J. Peña (photo) criticized Ronda again. Photo: Getty Images
Number two in the women's bantamweight ranking, Julianna Pena does not hide its dissatisfaction with Ronda Rousey. The Venezuelan, who has already criticized the former champion on several occasions, once again caused controversy when talking about her rival. According to the TUF 18 champion, 'Rowdy' would have avoided facing her during her career in the UFC.
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“It sucks that Ronda has been dodging me all this time. When I was on TUF, and Dana allowed women to enter the UFC, she was fighting one opponent, while I was fighting four in seven weeks. The reason they don't count those fights is because it would be illegal. It would be illegal to allow a lot of fights in a short space of time. What drove me crazy is that I wiped out her entire team. She must have wanted to face me in revenge for that. What makes me crazy was that it wasn't me (to dethrone her). She avoided me the entire time. And I wasn't the only one capable of dethroning her. She handpicked her fights from day one. Her name is Ronda Rousey and was created to be untouchable”, he declared, in an interview with “SiriusXM” radio.
At 27 years old, Peña won the four fights she had in Ultimate, the last of which was against Cat Zíngano at UFC 200, in July 2016. She has a fight scheduled against Valentina Shevchenko at UFC on Fox 23, January 28th, in a duel that should define the next challenger for the Brazilian's belt Amanda nunes.
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