Carli Judice made her amateur debut five years ago, give or take a week. A collegiate softball player, the Louisiana-native stepped into the cage for the first time in Biloxi, Mississippi, squaring off with Taylor Dagner at Empire FC 9 and secured a second-round stoppage.
This weekend, Judice, who earned back-to-back wins and Performance Bonuses, will make the walk for her fourth UFC appearance, stepping in with Juliana Miller in the opening bout in Houston.
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“2021 Carli was a wreck,” she said with a laugh. “I was 20 years old, maybe 21, and I was a kid, especially as an athlete.