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Bellator featherweight champion Julia Budd successfully retained her belt in a hard-fought rematch with Arlene Blenclowe at Bellator 189 on Friday, Dec. 1, 2017, in Thackerville, Oklahoma.
Bellator 189: Budd vs. Blencowe 2 Results
- Julia Budd (11-2) defeated Arlene Blencowe (10-7) via split decision (46-49, 48-47, 49-46)
- Rafael Lovato Jr. (7-0) defeated Chris Honeycutt (10-2, 1 NC) via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
- Chidi Njokuani (18-5, 1 NC) defeated Hisaki Kato (8-3) via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- David Rickels (19-4, 2 NC) defeated Adam Piccolotti (9-2) via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Sam Sicilia (16-8) defeated Marcos Galvao (18-9-1) via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Gaston Bolanos (2-1) defeated Rick Gutierrez (0-2) via knockout at 1:13 of round one
- Mandel Nallo (6-0) defeated Alec Williams (6-2) via TKO at 0:18 of round one
- Juliana Velasquez (6-0) defeated Na Liang (6-2) via submission (arm bar) at 0:32 of round two
- Cris Williams (3-0) defeated Thomas Lopez (1-3) via submission (triangle) at 1:39 of round one
- Stephanie Geltmacher (2-0) defeated Ky Bennett (0-1) via unanimous decision (30-25, 30-25, 30-27)
- Brian Grinnell (9-7) defeated Kemmyelle Haley (7-6) via submission at 0:39 of round one
- Brandon Phillips (7-3) defeated Jordan Howard (10-4) via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-27)
- Andrew Parker (7-2) defeated Frank Patterson (4-5) via submission (triangle) at 3:03 of round one
