McCourt vs Silva

Who won McCourt vs Silva?

Leah McCourt beat Dayana Silva by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of Bellator 285, on Friday 23rd September 2022 at 3Arena Dublin in Dublin.

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

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

Dayana Silva made her way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 2 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.

Leah McCourt's Bellator record stood at 7-3-0, while Dayana Silva's came in at 1-4-0.

The stats suggested Silva had a slight advantage in power over McCourt, with a 20% knock out percentage over McCourt's 17%.

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

Leah McCourt was the younger woman by 2 years, at 32 years old.

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

McCourt was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 9 fewer fights, and made her debut in 2017, 7 years and 6 months later than Silva, whose first professional fight was in 2009. She had fought 29 less professional rounds, 26 to Silva's 55.

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Silva's last 3 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 10 months and 25 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 20 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on McCourt vs Silva?

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