Patchy Mix will face interim champion Raufeon Stots in Saturday’s final of the Bellator Bantamweight World Grand Pritx Tournament at Bellator 295 in Hawaii.
Canadians Julia (The Jewel) Budd and Rory (Red King) MacDonald, both former Bellator champions, kick off their Professional Fighters League season Friday, the first step hopefully toward a world title and US$1-million payday.
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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.