Despite losing her last Bellator MMA outing, Denise Kielholtz (2-2), signed a new promotional deal with the company back in February. The first fight on that new contract sees the Bellator Kickboxing flyweight champion return to the MMA cage against promotional newcomer, Bryony Tyrell (4-3-1), at the SSE Arena in London, England on Saturday, June 22nd. She is looking to follow in the steps of stars such as Israel Adesanya, Alistair Overeem and Stephen Thompson who were all capable of making the successful transition from kickboxing to mixed martial arts.
Kielholtz last competed at Bellator 205 last September when she took on recent flyweight title challenger, Veta Arteaga, where she was aiming to go 3-0 in the promotion and claim her biggest victory yet in MMA.