Ex-Bellator fighter Alejandra Lara books Combate Global headliner

Alejandra Lara will quickly be again in motion.

The previous Bellator title challenger has booked her first combat since her launch after the promotion was acquired by the PFL. Lara (9-7) returns towards Lucero Acosta (5-2) in a three-round, ladies’s flyweight bout that’s set to headline a Combate World occasion Could 11 in Miami.

Combate World introduced the information Monday, which was additionally confirmed by MMA Junkie.

Lara was launched by the PFL in January after the promotion purchased Bellator in November. She wasn’t given a chance to debut regardless of having a number of fights left on her contract. Lara most notably challenged for the Bellator ladies’s flyweight title in 2018, losing by submission to then-champion Ilima-Lei Macfarlane. The Colombian fought in Bellator from 2017 to 2023 together with her final bout in February 2023 when she misplaced a break up resolution to Diana Avsaragova.

Then again, Acosta, arguably Combate World’s greatest identify, is at present on a three-fight successful streak. She picked up a second-round stoppage over Manuela Marconetto in her most up-to-date bout again in December.