Valerie
Loureda will make her return to the cage when she faces
Tara
Graff in a flyweight bout at
Bellator 243. The California-based promotion announced the
fight on Wednesday. Bellator 243 takes place on Aug. 7 at Mohegan
Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut and is headlined by a rematch
between Michael
Chandler and Benson
Henderson. Loureda vs. Graff will take place on the prelims,
which stream on Bellator’s YouTube channel beginning at 6:45 p.m.
ET/4:45 p.m. PT.
.@ValerieLouredaa
returns to the cage to take on @Graff_Tara
next Friday at
#Bellator243!Catch all the prelims on our Youtube channel and the Bellator app.
pic.twitter.com/HwPAxCYQ0P— BellatorMMA (@BellatorMMA)
July 29, 2020
Anchored at American Top Team, Loureda has kicked off her Bellator
tenure with victories over Colby
Fletcher and Larkyn
Dasch in her first two outings. She was initially scheduled to
return against Graff at Bellator 238 in January but had to withdraw
from the contest due to injury. Loureda also recently appeared on
the reality show “Exatlon Estados Unidos,” which aired on Telemundo
and put normal people against well-known figures in athletic
competitions. Known as “The Tiny Terror,” Graff hasn’t competed
since going 1-1 during a brieft stint in King of the Cage in 2018.