Sara Collins established herself because the featherweight division’s high contender with a jaw-dropping first-round submission victory over Irish fan favourite Leah McCourt on the Bellator Champions Collection: London occasion on Saturday.
McCourt seemed to assault the lead leg of Collins, early, however McCourt did not arrange the kicks, permitting Collins to grab the leg and ship her opponent to the mat. Collins declined to go all the way down to the mat and allowed McCourt again to her ft.
Upright as soon as once more, Collins unleashed a large proper hand that despatched McCourt crashing to the canvas. Smelling blood within the water, Collins swarmed and dropped a sequence of hammer fists that prompted McCourt to surrender her again. Seeing her alternative to complete issues, Collins cinched her arm underneath McCourt’s neck and compelled the faucet out in spherical one through a rear-naked choke.
Official Outcome: Sara Collins def. Leah McCourt through submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:25 or Spherical 1.
With the win over McCourt, Collins strikes to an ideal 6-0 in her combined martial arts profession and is now the No. 1 ranked contender in Bellator’s featherweight division, lining her up for a possible title tilt with girls’s MMA legend Cris Cyborg.
