Former boxing champion Ava Knight returns at Bellator 238
Ava Knight has her next MMA fight booked.
The former IBF flyweight boxing champion will take on Emilee Gettys on the main card of Bellator 238 on Jan. 25 at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif., MMA Junkie has learned. The bout will be contested at strawweight and is the final addition to the Bellator 238 main card.
The bout at Bellator 238 marks Knight’s second professional MMA fight. Knight (1-0 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) made her debut in September, stopping Shannon Goughary in the third round at Bellator 228. She enters MMA with a decorated boxing background, having held WBC and IBF titles. The 31-year-old fighter holds a 19-2-5 boxing record in boxing.
Knight’s opponent, Gettys (3-3 MMA, 0-0 BMMA), will be making her debut with the promotion. The 26-year-old Tennessee native is on a three-fight win streak, which helped her bounce back from a 0-3 start to her professional MMA career.
With the addition, the Bellator 238 card now includes:
MAIN CARD (DAZN, 10 p.m. ET)
- Champ Julia Budd vs. Cris Cyborg – for women’s featherweight title
- Adam Borics vs. Darrion Caldwell – featherweight tournament quarterfinal
- Alfred Khashakyan vs. Sergio Pettis
- Dillon Danis vs. Kegan Gennrich
- Juan Archuleta vs. Henry Corrales
- Ava Knight vs. Emilee Gettys King
PRELIMINARY CARD (MMA Junkie, 7 p.m. ET)
- Aaron Pico vs. Daniel Carey
- Mario Navarro vs. Jay Jay Wilson
- Khonry Gracie vs. Hector Saldana
- David Pacheco vs. Craig Plaskett
- Brandon Bender vs. Joshua Jones
- Dominic Clark vs. Ricardo Seixas Filho
- Tyler Beneke vs. Jarrett Connor
- AJ Agazarm vs. Adel Altamimi
- Curtis Millender vs. Moses Murrietta
- Chris Avila vs. Anthony Taylor
