Zingano vs McCourt

Who won Zingano vs McCourt?

Cat Zingano beat Leah McCourt by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of Bellator 293, on Friday 31st March 2023 at Pechanga Resort Casino in Temecula.

The scorecards were announced as 29-28, 29-27, 29-28 in favor of the winner Cat Zingano.

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).

Zingano vs McCourt stats

Cat Zingano stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Leah McCourt made her way to the cage with a record of 7 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

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

The stats suggested Zingano had a large advantage in power over McCourt, boasting a 38% knock out percentage over McCourt's 14%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Zingano had a slight advantage over McCourt, with a 31% submission rate over McCourt's 29%.

Cat Zingano was the older woman by 10 years, at 41 years old.

McCourt had a height advantage of 2 inches over Zingano. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Zingano was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made her debut in 2008, 9 years earlier than McCourt, whose first professional fight was in 2017. She had fought 17 more professional rounds, 42 to McCourt's 25.

Zingano vs McCourt form

Leah McCourt had beaten 4 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had lost to Sinead Kavanagh at Bellator MMA on 25th February 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

Previous to that, she had won against Jessica Borga at Bellator London on 1st October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at SSE Arena, London, England.

Going into that contest, she had beaten Janay Harding at Bellator 259 on 21st May 2021 by submission in the 2nd round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Before that, she had defeated Judith Ruis at Bellator 240 on 22nd February 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at 3Arena, Dublin, Ireland.

She was victorious against Kerry Hughes at Bellator 227 on 27th September 2019 by submission in the 1st round at 3Arena, Dublin.

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McCourt's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 6 months and 22 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 10 months and 29 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Zingano vs McCourt?

Cat Zingano was a 2/7 (-340) favourite going into the contest, while Leah McCourt made her way into the ring at 47/20 (+240) with oddsmakers.