Harrison vs Morais

Who won Harrison vs Morais?

Kayla Harrison beat Mariana Morais by knockout in the 1st round during the co-main event of PFL 2021 #3, on Thursday 6th May 2021 at Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Harrison vs Morais stats

Kayla Harrison stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 8 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Mariana Morais made her way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 10 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 8 by submission.

This was Kayla Harrison's 16th fight in the PFL, having made her debut for the promotion in 2018.

Kayla Harrison's PFL record stood at 15-1-0, while Mariana Morais' came in at 1-2-0.

The stats suggested Harrison had an advantage in power over Morais, with a 38% knock out percentage over Morais' 25%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Morais had an advantage over Harrison, with a 50% submission rate over Harrison's 38%.

Kayla Harrison was the older woman by 5 years, at 34 years old.

Harrison had a height advantage of 4 inches over Morais. Despite this, Morais had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Harrison was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 18 fewer fights, and made her debut in 2018, 6 years later than Morais, whose first professional fight was in 2012. She had fought 17 less professional rounds, 40 to Morais' 57.

Harrison vs Morais form

Harrison had won all 5 of her most recent fights, stopping 1 opponent and going to the judges 4 times.

In her last fight before this contest, she had won against Larissa Pacheco at PFL 2019 #10 on 31st December 2019 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Previous to that, she had beaten Bobbi Jo Dalziel at PFL 2019 #7 on 11th October 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, she had defeated Morgan Frier at PFL 2019 #4 on 11th July 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Before that, she was victorious against Larissa Pacheco at PFL 2019 #1 on 9th May 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Long Island.

She had won against Moriel Charneski at PFL 2018 #11 on 31st December 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Activity check

Harrison's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 11 months and 20 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 12 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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