Julia Budd is at the top of her game, there’s no question about it.
The Bellator MMA women’s featherweight champion proved to be too much for Brazilian challenger Talita Nogueira as the “The Jewel” dominated her from start to finish. Budd was relentless with timely striking and smashing ground-and-pound en route to a third-round stoppage to retain to her title in the main event of Bellator 202 at Winstar World Casino and Resort in Thackerville, Oklahoma.
Budd nearly folded the previously unbeaten Nogueira in half with a devastating knee to the body in the second frame, but “Treta” survived the onslaught by fending off the ensuing barrage of punches.