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Keri Anne Taylor-Melendez: 'It's exciting to represent the ladies' at 'Dynamite 1' tonight

Keri Anne Taylor-Melendez will make her Bellator MMA debut at "Dynamite 1" later tonight (Sept. 19, 2015) against Hadley Griffith on the GLORY portion of the hybrid kickboxing/MMA card from SAP Center in San Jose, Calif.

Keri Anne Taylor-Melendez has never competed on a big stage, but later tonight she will fight Hadley Griffith at Bellator 142: "Dynamite 1" on the main card on Spike TV.

"It feels awesome," Taylor-Melendez told MMAMania. "It’s exciting to represent the ladies and I feel well prepared and I’m ready to put on a show."

The wife of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Lightweight Gilbert Melendez, Taylor-Melendez once fought for the Oklahoma Destroyers in the Chuck Norris World Combat League and posted a 2-1 record.