{"id":24390,"date":"2026-08-05T03:43:52","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T03:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/?p=24390"},"modified":"2026-08-05T03:43:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T03:43:52","slug":"bella-mir-booked-for-contender-series-week-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/?p=24390","title":{"rendered":"Bella Mir Booked For Contender Series Week 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Mir is reportedly set to collide with <strong>Alex Apodaca<\/strong> during Week 3, which takes place Tues., Aug. 25, 2026, inside Meta Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">While Mir remains undefeated in MMA, with three first-round submissions (watch highlights), she has also kept busy competing in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. More importantly, she capped off her phenomenal college wrestling career by capturing the NCAA national title at 145 pounds (watch highlights).<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">And if she wins a UFC contract, Mir has massive aspirations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The 22-year-old has previously said she hopes to become the first active UFC fighter to compete in the Olympics at the same time, with the 2028 Summer Olympics touching down in Los Angeles, Calif.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Safe to say, she is not thinking small.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">As for Apodaca (3-1), she is riding a three-fight win streak and is fresh off a unanimous decision win over <strong>Devon McDonald<\/strong> at Fury FC 122 on July 24.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">While Apodaca does not have a finish on her professional record, she could play spoiler in a gigantic way by knocking off one of the most hyped female prospects in recent memory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\"><strong>For much more news and notes for Season 10 of Contender Series, click here<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-contender-series-dana-white\/462490\/report-frank-mirs-daughter-bella-mir-booked-for-contender-series-on-aug-25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mir is reportedly set to collide with Alex Apodaca during Week 3, which takes place Tues., Aug. 25, 2026, inside Meta Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. While Mir remains undefeated in MMA, with three first-round submissions (watch highlights), she has also kept busy competing in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. More importantly, she capped off her phenomenal college<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24391,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[719,955,264,720,1883,1493],"class_list":["post-24390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-events","tag-bella","tag-booked","tag-contender","tag-mir","tag-series","tag-week"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}