Winstar World Resort and Casino was home to another round of July fireworks as Bellator 224 “Budd vs Rubin” unleashed a whirlwind of explosive fights from start to finish. From Christian Edwards to Arlene Blencowe and Juliana Velasquez to Ed Ruth Juliana Budd capped off the night with a brutal body kick that seemed to shut down Olga Rubin’s brain for a second allowing Budd to pounce and finish the young undefeated sensation. Sitting 3rd row cage side with my two sons made for an amazing night. Winstar and Bellator and a slew of young talent and rising stars mixed with some elite veteran fighters made it awesome!!!
BLLATOR 224 PRELIM RESULTS
Nainoa Dung def. Bradley Robison via UD (28-27 x3)
Gabriel Varga def. Jamese Taylor via TKO (R2- 3:23)
Mike Jackson def. Kiefer Crosbie via DQ (illegal knee to head )
Leslie Smith def. Sinead Kavanagh via majority decision (28-28, 29-28 x2)
Jordan Young def. Joel Bauman via submission (triangle) (R1- 3:20)
Arlene Blencowe def. Amanda Bell via KO (R1- 0:22)
A.J. Agazarm def. Jacob Landin via submission (RNC) (R1- 4:21)
Christian Edwards def. Justin Vargas via TKO (R1- 0:54)
Lucas Brennan def. Thomas Lopez via submission (RNC) (R1- 3:02)
Will Fleury def. Antonio Jones via UD (30-27 x2, 30-26)
Bruna Ellen def. Elina Kallionidou (30-27, 29-28 x2)
Joseph Holmes def. Kona Oliveira via submission (RNC) (R2, 2:41)
BELLATOR 224 MAIN CARD RESULTS
Julia Budd def. Olga Rubin via TKO (R1- 2:14)
Rafael Carvalho def. Chidi Njokuani via UD (29-28 x3)
Juliana Velasquez def. Kristina Williams via TKO (R2- 4:03)
Ed Ruth def. Kiichi Kunimoto via TKO (R2- 3:49)
Helluva night and Bellator got it right. Fantastic match ups and fights that set the stage for some even bigger cage moments yet to come made this one a lot of fun. Budd showed she is the best Featherweight in the world and Rubin will be back bigger and badder than ever. Olga is a class act with a ton of potential and promise that I believe one day will be a Champion.
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Check out my preview and prediction for this fight from last week ya might be surprised at how well I called this card.
https://marylandsportsblog.com/bellator-224-preview-and-predictions/
