Julia Budd, the current PFL Featherweight contender, reveals her plans for the future in MMA. Despite her accomplishments, she wants to fight for one more year before retiring. Read more about her thoughts on Bellator and her excitement for potential matchups.
| Julia Budd, the current Professional Fighters League (PFL) Featherweight contender, has left her mark inside the Bellator cage. After spending six years in Bellator, she made history as the promotion’s first women’s champion at 145 pounds. Budd successfully defended her title three times before facing Cris ‘Cyborg’ Justino in January 2020. Now, rumors have been circulating about the future of Bellator, with many speculating that PFL will absorb it. Despite having achieved so much in MMA, Budd is determined to stick around for one more year. She recently expressed her desire to fight in the upcoming season and then retire. Budd has always been up for challenges and wants to make sure she fights everybody. She is excited about the potential matchups in Bellator that she missed out on. She concluded, ‘I think it would be so fun, and that’s kind of what I’m imagining in my mind. Some of the fights that I didn’t get to fight in Bellator, I’m like, ‘Oh my god, this is gonna be awesome.’ Super excited about [it]. That’s where I’m at right now (laughs).’ |
Julia Budd, the current Professional Fighters League (PFL) Featherweight contender, has left her mark inside the Bellator cage. After spending six years in Bellator, she made history as the promotion’s first women’s champion at 145 pounds. Budd successfully defended her title three times before facing Cris ‘Cyborg’ Justino in January 2020.
Now, rumors have been circulating about the future of Bellator, with many speculating that PFL will absorb it. Despite having achieved so much in MMA, Budd is determined to stick around for one more year. She recently expressed her desire to fight in the upcoming season and then retire.
In an interview with MMA Mania, Budd said, ‘Not long. Obviously, god-willing, I feel great, but I really wanted this fight to happen before I retired. I think that it should have happened right when I came to PFL. This is the fight that should have happened, and I want to fight for next year. I’m hoping to be in the season then hang up the gloves after that.’
Budd has always been up for challenges and wants to make sure she fights everybody. She is excited about the potential matchups in Bellator that she missed out on. She concluded, ‘I think it would be so fun, and that’s kind of what I’m imagining in my mind. Some of the fights that I didn’t get to fight in Bellator, I’m like, ‘Oh my god, this is gonna be awesome.’ Super excited about [it]. That’s where I’m at right now (laughs).’
