With Talita Nogueira out, Julia Budd faces Gabrielle Holloway at Bellator 133

Julia Budd

A knee injury has forced Talita Nogueira (6-0) out of next week’s Bellator 133 event, and Gabrielle Holloway (4-1) has agreed to step in on short notice and face Julia Budd (6-2).

Bellator MMA officials recently announced the change, while also confirmed the evening’s nearly complete preliminary lineup.

The preliminary matchups includes featherweights Art Arciniega (14-4) vs. Emilio Chavez (7-5), middleweights Blake Watkins (4-0) vs. George Zuniga (3-0), flyweights Paul Ruiz (5-2) vs. Nicolas Sperling (3-2) lightweights Nick Bustamante (2-0) vs. Luis Jauregui (2-1), light heavyweights John Paul Elias (2-0) vs. Cody Sons (0-1), lightweights Jonathan Contrestano (4-0) vs. Ryan Tobar (3-1), bantamweights Ray Cervera (8-2) vs. Adam Piccolotti (4-0) and welterweight Mason Fowler (1-0) against an opponent yet to be announced.

Featuring a middleweight slugfest between Melvin Manhoef (29-12-1) and Alexander Shlemenko (50-9), Bellator 133 takes place Feb. 13 at Save Mart Center in Fresno, Calif. The evening’s four-fight main card airs on Spike TV, while prelims stream on Spike.com.

With the changes, the Bellator 133 lineup now includes:

MAIN CARD (Spike TV, 9 p.m. ET)

• Melvin Manhoef vs. Alexander Shlemenko
• Pat Curran vs. Daniel Weichel
• Julia Budd vs. Gabrielle Holloway
• Chris Honeycutt vs. Clayton MacFarlane

PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike.com, 6:45 p.m. ET)

• Nick Bustamante vs. Luis Jauregui
• John Paul Elias vs. Cody Sons
• Jonathan Contrestano vs. Ryan Tobar
• Ray Cervera vs. Adam Piccolloti
• Mason Fowler vs. opponent TBA
• Art Arciniega vs. Emilio Chavez
• Blake Watkin vs. George Zuniga
• Paul Ruiz vs. Nick Sperling

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