THACKERVILLE, Okla. – After a two-year layoff, Leslie Smith returned to Bellator on Friday night and may have put herself immediately into title contention. Smith (11-7-1 MMA, 1-1 BMMA) didn’t have her win handed to her by Irish opponent Sinead Kavanagh (5-4 MMA, 2-4 BMMA), who oftentimes zombie-like never seemed to go away despite Smith being the one pushing the pace throughout. But in the end, Smith took a majority decision win a pair of 29-28 scores and a seemingly odd 28-28- from the judges. The fight was Smith’s first for Bellator since 2008 and came after a high-profile exit from the UFC. The women’s featherweight fight was part of the Bellator 224 preliminary card at WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Okla.
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