had a large advantage over O'Connor, boasting at 80% submission rate over O'Connor's 50%.
Kenny Mokhonoana was the older man by 2 years, at 27 years old.
Mokhonoana was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2021, 8 months earlier than O'Connor, whose first professional fight was in 2022. He had fought the same amount of professional rounds, 9 to O'Connor's 9.
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Mokhonoana's last 2 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 6 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 2 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1 rounds on average.
What were the odds on Mokhonoana vs O’Connor?
Kenny Mokhonoana was a 1/2 (-190) favourite going into the contest, while Josh O’Connor made his way into the ring at 13/8 (+160) with oddsmakers.
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