Who won Braekhus vs McCaskill?
Jessica McCaskill beat Cecilia Braekhus by majority decision in their 10 round contest on Saturday 15th August 2020 at Tulsa in Oklahoma.
The scorecards were announced as 95-95, 94-97, 93-97 in favor of winner Jessica McCaskill.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 147 pounds (10.5 stone or 66.7 KG).
Also, on the undercard Shakhram Giyasov was victorious over Francisco Rojo and Israil Madrimov beat Eric Walker.
Braekhus vs McCaskill stats
Back in August 2020, Cecilia Braekhus stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 36 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.
Jessica McCaskill made her way to the ring with a record of 8 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws, with 3 of those wins by knock out.
The stats suggested McCaskill had advantage in power over Braekhus, with a 38% knock out percentage over Braekhus' 25%.
Cecilia Braekhus was the older woman by 3 years, at 39 years old.
Braekhus had a height advantage of 1 inch over McCaskill. Despite this, McCaskill had 2-inch reach advantage.
Both Cecilia Braekhus & Jessica McCaskill fought out of an orthodox stance.
Braekhus was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 26 more fights, and made her debut in 2007, 8 years and 6 months earlier than McCaskill, whose first professional fight was in 2015. She had fought 209 more professional rounds, 320 to McCaskill's 111.
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McCaskill's last 4 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 8 months and 2 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 8 months and 1 day. In those fights, she fought a total of 40 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10 rounds on average.
What time did Braekhus vs McCaskill start?
The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 11:00 PM EST / 8:00 PM PST at Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States, which was around 4:00 AM BST in the UK.
Who broadcast Braekhus vs McCaskill?
Braekhus vs McCaskill was broadcast on DAZN in the US.
What were the odds on Braekhus vs McCaskill?
Cecilia Braekhus was a 31/50 (-160) favourite going into the contest, while Jessica McCaskill made her way into the ring at 69/50 (+140) with oddsmakers.
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