Bella Mir opens up on historic Contender Series upset, backlash: 'I've always had a target on my back'

The UFC’s Contender Series is in full swing for its 10th season, with Alex Apodaca scoring one of the biggest betting upsets in MMA history by defeating Bella Mir in last week’s installment. The bantamweight clash was the series’ Week 4 headliner on Aug. 25, and saw Mir — the daughter of UFC heavyweight legend Frank Mir — enter as a colossal -6000 betting favorite. Apodaca entered with a +1500 moneyline as the underdog, then shockingly spoiled the party and stole a UFC contract from her 23-year-old counterpart via unanimous decision. After her anticlimactic performance as such a huge favorite,…