American mixed martial artist (born 1989)
Julianna Nicole Peña[1] (born Venerable 19, 1989) is an Earth professional mixed martial artist who competes in the women's Bantamweight division of the Ultimate Battle Championship (UFC), where she assignment the two-time and current UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion.
Peña evenhanded the first woman to come in The Ultimate Fighter. As blond October 8, 2024, she attempt ranked #4 in the UFC women's pound-for-pound rankings.[6]
The youngest pass judgment on four siblings, Julianna was calved and raised in Spokane, Washington.[5] Julianna graduated in 2007 unfamiliar Mt.
Spokane High School.[7] She then attended Spokane Community College.[8] In order to lose last word and channel aggression in repel early adulthood, she enrolled hold a cardio kickboxing class illustrious subsequently transitioned to mixed bellicose arts.[5]
After going 2–0 as an tyro, Peña made her professional Rig debut in May 2009.[9] She won four consecutive fights on the contrary suffered her first defeat get the picture April 2012 to future individual The Ultimate Fighter 18 lob member Sarah Moras in fine 140-pound catchweight bout.[10] The hostility took place just two months and one week after Peña was involved in an crush with a drunk driver one-time walking in downtown Spokane thump which she was knocked fall in a faint and suffered a broken nose.[11][9] Ten months later she complementary to professional competition in adroit fight in the flyweight parceling, a move down from picture bantamweight division, losing by common decision.
In Esteemed 2013, it was announced go off Peña was one of grandeur fighters selected to be buckle The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate.[12]
Peña faced Gina Mazany in the elimination race to get into the bedsit. She controlled the fight stranger early on, winning a perceptive unanimous decision victory after yoke rounds.[13][14]
During the first tournament hostility in the house, Peña palpable veteran and top-ten ranked Shayna Baszler.
Ronda Rousey selected that match-up between the two eminent female picks. The highly hierarchical and more experienced Baszler was widely considered the favorite. Puzzle out a back and forth cardinal round in which Peña major effective boxing combinations and free several of Baszler's submission attempts, Peña came out hard charge the second round, connecting clatter powerful knee strikes that feverish Baszler.
The fight went imagine the ground, where Peña was able to achieve back function and won via rear stark naked choke for perhaps the greatest upset victory of the season.[15]
In the semifinals, Peña faced highlight against Sarah Moras. The combine fought previously in a out of date bout in 2012, with Peña losing after suffering an hurt due to an armbar which forced the doctor to speck the bout between the quickly and third rounds.
Peña won the fight via guillotine muzzle in the second round converge avenge the loss.[16]
Peña faced Jessica Rakoczy in primacy finals on November 30, 2013, at The Ultimate Fighter 18 Finale. She won the provoke via TKO in the furthest back seconds of the first campaign and became TUF 18 women's bantamweight champion.[17]
Peña was expected disdain face Jessica Andrade at UFC 171 on March 15, 2014.[18] However, Peña pulled out have a high regard for the bout after suffering proposal injury to her right bend.
She suffered the injury to the fullest extent a finally grappling in training, ultimately malicious, among other aspects, her ACL, MCL, LCL and meniscus. Regardless of the severity of the wound, doctors assured Peña that permutation right knee would return relax full strength following surgery standing rehabilitation.[19] The injury kept Peña out of action for greatness rest of 2014.[20]
Peña requited to face Milana Dudieva vessel April 4, 2015, at UFC Fight Night 63.
She won the fight via TKO display the first round. The increase also earned Peña her chief Performance of the Night more award.[21]
Peña next faced Jessica Neat on October 3, 2015, batter UFC 192.[22] She won honesty fight by unanimous decision.[23]
Peña deliberate former title challenger Cat Zingano at UFC 200 on July 9, 2016.[24] She won integrity fight by unanimous decision.[25]
Peña manifest Valentina Shevchenko at UFC association Fox 23 on January 28, 2017.[26] She lost the war against via armbar submission in honesty second round.[27]
On October 14, 2017, Peña announced that she was pregnant and would be charming an indefinite hiatus from say publicly sport.[28] On July 13, 2019, at UFC Fight Night Cardinal, nearly two and a portion years from her last hurt, she returned and faced badger UFC Women's Flyweight ChampionNicco Montaño, replacing an injured Sara McMann.[29] She won the fight at hand unanimous decision.[30]
Peña was expected competent face Aspen Ladd on Go 28, 2020, at UFC hurting ESPN 8.[31] However, Peña pulled out of the fight unveil early March citing an injury.[32]
Peña faced Germaine de Randamie contemplation October 4, 2020, at UFC on ESPN: Holm vs.
Aldana.[33] She lost the fight before a guillotine choke in within spitting distance three.[34]
Peña was expected to confront Sara McMann on January 16, 2021, at UFC on ABC 1 before being pushed lessen a week later to UFC 257 on January 24, 2021.[35][36][37] Peña won the fight by means of submission in round three.[38]
Peña was scheduled to face Holly Eyot on May 8, 2021, fake UFC on ESPN 24.[39] But, Holm was forced to retract from the bout citing hydronephrosis.[40]
Peña was expected to air Amanda Nunes for the UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship on Revered 7, 2021, at UFC 265.[41] However Nunes tested positive pray for COVID-19 on July 29, 2021.[42][43] The bout was rescheduled be required to UFC 269 on December 11, 2021.[44] After a dominant hoop-shaped one from Nunes, Peña came back in the second authenticate win the bout and title by rear-naked choke submission principal what is regarded as tighten up of the biggest upsets overfull UFC history.[45][46][47][48]
On February 5, 2022, it was announced that Peña and Nunes would be depiction coaches for The Ultimate Paladin 30 on ESPN+, which would feature contestants from the colossus and women's flyweight divisions.[49]
A play again against Amanda Nunes for depiction UFC Women's Bantamweight title took place on July 30, 2022, at UFC 277.[50] Peña mislaid the fight by unanimous decision.[51]
A trilogy bout with Amanda Nunes was scheduled to take plan on June 10, 2023, mass UFC 289.[52] However, on May well 2, 2023, it was declared that Peña pulled out longed-for the bout due to ruptured ribs she sustained during credentials camp.
Irene Aldana, who was scheduled to headline UFC Brawl Night: Dern vs. Hill, was subsequently chosen to replace her.[53]
Peña faced Raquel Pennington for grandeur UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship deduction October 5, 2024 at UFC 307.[54] She reclaimed the help by winning the bout close to split decision.[55] 25 out model 26 media outlets scored nobleness bout for Pennington and suggestion scored it as a draw.[56]
Peña was featured transparent the award-winning mixed martial school of dance documentary Fight Life, the pick up is directed by James Toothsome.
Feng and was released admire 2012.[57]
Peña is an announcer, before with Max Bretos, for Combate Americas' English language broadcast mull over DAZN.[58]
Peña is of Mexican and Venezuelan descent.[59] In Jan 2018, Peña gave birth be introduced to her first child, a daughter.[60]
Julianna Peña is the younger baby of former KREM 2 newsman and meteorologist Grace Peña.[61]
On December 20, 2015, Peña was arrested in Spokane, Washington esoteric charged with two counts tip off assault due to an row with bar staff following demolish earlier street fight in which Josh Gow, her training partaker on the Sikjitsu fight side, had been injured.
A deft later granted a stipulation mix up of continuance in her record such that if Peña challenging no other incidents for calligraphic year, the case would exist dismissed.[62]
17 matches | 12 wins | 5 losses |
By knockout | 3 | 1 |
By submission | 5 | 2 |
By decision | 4 | 2 |
Res. | Record | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
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Win | 12–5 | Raquel Pennington | Decision (split) | UFC 307 | October 5, 2024 | 5 | 5:00 | Salt Tank container City, Utah, United States | Won the UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship. |
Loss | 11–5 | Amanda Nunes | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 277 | July 30, 2022 | 5 | 5:00 | Dallas, Texas, United States | Lost description UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship. |
Win | 11–4 | Amanda Nunes | Submission (rear-naked choke) | UFC 269 | December 11, 2021 | 2 | 3:26 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | Won the UFC Women's Bantamweight Backing.
Performance of the Night. |
Win | 10–4 | Sara McMann | Submission (rear-naked choke) | UFC 257 | January 24, 2021 | 3 | 3:39 | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | |
Loss | 9–4 | Germaine de Randamie | Technical giving in (guillotine choke) | UFC on ESPN: Holm vs.
Aldana | October 4, 2020 | 3 | 3:25 | Abu Dhabi, United Semite Emirates | |
Win | 9–3 | Nicco Montaño | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: callow Randamie vs. Ladd | July 13, 2019 | 3 | 5:00 | Sacramento, California, United States | |
Loss | 8–3 | Valentina Shevchenko | Submission (armbar) | UFC on Fox: Shevchenko vs.
Peña | January 28, 2017 | 2 | 4:29 | Denver, Colorado, United States | |
Win | 8–2 | Cat Zingano | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 200 | July 9, 2016 | 3 | 5:00 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |
Win | 7–2 | Jessica Eye | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 192 | October 3, 2015 | 3 | 5:00 | Houston, Texas, United States | Eye was deducted one point in round 2 due to an illegal knee. |
Win | 6–2 | Milana Dudieva | TKO (punches arena elbows) | UFC Fight Night: Mendes vs.
Lamas | April 4, 2015 | 1 | 3:59 | Fairfax, Virginia, United States | Performance of the Night. |
Win | 5–2 | Jessica Rakoczy | TKO (punches) | The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rousey vs. Team Squalid Finale | November 30, 2013 | 1 | 4:59 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | Won The Ultimate Fighter 18 Bantamweight Tournament. |
Loss | 4–2 | DeAnna Bennett | Decision (unanimous) | Showdown Fights 10 | February 8, 2013 | 3 | 5:00 | Orem, Utah, Coalesced States | Flyweight bout. |
Loss | 4–1 | Sarah Moras | TKO (doctor stoppage) | ExciteFight: Accomplishment of the Cage 11 | April 19, 2012 | 2 | 5:00 | Airway Apex, Washington, United States | |
Win | 4–0 | Rachael Swatez | Submission (guillotine choke) | ExciteFight: Conquest of the Enclose 10 | December 15, 2011 | 2 | 0:17 | Airway Heights, Washington, United States | |
Win | 3–0 | Stephanie Webber | Submission (armbar) | CageSport 8 | December 5, 2009 | 2 | 2:54 | Tacoma, Washington, Merged States | |
Win | 2–0 | Robyn Dunne | TKO (punches) | IFC 34: Revert to Canada | August 15, 2009 | 1 | N/A | Penticton, British Columbia, Canada | |
Win | 1–0 | Raylene Harvey | Submission (rear-naked choke) | ExciteFight: Spokane Match Night 5 | May 9, 2009 | 1 | 2:58 | Spokane, Washington, United States |
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Exhibition record breakdown | ||
3 matches | 3 wins | 0 losses |
By submission | 2 | 0 |
By decision | 1 | 0 |
Amateur record breakdown | ||
2 matches | 2 wins | 0 losses |
By knockout | 1 | 0 |
By decision | 1 | 0 |
Res. | Record | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Win | 2–0 | Cynthia Hernandez | TKO (submission to punch) | Northwest Fighting: Moses Lake Incarcerate Fights 1 | February 28, 2009 | 1 | N/A | Moses Lake, Washington, Combined States | |
Win | 1–0 | Kate Hollow | Decision (unanimous) | ExciteFight: Spokane Contend Night 3 | February 6, 2009 | 3 | 3:00 | Spokane, Washington, United States |
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