Jessica Aguilar vs. Carla Esparza lined up for Bellator 46 summer event
by MMAjunkie.com Staff on Apr 14, 2011 at 1:00 pm ET
Bellator Fighting Championships has its first fight for its upcoming "summer series" of events.
A women's bout between Jessica Aguilar (10-4 MMA, 1-1 BFC) and Carla Esparza (4-1 MMA, 0-1 BFC) takes place June 25. It'll be part of a Bellator 46 event.
The event, which is one of three that Bellator hosts between its fourth and fifth seasons, takes place at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla. The night's main card airs on MTV2.
Aguilar tweeted news of the bout earlier today, and MMAjunkie.com (
www.mmajunkie.com) confirmed the event details with a source close to the event.
Aguilar and Esparza both competed in Bellator's season-three women's 125-pound tournament.
Aguilar, who is part of Florida's famed of American Top Team, submitted Lynn Alvarez in an opening-round matchup, which extended her win streak to four fights. However, in a semifinal fight, she suffered a close split-decision loss to eventual tourney winner Zoila Frausto. Aguilar, though, rebounded with a submission win over Elsie Henri at a November regional event in Florida.
Esparza, meanwhile, suffered a submission loss to tourney runner-up Megumi Fujii in an opening-round matchup. The two-time NCAA All-American wrestler was a late replacement for injured Angela Magana in the tourney. Esparza recently rebounded from the defeat with a split-decision victory over Nina Ansaroff at a regional event in North Dakota.
For the latest on Bellator 46, stay tuned to the MMA Rumors section of the site.
