If anyone thought Jessica Borga would be down and out after that horrific loss to Christine Ferea, they couldn’t have been more wrong. The Lakeland, Florida-born fighter is made of steel. Whether inside the ring or outside, she has waged battles and always emerged stronger. The loss to Ferea could easily be another setback. True to her character, Borga shared a fresh update after undergoing surgery to treat the nose that Ferea’s fearsome right hook reportedly broke at BKFC 82 in Newark.

In the co-main event of the Mike Perry vs. Jeremy Stephens headliner, Jessica Borga faced Christine Ferea. After three rounds of a brutal slugfest, the bout for the symbolic Queen of Violence championship ended in the fourth round when a big right hook from the 43-year-old Californian landed flush on Borga. She ultimately failed to beat the referee’s count. If BKFC owner David Feldman and co-owner Conor McGregor’s reactions didn’t tell the full story, one only had to look at Borga’s face when the results were announced.

You can’t keep Jessica Borga down

Sharing her latest photo on Instagram, Borga wrote, “Healing good!” She added, “Can’t wait for the recheck on Thursday! Going to be good news! I just know it!!! Send good thoughts for me! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 Love you all!” A horde of fans and well-wishers rushed in to wish her the best.

A day after the setback, via her Facebook account, Borga thanked fans and followers for their support and shared, “Still at the hospital, I have to have surgery. Fractures in nose, orbital, and multiple scratches on the eye that need stitches surgically. Getting more titanium lol. Still waiting on more results.” She also spoke about returning to her weight class.

Then, just a day ago, she updated her followers, dispelling ongoing rumors that she had a ‘shattered’ orbital. “Also, to correct more rumors, lmao, no, my orbital wasn’t “shattered.” 🤣😂 It had one fracture, and they put a titanium plate in it. BUT this is, at least, the 5th time for my nose. That had multiple fractures,” Borga wrote.

Nicknamed ‘The Black Widow,’ the Floridian entered the fight after claiming BKFC‘s first women’s featherweight title earlier this year, in April.

A fighter in every sense of the word

Barely thirty seconds into the first round, she knocked out Hannah Rankin with a devastating right. It was her third successive bare-knuckle victory. Surprisingly, her debut at the Conor McGregor-led promotion began with a whimper. Her first bout against Brooke Gilley was canceled. Later, Borga dispatched the substitute Sarah Click in the first round.

Afterward, she went on a two-year break. On April 12, 2024, she faced Katherina Lehner, who eventually met a fate similar to Click and later Rankin.

For Borga, who began her combat sports journey as a mixed martial artist, it was the battles she waged outside the ring that truly tested her mettle. A troubled childhood took a heavy toll on her mental health. To cope, she enrolled in self-defense classes.

“I got into the gym, and the moment I started training for self-defense, I’m like, ‘Oh my God, this is what I was meant to do,‘” she told TampaBay28‘s Robert Boyd in an interview. “Your biggest competition will always be yourself; it’s that mental battle,” she added.

Aside from her role as a professional fighter, Borga now enjoys her time as a loving mother and wife. In her spare time, she takes self-defense classes. Additionally, to help victims of domestic violence, she now runs her own NGO, The Widows Web Incorporated.