McCourt vs Kavanagh

Who won McCourt vs Kavanagh?

Sinead Kavanagh beat Leah McCourt by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of Bellator MMA, on Friday 25th February 2022 at 3Arena Dublin in Dublin.

The scorecards were announced as 30-27, 29-28, 29-28 in favor of the winner Sinead Kavanagh.

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 Kavanagh stats

Leah McCourt stepped into the octagon with a record of 6 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Sinead Kavanagh made her way to the cage with a record of 7 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Leah McCourt's 10th fight in Bellator, having made her debut for the promotion in 2019. Sinead Kavanagh marked her 13th fight for them, having made her own debut for the promotion in 2016.

Leah McCourt's Bellator record stood at 7-3-0, while Sinead Kavanagh's came in at 6-7-0.

The stats suggested Kavanagh had a massive power advantage over McCourt, boasting a 57% knock out percentage over McCourt's 17%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested McCourt had a massive advantage over Kavanagh, boasting a 33% submission rate over Kavanagh's 0%.

Leah McCourt was the younger woman by 6 years, at 32 years old.

McCourt had a height advantage of 1 inch over Kavanagh. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

McCourt was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 5 fewer fights, and made her debut in 2017, 7 years and 5 months later than Kavanagh, whose first professional fight was in . She had fought 10 less professional rounds, 26 to Kavanagh's 36.

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McCourt's last 4 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 2 months and 17 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 21 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.3 rounds on average.

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