Bella Mir has a stellar wrestling game, and she proved it by competing in Fury Challenger 14 — a mixed martial arts competition in Houston, Texas. The Las Vegas, Nevada, native won via submission over Stephanie Calderon at four minutes into the first round.
The fight was contested in the bantamweight division (126-135 pounds).
Mir (4-0) shot a straight single for a takedown and then went to work. She patiently locked in a bar-arm that led to a kimura and a win with one minute left.
“That’s folkstyle wrestling right there,” Mir said in her post-fight interview. “That’s a chicken wing.”
Mir, the first NIL athlete for the UFC, competes for North Central College in Naperville, Illinois. She reached the 145-pound final of the 2025 National Collegiate Women’s Wrestling Championships, where she fell to Iowa’s Macey Kilty. Mir transferred from Iowa after placing fifth at college nationals in the 155-pound division.
This was Mir’s fourth MMA fight and her third submission. She is also a 2024 IBJJF Blue-Belt No-Gi World Champion, notching a win over 2023 women’s freestyle World Teamer Emma Bruntil along the way.
Her father, Frank, was a two-time UFC heavyweight champion.