Canada’s Julia (The Jewel) Budd wins Professional Fighters League debut
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Canadian Julia (The Jewel) Budd won her Professional Fighters League debut Wednesday, earning a unanimous decision over American Kaitlin (The Striking Viking) Young on the promotion’s high-profile final card of the season.
All three judges scored it 30-27 for the 38-year-old from Port Moody, B.C., a former Bellator featherweight champion who moved up a weight class to fight at lightweight (155 pounds) in the PFL. The promotion does not have a featherweight division (145 pounds).
Budd landed 86 of 117 strikes — with 54 of those ground strikes — and completed two takedowns, according to the PFL’s “Cagenomics” stats. Young was good on 47 of 71 strike attempts and had one takedown.
Budd finished the fight with an attempt at an arm-triangle submission but ran out of time.