It’s been a while since we’ve seen Julia Budd suit up in action for an MMA fight. To find the last time that the former Bellator MMA Women’s Featherweight Champion set foot inside of a cage, you’d have to travel back in time to the night of June 16, 2023.
That late spring evening, Budd (16-7 MMA), having already dropped her first fight in the 2023 PFL regular season a few months earlier by way of unanimous decision after three rounds to eventual 2023 PFL Women’s Featherweight Champion Larissa Pacheco (23-5 MMA), she needed to win against Martina Jindrova (6-5 MMA) to put herself in position to remain alive in the playoff chase for the summer.