Juliana Velasquez puts her Bellator flyweight belt on the line for the first time at Friday’s Bellator 262 in Uncasville, Conn., opposite “Miss Dynamite” Denise Kielholtz, a bout that Velasquez feels could cement her position as the world’s best 125-pounder.
Velasquez is a decorate judoka who made the transition to MMA and won 10 straight before dethroning Ilima-Lei Macfarlane via decision this past December, and believes she has what it takes to defeat anyone in the world in her weight class.
That includes UFC star Valentina Shevchenko.