{"id":1978,"date":"2025-12-09T11:04:49","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T11:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=1978"},"modified":"2025-12-09T11:04:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T11:04:49","slug":"levi-batchelor-welsh-bantamweight-ready-to-face-rayan-balbali-at-pfl-lyon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=1978","title":{"rendered":"Levi Batchelor: Welsh bantamweight ready to face Rayan Balbali at PFL Lyon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">As well as aiming to make another statement in the cage, Batchelor has ambitions beyond his own career and hopes to help bring a PFL event to Wales in the future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I want to be that guy to bring the PFL back to Wales,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I think we&#8217;re more than capable of having a big show here. There are multiple venues available, and I want to give myself the opportunity to do that \u2014 but I also want to give other fighters in Wales the opportunity to perform on a big stage.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Undefeated in his pro career at 2-0, Batchelor says he is focused on steady, sustainable progress as he climbs the PFL ranks, taking inspiration from the Welsh fighters who have succeeded on the world stage before him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I take this one step at a time,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I&#8217;m not trying to catapult myself to the top, and I&#8217;m not looking to sit on the sidelines either. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I just want to keep getting a little bit better every day \u2014 and eventually you&#8217;ll see me on top.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/mixed-martial-arts\/articles\/c0kpkj63k56o?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As well as aiming to make anot&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1979,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[251],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1978"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}