Kennedy Freeman has it in her DNA.
On Saturday at Cage Warriors 172, together with her dad in her nook, Freeman (5-0) put opponent Gisele Libanio (2-2) on rollerskates in an trade after which completed the job with a brutal left hand.
After the win, an elated Freeman scaled the cage and signaled for a title shot. However with the UFC all the time in want of budding ladies’s bantamweights, it’s unclear what her subsequent transfer is.
A second era fighter, her father, Ian Freeman, was the primary Brit to compete within the UFC, the ultimate Cage Rage gentle heavyweight champion, and the primary man to defeat Frank Mir.
Kennedy bears “The Machine 2.0” nickname, an ode to her father, the unique “Machine.”
🤯 Kennedy Freeman with a sensational KO within the last spherical of her combat.
Unreal grit and willpower from one of many largest prospects in MMA 💫📺 Watch #CW172 dwell on @UFCFightPass pic.twitter.com/HAxhJK99tY
— Cage Warriors (@CageWarriors) Might 25, 2024
Freeman, 26, strikes to 2-0 below the Cage Warriors banner. She was signed to Bellator in 2019 however by no means competed. It’s unclear why the 2 break up, however her signing preceded the COVID-19 pandemic, which triggered Bellator to chop ties with quite a few European prospects.
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