McCourt vs Borga

Who won McCourt vs Borga?

Leah McCourt beat Jessica Borga by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of Bellator London, on Friday 1st October 2021 at SSE Arena in London.

The scorecards were announced as 30-27, 29-28, 29-28 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 Borga stats

Leah McCourt stepped into the octagon with a record of 4 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Jessica Borga made her way to the cage with a record of 3 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 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 Jessica Borga's came in at 1-2-0.

The stats suggested Borga had a massive power advantage over McCourt, boasting a 67% knock out percentage over McCourt's 25%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Borga had a slight advantage over McCourt, with a 33% submission rate over McCourt's 25%.

Leah McCourt was the younger woman by 2 years, at 33 years old.

McCourt had a height advantage of 1 inch over Borga. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

McCourt's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Borga's, having had 1 fewer fights, and made her debut in 2017, 8 months earlier than Borga, whose first professional fight was in 2018. She had fought 12 more professional rounds, 26 to Borga's 14.

McCourt vs Borga 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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