Good for her. The fighters that are willing to defy the strength-training-makes-you-slow dogma are the ones that will have a competitive advantage.
Until the rest catch on. They will. But in the meanwhile, fighters like Julia get to reap the benefits of not following the conventional wisdom.
It’s amazing to see a fighter’s game change after Starting Strength. The evolution is usually similar: the fighter becomes more offensive, the fighter’s opponents become more defensive than they would be otherwise (after the first few exchanges), and wins by KO/TKO become more commonplace than wins by decision.
The first Starting Strength UFC fighter! Great to see.