SAN JOSE — Keri Melendez of San Jose’s Bellator MMA is stepping onto a bigger stage after her resounding victory in her professional MMA debut.

Melendez, the wife of UFC fighter Gilbert Melendez, has been added to the Bellator 180 card on June 24 at Madison Square Garden, Bellator MMA announced.

Melendez will be taking on New Jersey’s Sadee Monseratte Williams, who is 0-1 but is 13th in the state’s Women’s Pound for Pound ratings.

The 33-year-old mother from San Francisco delivered a devastating right punch that knocked out Sheila Padilla just 47 seconds into her first pro MMA match at SAP Center in November.

Keri Anne Taylor-Melendez (Gilbert Melendez's wife) just starched her opponent in her MMA debut. #Bellator165 pic.twitter.com/1rFTJK8RV0 — Josh Sánchez (@jnsanchez) November 20, 2016

Gilbert Melendez couldn’t contain his enthusiasm for his wife’s first fight.

“I think it’s time to pass the torch,” Melendez said. “We got a bad Melendez here and I’m very proud of her. There’s a lot more of that to come, guaranteed.”

Next stop, the Big Apple.