Cyborg vs Smith

Who won Cyborg vs Smith?

Cris Cyborg beat Leslie Smith by knockout in the 5th round during the main event of Bellator 259, on Friday 21st May 2021 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville.

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 Smith stats

Cris Cyborg stepped into the octagon with a record of 23 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 18 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Leslie Smith made her way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 8 losses and 1 draw, 5 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Cris Cyborg's 6th fight in Bellator, having made her debut for the promotion in 2020.

Cris Cyborg's Bellator record stood at 6-0-0, while Leslie Smith's came in at 2-2-0.

The stats suggested Cyborg had a massive power advantage over Smith, boasting a 78% knock out percentage over Smith's 42%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Cyborg had a slight advantage over Smith, with a 4% submission rate over Smith's 0%.

Cris Cyborg was the younger woman by 3 years, at 39 years old.

Smith had a height advantage of 1 inch over Cyborg. Despite this, she had a 3-inch reach advantage.

Cyborg was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 4 more fights, and made her debut in 2005, 3 years and 9 months earlier than Smith, whose first professional fight was in 2009. She had fought 12 more professional rounds, 69 to Smith's 57.

Cyborg vs Smith form

Cyborg had beaten 4 of her last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In her last fight before this contest, she had won 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, United States.

Previous to that, she had beaten Felicia Spencer at UFC 240 on 27th July 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Rogers Place, Edmonton, Canada.

Going into that contest, she had lost to Amanda Nunes at UFC 232 on 29th December 2018 by knockout in the 1st round in their UFC Women’s Featherweight championship fight at The Forum, Inglewood, United States.

Before that, she had defeated Yana Santos at UFC 222 on 3rd March 2018 by knockout in the 1st round in their UFC Women’s Featherweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

She was victorious against Holly Holm at UFC 219 on 30th December 2017 by unanimous decision in their UFC Women’s Featherweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Cyborg's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 5 months and 28 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 1 day. In those fights, she fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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