Bellator 262 Velasquez vs Kielholtz 2021-07-17

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Event
Bellator 262 Velasquez vs Kielholtz

Date
Sat 17th July 2021 (UTC)
Fri 16th July 2021 (Local)

Timestamp
2021-07-17T01:00:00

Time

01:00:00 UTC

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League
Bellator

Season
2021

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Location
Mohegan Sun Arena

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Undefeated Juliana Velasquez will make her first title defense of the Bellator MMA Women's Flyweight World Championship against top-tier kickboxer Denise Kielholtz. The Brazil native has won all six of her fights in Bellator, including three by finish. Velasquez, 34, has a background in judo. Ranked #4 Kielholtz (6-2) is the Bellator Kickboxing Women's Flyweight Championship and has won four straight in MMA. She is 6-1 under the Bellator MMA banner.

Two heavyweight bouts were announced for the main card: the #5 ranked Tyrell Fortune is expected to fight the #7 ranked Matt Mitrione, while the #4 ranked Linton Vassell is expected to meet the promotional newcomer Marcelo Golm. On July 12, the bout between Vassell and Golm was scratched after Vassell suffered an injury.

Former Bellator Women's Featherweight title challenger Arlene Blencowe is expected to meet Dayana Silva on the main card.

Travis Davis was scheduled to face the undefeated Johnny Eblen in a middleweight bout, which will serve as the main card opener.

A heavyweight bout between Ronny Markes and Said Sowma was announced for the preliminary portion of the event.

A welterweight bout between the undefeated Roman Faraldo and promotional newcomer John Ramirez was announced for the event prelims. Faraldo had to pull out off the bout after his wife went into labor.