The Bellator Fw champion Julia Budd entered this fight with a pro mma record of 11-2-0 (45% finishing rate) and she is ranked as the No.3 women’s featherweight in the world. She suffered her last loss when she faced Ronda Rousey in 2011, since then she has won eight consecutive bouts beating Marloes Coenen (Coenen vs Budd) and Arlene Blencowe in 2017 (Julia Budd vs Arlene Blencowe 2).
Her opponent, the undefeated 2011 world jiu-jitsu champion Talita Nogueira, has a perfect record of 7-0-0 (100% finishing rate) and she entered as the No.8 in the same weight class. She beat Amanda Bell last year but her previous fight was in 2013, when she won over Michelle Oliveira. Budd vs Nogueira, main event of Bellator 202, is valid for the Bellator women’s featherweight title (Budd’s second defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
2018 MMA fight – Julia Budd vs Talita Nogueira – full fight Video Bellator 202
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-07-13, pretty good fight between Julia Budd and Talita Nogueira: it gets three stars.