Montes vs Hester

Who won Montes vs Hester?

Abigail Montes beat Brandy Hester by knockout in the 1st round during the prelims of PFL 4, on Thursday 8th June 2023 at Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta.

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).

Montes vs Hester stats

Abigail Montes stepped into the octagon with a record of 3 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Brandy Hester made her way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

Brandy Hester will be making their debut in the PFL.

Abigail Montes' PFL record stood at 2-3-0.

The stats suggested Montes had a massive power advantage over Hester, boasting a 33% knock out percentage over Hester's 0%.

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

Abigail Montes was the older woman by 24 years, at 24 years old.

Montes was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 5 more fights, and made her debut in 2019, 4 years and 6 months later than Hester, whose first professional fight was in . She had fought 17 more professional rounds, 17 to Hester's 0.

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Montes' last 3 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 5 months and 30 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 10 months. In those fights, she fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Montes vs Hester?

Abigail Montes was a 1/6 (-590) favourite going into the contest, while Brandy Hester made her way into the ring at 10/3 (+350) with oddsmakers.