Julianna Peña
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| Born | Julianna Peña August 19, 1989 Spokane, Washington, U.S. |
| Other names | The Venezuelan Vixen, |
| Nationality | American |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) |
| Weight | 135 lb (61 kg; 9.6 st) |
| Division | Bantamweight, |
| Reach | 69.0 in (175 cm) |
| Style | Kickboxing, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Fighting out of | Chicago, Illinois |
| Team | SikJitsu, Luiz Claudio Combat Team (LCCT) |
| Years active | 2009-present |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 11 |
| Wins | 8 |
| By knockout | 3 |
| By submission | 3 |
| By decision | 2 |
| Losses | 3 |
| By knockout | 1 |
| By submission | 1 |
| By decision | 1 |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
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Blue Belt in Brazilian JiuJitsu |
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Julianna Peña (born August 19, 1989) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. She is the first woman to win The Ultimate Fighter. As of December 8 2016, she is #2 in official UFC women's bantamweight rankings. Julianna is the younger sister of former KREM 2 reporter and morning/noon meteorologist Grace Peña.
Julianna graduated in 2007 from Mt. Spokane High School. She then attended Spokane Community College.
Peña made her professional MMA debut in May 2009. She won four consecutive fights but suffered her first defeat in April 2012 to future fellow The Ultimate Fighter 18 cast member Sarah Moras in a 140-pound catchweight bout. The fight took place just two months and one week after Peña was involved in an accident with a drunk driver while walking in downtown Spokane in which she was knocked unconscious and suffered a broken nose. Ten months later she returned to professional competition in a fight in the flyweight division, a move down from the bantamweight division, losing by unanimous decision.
In August 2013, it was announced that Peña was one of the fighters selected to be on The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate.
Peña faced Gina Mazany in the elimination fight to get into the house. She controlled the fight from early on, winning a clear unanimous decision victory after two rounds.
During the first tournament fight in the house, Peña faced veteran and top-ten ranked Shayna Baszler. Ronda Rousey selected this match up between the two first female picks. The highly ranked and more experienced Baszler was widely considered the favorite. After a back and forth first round in which Peña landed effective boxing combinations and escaped several of Baszler's submission attempts, Peña came out hard in the second round, connecting with powerful knee strikes that staggered Baszler. The fight went to the ground, where Peña was able to achieve back mount and won via rear naked choke for perhaps the biggest upset victory of the season.
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