It was a big weekend for women’s MMA, with both Bellator 224 and UFC on ESPN+ 13 headlined by important women’s fights. At Bellator 224 on Friday night, featherweight champion Julia Budd (13-2 MMA, 7-0 BMMA) earned her 11th consecutive victory with a first-round stoppage of Olga Rubin (6-1 MMA, 4-1 BMMA). Also on the card, former bantamweight standout Leslie Smith was victorious in a featherweight bout, defeating Sinead Kavanagh via majority decision. The next night at UFC Sacramento, former UFC featherweight champ Germaine de Randamie (9-3 MMA, 6-1 UFC) finished Aspen Ladd (8-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) in just 16 seconds in a bantamweight matchup, knocking the latter from the ranks of the unbeaten. That’s her fifth straight victory since a loss to current featherweight and bantamweight titleholder Amanda Nunes.
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