Macfarlane vs Lara

Who won Macfarlane vs Lara?

Ilima Lei Macfarlane beat Alejandra Lara by submission in the 3rd round during the main event of Bellator 201, on Friday 29th June 2018 at Pechanga Resort Casino in Temecula.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Women’s Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

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

Macfarlane vs Lara stats

Ilima Lei Macfarlane stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 7 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Alejandra Lara made his way to the cage with a record of 7 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Ilima Lei Macfarlane's Bellator record stood at 12-3-0, while Alejandra Lara's came in at 3-6-0.

The stats suggested Lara had a large advantage in power over Macfarlane, boasting a 43% knock out percentage over Macfarlane's 14%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Macfarlane had an advantage over Lara, with a 57% submission rate over Lara's 43%.

Ilima Lei Macfarlane was the older man by 4 years, at 34 years old.

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

Macfarlane was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 1 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2015, 3 years and 1 month later than Lara, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 12 more professional rounds, 49 to Lara's 37.

Macfarlane vs Lara form

Lara had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.

In her last fight before this contest, she had lost to Ilara Joanne at Bellator 282 on 24th June 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Previous to that, she had been beaten by DeAnna Bennett at Bellator 266 on 18th September 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at SAP Center, San Jose.

Going into that contest, she had been defeated by Kana Watanabe at Bellator 255 on 2nd April 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, she had won against Veta Arteaga at Bellator 235 on 20th December 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

She had beaten Taylor Turner at Bellator 225 on 24th August 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Webster Bank Arena, Bridgeport.

Activity check

Lara's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 6 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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