KENT, Wash. – Friday’s Strikeforce Challengers 16 main card opened with a historic fight as Julia Budd and Germaine de Randamie squared off in the first women’s bout promoted under the Zuffa LLC banner.
Avenging a 2008 Muay Thai loss, Budd used a strategic game plan consisting of takedowns and top control to earn a unanimous-decision victory.
It was an especially sweet victory for Budd, who said she got a raw deal when she first fought de Randamie in a 2008 Muay Thai bout.