Julianna Pena ‘Not Impressed’ With ‘One-Trick Pony’ Kayla Harrison’s UFC 307 Win

“The Venezuelan Vixen” was not impressed.

Julianna Pena became a two-time Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) champion at UFC 307 last night (Sat., Oct. 5, 2024) when she scored a highly controversial split decision over Rachel Pennington from the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.

While the fight ultimately went better than expected, it’s clear the mixed martial arts (MMA) world is waiting for the winner to take on the former two-time Olympic gold medalist. Kayla Harrison to get the winner.

As Harrison expected, Pena ignored the question during her in-cage interview with Joe Rogan and instead called retirement Amanda Nuneswho battered Pena to regain her title.

Watch the callout below (for a fight that won’t happen):

During the UFC 307 post-fight press conference (watch here), Pena was asked about Harrison’s win over Boiler Vieira earlier in the evening.

“I’ll tell you, I was warming up and focusing on my own fight. But that being said, I had my coaches there watching the fight and kind of giving me the 411 on what was going on. We are not impressed,” Pena told the media. “She said she was going to put her elbow through her skull and, you know, she was going to do all this damage. As if the girl didn’t have a scratch. It was boring, and she didn’t do anything that jumped off the page, like, ooh, the boogeyman, you know what I mean. So I was definitely, you know, especially when I heard from my team, not impressed.

Harrison didn’t roll Vieira like Holly Holm in her UFC debut, but she did get an emphatic victory over someone who had only been finished once in her career. Still, Pena thinks Harrison is a one-trick pony.

“I definitely think at some point, like Ronda (Rousey), when you discover the one trick pony of being able to accomplish a takedown, you realize that the fight is more competitive and even than people want. to give credit for it. So I think once you complete the takedown, you realize you’re actually in a tougher fight than you thought. And I think that’s exactly what was going through her mind tonight,” Pena concluded.

Whether Pena likes it or not, she is now fighting Harrison and she will find out if Harrison is a one-trick pony.

Nevertheless, “The Venezuelan Vixen” is now the second two-time UFC Women’s bantamweight in UFC history, and we’ve been hearing her yap for several months now.

Click for full UFC 307 results, coverage and highlights HERE.