I spoke with Bellator fighter and multi-time Boxing world champion Ana Julaton who was appreciative that I pronounced her name correctly.
We discussed why she made her return to mma after a bit of a hiatus, the benefits of Bellator offering deals where fighters may concurrently compete in boxing and MMA (3:06), the learning curve of starting from scratch as a wrestler after winning world titles in boxing (3:37), creating fluidity between dsciplines [ie/ shifting from a boxing approach to a wrestling attack on the fly] (6:08), the benefits of having a decorated amateur career as she entered the pro ranks (8:06), thoughts on her upcoming fight at Bellator 185 against Lisa Blaine (11:33), 2017 marking a new era for boxing (14:55), writing an essay in fifth grade about her favorite taekwondo kata (17:10), goals that she has mapped out beyond getting the Heather Hardy fight (18:04), attending the TUF 26 tryouts (18:52), and more!
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