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Canadian Julia Budd flexes as she defended her Bellator featherweight title for a third time Friday, July 12, 2019 in Thackerville, Okla. when she stopped Israelâs Olga Rubin in the first round. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Bellator-Lucas Noonan MANDATORY CREDIT April 15, 2021 - 11:09 AM
Bellator 257 will be a family affair Friday when former featherweight champion Julia (The Jewel) Budd and lightweight Lance Gibson Jr. share a card for the first time.
Budd, 37, is Gibson s stepmother.
The common denominator is Lance Gibson Sr., a former SuperBrawl, Shooto and UFC fighter who now serves as their trainer and tactician.
Then a Muay Thai fighter, Budd started training at Lance Sr. s gym in Port Moody, B.C., in the early 2000s and the two later connected. A couple since 2009, they got married in 2013.
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