Leah McCourt vs Sara McMann | Bellator 300 Full Fight

and for those that may have just joined us live on YouTube at Bellator MMA and Showtime sports we welcome you inside ponga Arena Bellator 300 prelims go now to the featherweight division set for three 5 minute rounds introducing the blue corny at 5'10 weighing in 146 lb even currently at number five in the rankings her professional record seven wins three losses out of Belfast Northern Ireland and Le mcco and across the cage her adversary out of the Red Corner at 5'6 weighing in [Music] presenting s m and your referee in charge Jason Herz Sarah McMahon looking for her third consecutive win building off a successful Bellator debut leam mccort well she is looking to put the ball back in her quarter she looks to bounce back after that amazing fight with Kats andano at Bellator 293 in March of this year and a man who's been working on sharpening her striking with noted striking coach Phil nurse who of course very successful with the legend George St Pier all those years but we have seen improvements in her standup game we've seen a ton of improvements in the one thing if you you want to notice her hands are still fast Morrow she she keeps herself tight Phil's done a great job of getting her to move her head off the center line and step in to try to negate that reach disadvantage that she has but her calling card is her wrestling began at 14 six-time Freestyle Wrestling National Champion here comes mcco and McMahon firing back with the right hand quick level change looks for the take down and mccor trying to defend it and does so but we talk about mcmah and her credentials John the first member of the US Olympic women's wrestling team in 2004 the first American woman to reach the Olympic finals and here now looking for the finish on MC yeah and right you know what we're seeing is mcor is in that position right now with her back but Sarah McMahon stepped back she got poked in the eye she got thumbed to the eye and that's what started this whole scenario here in it but she fought through it yeah McMahon a silver medalist at the Olympics recently inducted into the national Wrestling Hall of Fame and now clinching with MTT against the fence a minute and a half gone here in the opening round [Applause] great work by Sarah McMahon to stay mentally tough knowing that you know what she took a finger in the eye and just decid I'll be the one to handle this I'll get in close utilize my grappling she slowed it down and right now she seems to be fighting [Applause] well man has mccort's back looking to drag her to the canvas MC desperately trying to stay on her feet knee to the thigh by mcmah back elbows from MC and there's a lacing the leg by [Music] mcmah and grappling going on MC tries to break the grip well really what you're looking at is you're looking at wrestling grappling compared to Judo grappling because MC's a black belt J she got very good throws exactly you're right just past the Midway point of the opening round as McMahon and there is that throw by mccort but McMahon still controlling from the [Music] [Applause] back that was a nice job of s man to keep herself locked to the body of L Mt as Le M cour goes through at that throw if she wasn't locked on she would have ended up on her back with Lort in the top position under two minutes left here in the opening round Le M he cannot break the hands of Sarah McMahon she has worked at that it did not happen for her but there goes that oh and McMahon m m McMahon ends up on her back M Court in the standing [Music] position the should cognant of the up kick of course and of course McCord knows all about up kick she should she got a win because of it yep nice elbow Byam [Applause] M under a minute left here in the opening round away for delivering elbows from top position slicing away of McMahon McMahon trying to block round and pound from mccort 45 seconds left in the round mccort feeding McMahon a steadying diet of right hands can't really see exactly how many are actually Landing but Sarah McMahon not doing the right things to stop what's occurring here now she just up and referee has stepped in leam mcco ladies and gentlemen inside the Bator cage referee Jason Herz waves off the contest due to unanswered strikes official time 4 minutes 30 seconds round number one for the winner by TKO Leo MCO

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Length: 6min 20sec (380 seconds)

Published: Fri Mar 01 2024