Julianna Pena overcame the odds and shocked the world when she beat Amanda Nunes to become the UFC women’s bantamweight champion. Julianna Pena then became a two-time UFC champion last October when she narrowly beat Raquel Pennington at UFC 307.
Two-time UFC women's bantamweight champion Julianna Peña has accomplished all there is to accomplish in mixed martial arts. She won The Ultimate Fighter 18, captured the bantamweight crown, lost it and won it back.
Julianna Pena recently defeated Raquel Pennington at UFC 307. With that victory, she became the UFC women’s bantamweight champion for the second time. However, not everyone believes Pena deserved to win.
This past Saturday in the co-main event of UFC 307, the women’s bantamweight title was on the line. Raquel Pennington (16-9) was taking on the former champion Julianna Pena (11-5) is a grudge match that was over a decade in the making.
In the co-main event of UFC 307, the women’s bantamweight title is on the line. The champion Raquel Pennington (16-8) looks to make her first successful title defense as she takes on former champion Julianna Pena (10-5).
Julianna Pena and Raquel Pennington will clash heads this October at UFC 307. Former UFC champion Kamaru Usman expressed his candid thoughts on the matchup ahead of the highly anticipated showdown.
Today, Dana White took to social media and announced UFC 307 in Salt Lake City. The event goes down on October 5th and headlining the announcement was a light heavyweight title fight in the main event and a women’s bantamweight title fight in the co-main event.
Julianna Pena has hit out at Ronda Rousey following her comments about the UFC in her departure. Rousey has been very vocal about her UFC exit in her book ‘Our Fight.’ In it, she detailed her history of concussions.
Julianna Pena is taking former Olympian Kayla Harrison and her entire team to task. Pena, a former UFC champion, believes Harrison is not a clean athlete.
Julianna Pena isn’t done chasing another fight with Amanda Nunes. Originally booked to fight Nunes at UFC 289, the former UFC women’s Bantamweight Champion withdrew from the rare trilogy bout due to an injury.
With Amanda Nunes’s recent retirement, the list of those throwing their hat into the ring for a shot at the vacant UFC women’s bantamweight title (135 pounds) is growing by the day.
Pena’s rage toward Nunes is a bit understandable after the champion retired following her UFC 289 win over Irena Aldana on Saturday, eliminating any possibility of a trilogy fight between the two.
There’s no denying that the war of words between Nunes and Peña has added to the hype surrounding their highly anticipated trilogy bout on June 10 in Vancouver.