If you want the lowdown on all things Louisiana, there’s no better person to talk to than Carli Judice. She’ll let you know that a bottle of Tony’s seasoning can make anything taste Cajun, but that the good gumbo and jambalaya you got in Jersey probably wasn’t legit.
Oh yeah, the 26-year-old from Lafayette knows a little something about fighting in the Pelican State, too.
“Obviously everybody comes from struggle, but I think we come from a lot of doubt in Louisiana,” Judice said. “People look at Louisiana fighters and think, ‘Oh, well, Louisiana fighters can only be so good since they're way down there.