McCourt vs Ruis

Who won McCourt vs Ruis?

Leah McCourt beat Judith Ruis by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main event of Bellator 240, on Saturday 22nd February 2020 at 3Arena in Dublin.

The scorecards were announced 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 Ruis stats

Leah McCourt stepped into the octagon with a record of 3 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Judith Ruis made her way to the cage with a record of 6 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Leah McCourt's 10th fight in Bellator, having made her debut for the promotion in 2019.

Leah McCourt's Bellator record stood at 7-3-0, while Judith Ruis' came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested McCourt had an advantage in power over Ruis, with a 33% knock out percentage over Ruis' 17%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Ruis had a massive advantage over McCourt, boasting a 67% submission rate over McCourt's 33%.

Leah McCourt was the younger woman by 7 years, at 33 years old.

McCourt had a height advantage of 3 inches over Ruis.

McCourt was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 6 fewer fights, and made her debut in 2017, 3 years and 1 month later than Ruis, whose first professional fight was in 2014. She had fought the same amount of professional rounds, 26 to Ruis' 26.

McCourt vs Ruis form

McCourt had beaten 2 of her last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had lost to Sara Collins at Bellator Champions Series: London on 14th September 2024 by submission in the 1st round at OVO Wembley, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that contest, she had been beaten by Cat Zingano at Bellator 293 on 31st March 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Pechanga Resort Casino, Temecula.

Before that, 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.

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

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McCourt's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 4 months and 2 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 8 months. In those fights, she fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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