Julia Avila managed to cram a range of emotions into just an 18-second post-fight update. However, there’s no doubting her toughness – or sense of humor. At Friday’s Invicta FC 29 event, Avila (3-1) suffered a first-round TKO loss – and a badly brolken finger – to fellow bantamweight Marciea Allen (7-2) after a bone snapped and popped through the skin on the ring finger of her left hand. We shared some photos of the injury (warning: they’re kind of gross) on Saturday, and later that day, Avila shared the following video (via Instagram ): “Hey guys, I’m in the hospital,” the 29-year-old said in the video. “I’m doing fine. If it were up to me, they would just cut off the finger, and I would’ve keep fighting
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