SALT LAKE CITY – Julianna Pena feels she’s carrying the promotion of her UFC women’s bantamweight title fight with Raquel Pennington this Saturday, and she made sure to let the world know.
Both Peña (11-5 MMA, 7-3 UFC) and Pennington (16-8 MMA, 13-5 UFC) got into a heated back and forth at Thursday’s UFC 307 press conference, mainly initiated by “The Venezuelan Vixen.” Pennington, who makes her first title defense, wasn’t happy with the several shots thrown her way.
“You are a warrior, and you have heart, but guess what? I’m a warrior, I have heart, and this whole “Pitbull” talk? You’re just a yapie-ass chihuahua who is in front of somebody’s face,” Pennington said.
Peña was quick to the microphone and responded by saying she’s had no choice but to stir the pot, accusing Pennington of not properly promoting their fight.
“Speaking of chihuahua, I feel like because I told her that she’s a bad representation of the women’s division, that she’s had no choice but to talk,” Peña said. “This is the most you’ve ever heard Raquel Pennington speak in the history of Raquel Pennington. I have to bring that out in her in order to get people interested in the fight because nobody else is interested in this block of wood here. She’s boring.”
You can watch their whole exchange in the video above.
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