The news was broken by ariel Helwani Friday, then confirmed on Monday that UFC strawweight title challenger Val??rie L??tourneau has signed with Bellator MMA. L??tourneau (8-6) heads into her promotional introduction off three consecutive losses, enduring setbacks to Joanna J??drzejczyk, Joanne Calderwood and many recently Viviane Pereira this past December in UFC 206. Earlier this season, from the UFC, the Top Team product was released following her slide.
The 33-year-old L??tourneau will fit in well into Bellator flyweight division and has had trouble before making the strawweight limitation in the UFC. She strove for Season 18 of The Ultimate Fighter but was eliminated after dropping to Roxanne Modafferi by first-round submission.
L??tourneau has been given a second opportunity on note at UFC 174 where she took home a victory over Elizabeth Phillips at June 2014. She followed that up with wins within Jessica Rakoczy and Maryna Moroz that earned her a title shot against J??drzejczyk in UFC 193. Stay tuned to updates on MMAOddsBreaker.com to learn if Letourneau will make her promotional introduction.
UFC middleweight Tom Breese announces torn ACL, UFC return unidentified UFC middleweight Tom Breese declared on his Instagram he’s torn his ACL, and there’s absolutely no timetable for his return. Breese (10-1) was pulled in the last minute out of a scheduled bout with Oluwale Bamgbose at UFC Fight Night 107 back in March due to an irregularity along with his heart rate. The 25-year-old endured his career’s blow off in his final struggle, enduring a split-decision loss to Sean Strickland at UFC 199.
Here is his Instagram post below…
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