An 11 month layoff for Julia Avila ended with a stunning 22 second TKO on Saturday night
The bantamweight prospect tore through late replacement opponent Gina Mazany by TKO following a series of rapid fire punches that forced the referee to step into stop the fight in the opening round.
“It feels amazing,” Avila said following her second straight win in the UFC. “I’ve been working so hard for this. I’m just so happy. There’s a few times when I let my animal side release and there it is.”
Both fighters were willing to trade punches as soon as they were released from the corner but it was a knee straight up the middle from Avila that precipitated the end of the fight.