SAN DIEGO – The odds are Sara McMann will try to take the fight to the ground at Bellator 300 and her opponent Leah McCourt knows it.
In a shallow division, McCourt (7-3 MMA, 6-2 BMMA) has the opportunity to make her case to be next for a title shot should she defeat the former UFC title challenger and Olympian McMann (14-6 MMA, 1-0 BMMA).
“It’s an exciting style matchup,” McCourt told MMA Junkie and other reporters at a pre-fight news conference Thursday at the host hotel. “Obviously, she’s a high-level wrestler and I have a black belt in judo. It’s going to be probably into the clinch quite quickly, to see. It’s going to be a lot of scrambles. I’m used to that type of tough, grindy fight. I had it with Cat (Zingano), so it’s good to have that experience. She’s a good wrestler, as well, and I feel like I dealt with that well in my last fight, so, yeah.”
