{"id":358112,"date":"2020-08-07T22:36:51","date_gmt":"2020-08-08T05:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=358112"},"modified":"2022-02-04T15:50:13","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T23:50:13","slug":"video-valerie-loureda-scores-nasty-knockout-win-at-bellator-243","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/video-valerie-loureda-scores-nasty-knockout-win-at-bellator-243\/","title":{"rendered":"Video | Valerie Loureda scores nasty knockout win at Bellator 243"},"content":{"rendered":"

Valerie Loureda improved her mixed martial arts record to a perfect 3-0 this evening by scoring a spectacular finish at Bellator 243.<\/p>\n

The 22-year-old Florida native, Loureda, squared off against Tara Graff on tonight’s main card<\/a> and the contest did not last long.<\/p>\n

Valerie Loureda was able to floor Graff with a beautiful right hand and then promptly put her opponent away with some brutal ground and pound.<\/p>\n

Check out Loureda’s impressive finish below:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/MonsterEnergy\/status\/1291905256008249345<\/p>\n

Following her emphatic win, Valerie Loureda told explained to reporters why she was so eager to smash Graff’s face.<\/p>\n

“You’re telling me I’m being demoralizing to the sport\u2026 I waited until I got this opportunity to destroy her face.”<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Loureda has faced criticism in the past for her activity on social media<\/a>. However, the budding star has made it clear she is not trying to attract the wrong type of attention.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t do anything for social media,\u201d Valerie Loureda told reporters at the Bellator 243 virtual media day. \u201cI do things for myself. For example, I am an extreme girly-girl outside of the cage. So the way that I market myself, it\u2019s not for social media and it\u2019s not for men. This is the way that I look. I\u2019ve worked my whole life to have this body, to have this figure\u2014I was a ballerina, I\u2019ve been a martial artist.”<\/p>\n

Loureda continued:<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that\u2019s where people mistake. It\u2019s not for social media. I am the way that I look like, but I\u2019m also a fighter. What does one thing have to do with the other? Just because I look different than other martial artists doesn\u2019t make me any different. It\u2019s my identity, this is why Valerie Loureda is different.\u201d<\/p>\n

Who would you like to see Valerie Loureda fight next? Share your thoughts in the comments section PENN Nation!<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on BJPENN.com on August 7, 2020<\/p>\n

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