As far as MMA signings go, file this one under “that’s so MMA.”
On Thursday, Barstool Sports’ Robbie Fox broke the news that Larkyn Dasch, a 22-year-old Hooters girl and MMA fighter out of Michigan, signed a contract with Bellator to fight Valerie Loureda next week at Bellator 222 in New York, which the promotion later announced.
First we get “beef plant guy” debuting in Bellator, and now Hooters girl.
Dasch’s regular isn’t the thing that makes her signing “so MMA.” No, what makes it “so MMA” is the fact that she signed her contract while in her Hooters uniform at a Hooters restaurant – presumably the one where she works?
Here she is making it official (via Twitter):
Dasch has just one professional fight to her credit, a unanimous-decision loss at Motor City Cagefights 5, which took place April 12. According to her Tapology page, Dasch went 4-3 as an amateur.
Here she is in action in 2016 (via YouTube):
Dasch is stepping into the Bellator cage against someone with equal pro experience. Loureda, a taekwondo master, made her highly anticipated debut this past February, scoring a first-round TKO win over Colby Fletcher at Bellator 216.
Bellator 222 takes place June 14 at Madison Square Garden. Loureda vs. Dasch will take place on the DAZN-streamed prelims, which just got a little more interesting.
For more on Bellator 222, check out the MMA Rumors section of the site.
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