Budd vs Nogueira

Who won Budd vs Nogueira?

Julia Budd beat Talita Nogueira by knockout in the 3rd round during the main event of Bellator 202, on Friday 13th July 2018 at WinStar World Casino and Resort in Thackerville.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Women’s Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

This contest was for the Bellator Women’s Featherweight championship.

Budd vs Nogueira stats

Julia Budd stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Talita Nogueira made her way to the cage with an unblemished record of 7 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

Julia Budd's Bellator record stood at 9-1-0, while Talita Nogueira's came in at 1-2-0.

The stats suggested Budd had a slight advantage in power over Nogueira, with a 36% knock out percentage over Nogueira's 29%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Nogueira had a massive advantage over Budd, boasting a 71% submission rate over Budd's 9%.

Julia Budd was the older woman by 3 years, at 42 years old.

Nogueira had a height advantage of 2 inches over Budd. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Budd was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 6 more fights, and made her debut in 2010, 11 months later than Nogueira, whose first professional fight was in 2009. She had fought 46 more professional rounds, 62 to Nogueira's 16.

Budd vs Nogueira form

Julia Budd had beaten 2 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had won against Martina Jindrova at PFL 5 on 16th June 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta, United States.

Previous to that, she had lost to Larissa Pacheco at PFL 2 on 7th April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Theater at Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, she had been beaten by Aspen Ladd at PFL 2022 #10 -World Championship on 25th November 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Hulu Theater, Madison Square Garden, New York.

Before that, she had been defeated by Genah Fabian at PFL 2022 #3 on 6th May 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington.

She had beaten Kaitlin Young at PFL 2021 #10 on 27th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas.

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Budd's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 8 months and 19 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 8 months and 28 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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