Cyborg vs Blencowe

Who won Cyborg vs Blencowe?

Cris Cyborg beat Arlene Blencowe by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of Bellator 279, on Saturday 23rd April 2022 at Neal S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu.

The scorecards were announced as 49-45, 49-45, 49-45 in favor of the winner Cris Cyborg.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Women’s Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

This contest was for the Bellator Women’s Featherweight championship.

Cyborg vs Blencowe stats

Cris Cyborg stepped into the octagon with a record of 25 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 20 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Arlene Blencowe made her way to the cage with a record of 15 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Cris Cyborg's 6th fight in Bellator, having made her debut for the promotion in 2020. Arlene Blencowe marked her 15th fight for them, having made her own debut for the promotion in 2015.

Cris Cyborg's Bellator record stood at 6-0-0, while Arlene Blencowe's came in at 9-6-0.

The stats suggested Cyborg had a large advantage in power over Blencowe, boasting a 80% knock out percentage over Blencowe's 53%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Blencowe had a slight advantage over Cyborg, with a 7% submission rate over Cyborg's 4%.

Cris Cyborg was the younger woman by 2 years, at 39 years old.

Cyborg had a height advantage of 3 inches over Blencowe. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Cyborg was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 4 more fights, and made her debut in 2005, 7 years and 10 months earlier than Blencowe, whose first professional fight was in 2013. She had fought 3 more professional rounds, 69 to Blencowe's 66.

Cyborg vs Blencowe form

Cyborg had won all 5 of her most recent fights, stopping 3 opponents and going to the judges twice.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had won against Sinead Kavanagh at Bellator 271 on 12th November 2021 by knockout in the 1st round in their Bellator Women’s Featherweight championship fight at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, United States.

Previous to that, she had beaten Leslie Smith at Bellator 259 on 21st May 2021 by knockout in the 5th round in their Bellator Women’s Featherweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Going into that contest, she had defeated Arlene Blencowe at Bellator 249 on 15th October 2020 by submission in the 2nd round in their Bellator Women’s Featherweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, she was victorious against Julia Budd at Bellator 238 on 25th January 2020 by knockout in the 4th round in their Bellator Women’s Featherweight championship fight at The Forum, Inglewood.

She had won against Felicia Spencer at UFC 240 on 27th July 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Rogers Place, Edmonton, Canada.

Activity check

Cyborg's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 4 months and 24 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year and 29 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Blencowe's last 4 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 1 month and 13 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 12 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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