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Kayla Harrison and Belal Muhammad have made a little wager on an upcoming title fight.  Amanda Nunes will defend her bantamweight gold in December at UFC 269 against Julianna Peña. In a recent interview, Nunes’ teammate, Kayla Harrison, said that she felt Nunes will be ready to “murder” Peña come...

On This Day One Year Ago... Julianna Peña believes that Amanda Nunes has about two months until she should be stripped of her bantamweight championship. Bantamweight contender Julianna Peña will be competing against Germaine de Randamie tonight at UFC on ESPN 16 in a fight that has major implications on the...

On This Day Six Years Ago... Julianna Peña, the winner of The Ultimate Fighter 18's women's tournament, gave FoxSports.com an interesting interview in advance of her first pay-per-view appearance tonight at UFC 192. "The Venezuelan Vixen" is 2-0 in the UFC and one of the best prospects in the women's...

After hounding the UFC and Amanda Nunes for answers surrounding Nunes’s UFC 265 pull-out, Julianna Peña has now presented the findings of her investigation to the public. Julianna Peña was relentless in her pursuit of landing a shot at the UFC bantamweight title before the fight was eventually booked. "The...

After being pushed back a month due to Nunes contracting COVID-19, Amanda Nunes' bantamweight title defense against Julianna Peña has now been rescheduled for UFC 269 in December. The UFC made the announcement on Monday afternoon: https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1432417844852142080 Julianna Peña's duties as a self-made investigative reporter will no longer be necessary, and she...

Amanda Nunes has been cleared of COVID-19 and has resumed training in preparation for her next title defense. There has been no doubt about who that defense will come against. "The Venezuelan Vixen" Julianna Peña has made sure of that. Peña was able to successfully lobby to be the next challenger...

UFC women’s bantamweight Julianna Peña has declared her skepticism of Amanda Nunes’ COVID-19 diagnosis, issuing the champ an ultimatum to fight in December or vacate the belt. It’s the latest verbal volley Peña has aimed at Nunes since the duo’s scheduled title fight at UFC 265 was canceled. For the...

With her UFC 265 bout against Amanda Nunes recently canceled, Julianna Peña has put her spare time to use by dabbling in the world of investigative reporting. Like any good investigative reporter, Peña decided to go straight to the source for the inside scoop on a big story. In this...

UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion Amanda Nunes has spoken out about being forced to pull out of UFC 265. Nunes was scheduled to put her 135-pound gold on the line against Julianna Pena. The bout would've served as UFC 265's co-main event on Aug. 7. That is no longer the case...

Miesha Tate is rooting for Julianna Peña to defeat Amanda Nunes at UFC 265, but if she loses, Tate is ready to step up. Miesha Tate is on the eve of making her UFC return at UFC Vegas 31 against Marion Reneau. Tate has been away from the sport for...

UFC Women's Flyweight Champion Valentina Shevchenko says she can see Julianna Peña pulling off an upset against Amanda Nunes. Nunes, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest female fighters in MMA history, is set to defend her bantamweight belt for the first time since her 2019 victory over Germaine...

Amanda Nunes has finally responded to all of Julianna Peña’s flippant remarks towards her. At UFC 265, Amanda Nunes will defend her bantamweight championship for the first time in 1 ½ years when she tangles with “The Venezuelan Vixen” Julianna Peña. Being that Peña is currently ranked down at #6...

Julianna Peña has a mouthful to say to those who think she got her bantamweight title shot by trash talking. “The Venezuelan Vixen” Julianna Peña doesn’t appreciate the notion that it was her rhetoric and not her résumé that earned her a title shot against Amanda Nunes at UFC 265....

Julianna Peña’s relentless lobbying for a title shot against Amanda Nunes has Dana White on the verge of breaking mentally and executively. Julianna Peña has been on a cross-country media tour telling anybody who will listen why she should be the next opponent for UFC double-champion Amanda Nunes.  One of...

Aspen Ladd has weighed in on Julianna Peña’s attempt to skip the bantamweight line to a title fight against Amanda Nunes. Ever since her fight against Holly Holm was scrapped due to Holm suffering kidney swelling, Julianna Peña has been trailblazing a campaign to fight Amanda Nunes for the bantamweight...