About
Valerie Loureda (born July 19, 1998) is an American professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist. She has been signed to WWE since August 2022, where she performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Lola Vice, and is a former one-time NXT Women’s Champion. She also makes appearances for WWE’s partner promotion Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), where she is a former one-time AAA World Mixed Tag Team Champion with Mr. Iguana.
As a mixed martial artist, she competed in the women’s flyweight division of Bellator MMA.
Valerie Loureda was born on July 19, 1998, in Miami, Florida. She is of Cuban descent.
The daughter of a Taekwondo master, Loureda herself is a 4th dan black belt in Taekwondo and was part of the US Olympic Taekwondo team before becoming an MMA fighter. In her two-part promo on September 2 and 9 episodes of NXT, leading to her hometown event of NXT No Mercy, she revealed that her entire family has taekwondo black belt and college degrees.
Making her MMA debut, Loureda faced Colby Fletcher on February 16, 2019, at Bellator 216. She won the fight by technical knockout. Loureda faced Larkyn Dasch on June 14, 2019…
Born On This Day
Bio and photo via Wikipedia, used under Creative Commons licensing.