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Julianna Pena
“The Venezuelan Vixen”
United States
Ranked #1 · Women's BantamweightOfficial UFC rankings
13-6-0W-L-D
- Age
- 37
- Height
- 5'6"
- ReachArm span, fingertip to fingertip.
- 69"
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Weight class
- Women's BantamweightWomen's Bantamweight: 126 to 135 lb (57 to 61 kg). Fighters weigh in the day before the fight and must make the limit. In non-title fights they get 1 lb of leeway; miss it and they usually forfeit part of their purse.
- Gym
- Valle Flow Striking
- Power IndexUFCalendar's strength rating, built from every pro fight: beating strong opponents raises it, losing lowers it. The best in the UFC are around 2000.
- 1612
Scouting Report
- L
- W
- L
- W
- W
Won 3 of last 5
Last 5, newest first.
- How They Win
- Pena's wins split 3 by KO/TKO, 2 by submission and 4 by decision, a 45% finish rate. Decisions are her most common win, so she lives on the scorecards, though she has made opponents tap on the biggest stages.
- Recent Form
- Kayla Harrison, loss, submitted in round 2. Raquel Pennington, win, split decision after five rounds. Amanda Nunes, loss, unanimous decision after five rounds.
- Style
- Orthodox, lands 3.1 significant strikes a minute at 44% accuracy, absorbs 2.56 and defends 57%. Shoots 1.7 takedowns per 15 minutes at 55%, but stops only 24% of takedowns against her.
Written by AI from stored stats. Not a prediction.
Winning Strategy
- 3 KO/TKO (27%)
- 2 Submission (18%)
- 4 Decision (37%)
- 2 No method on record (18%)
- Finish rateShare of pro wins that came by knockout or submission instead of the judges.
- 56%
- Last fought
- 17 months ago
11 pro wins. "No method on record" means early wins (usually regional fights) where the record doesn't say how they ended; the finish rate counts only wins with a known method.
Last 5 Fights
- Lossvs Kayla HarrisonSubmission · R2 · 4:55Jun 8, 2025 · UFC 316: Dvalishvili vs O'Malley 2
Fight stats
Stat Julianna Pena Kayla Harrison Sig. strikes 9/30 30/54 Takedowns 0/1 2/3 Control time 0:00 6:05 Knockdowns 0 0 Round 1 sig. strikes 6 8 Round 2 sig. strikes 3 22 - Winvs Raquel PenningtonDecision - Split · R5 · 5:00Oct 6, 2024 · UFC 307: Pereira vs Rountree Jr.
- Lossvs Amanda NunesDecision - Unanimous · R5 · 5:00Jul 31, 2022 · UFC 277: Peña vs Nunes
Fight stats
Stat Julianna Pena Amanda Nunes Sig. strikes 60/154 85/152 Takedowns 0/0 6/8 Control time 0:00 11:49 Knockdowns 0 3 Round 1 sig. strikes 21 25 Round 2 sig. strikes 25 19 Round 3 sig. strikes 6 14 Round 4 sig. strikes 4 16 Round 5 sig. strikes 4 11 - Winvs Amanda NunesSubmission · R2 · 3:26Dec 12, 2021 · UFC 269: Oliveira vs Poirier
Fight stats
Stat Julianna Pena Amanda Nunes Sig. strikes 79/135 46/99 Takedowns 1/1 1/1 Control time 0:25 3:35 Knockdowns 0 0 Round 1 sig. strikes 5 10 Round 2 sig. strikes 74 36 - Winvs Sara McMannSubmission · R3 · 3:39Jan 24, 2021 · UFC 257: Poirier vs McGregor 2
Career Stats
Based on 12 UFC fights.
- Significant strikes landed per minute
- 3.10
- Striking accuracy
- 44%
- Significant strikes absorbed per minute
- 2.56
- Striking defense
- 57%
- Takedowns per 15 minutes
- 1.70
- Takedown accuracy
- 55%
- Takedown defense
- 24%
- Submission attempts per 15 minutes
- 0.80