UFC women’s bantamweight champion Julianna Pena has won against some of the notable names in the promotion. She finally realized her dream as she became the champion of her division at UFC 269. It was a long journey for the fighter, who used to work as a food expeditor once upon a time.
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‘The Venezuelan Vixen’ recently revealed an incident where she got into a brawl with her ex-colleague from ‘The Onion’ in an alley and needed eleven stitches.
In an interview with The New York Post, Pena said, “‘I fought a dude in an alley and got my left eye swollen shut for three days. It needed 11 stitches.“
“He punched me right in the eye. I dropped. I say this because I remember it like it was yesterday. I popped right back up. I swear to God I popped right back up. I went to attack again. Boom! He dropped me right again. Same spot in the eye. I popped right back up again and went to attack him.”
“Boom! Right in the eye, and I dropped, and was like, ‘F*k you!’ and I walked away. Being able to pop back up like I did, and fight through that adversity, knowing that guy wasn’t gonna put me down, to me gave me confidence.”
Julianna Pena is the only fighter to defeat Amanda Nunes since 2015
Amanda Nunes, the former two-division champion of UFC, is inarguably one of the greatest female MMA fighters. The women’s UFC featherweight champion was an undefeated fighter since losing to Cat Zingano in 2014. Hence, she was a heavy favorite in the bantamweight fight against ‘The Venezuelan Vixen’ at UFC 269.
However, Pena pulled off one of the biggest upsets in the sport by submitting Nunes in the second round. ‘The Venezuelan Vixen’ also won the ‘Performance Of The Night’ bonus for her big win.
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Interestingly, Pena has agreed to run a rematch with ‘The Lioness’ in the future in several of her post-fight interviews. After such a massive win, it will interest the fans to see if she can stop Nunes again.
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