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Nolan King

Inspired by Ronda Rousey, judoka Sara Collins loving life in MMA before first Bellator headliner

Sara Collins sat and watched the fights at Etihad Arena, though she couldn’t really see them directly and had to watch on the large hanging screens instead.

On the night of Nov. 14, 2015 (or the day of Nov. 15 in Australia), Collins watched UFC 193 play out, seated among the 56,213 others in attendance.

Collins was strictly a judoka at the time. She hadn’t trained at all for her MMA career. She was in attendance to support teammate (and future MMA coach) Daniel Kelly, who defeated Steve Montgomery on the event’s undercard in Melbourne.

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