Julianna Peña (born August 19, 1989) is an American professional

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who competes in the women's

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division of the

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(UFC), where she is a former two-time UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion. Peña is the first woman to win

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. As of June 10, 2025, she is #1 in the UFC women's bantamweight rankings and #5 in the UFC women's pound-for-pound rankings.

Background

The youngest of four siblings, Peña was born and raised in

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. Julianna graduated in 2007 from Mt. Spokane High School. She then attended

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. In order to lose weight and channel aggression in her early adulthood, she enrolled in a cardio

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class and subsequently transitioned to mixed martial arts.

Mixed martial arts career

Early career

After going 2–0 as an amateur, Peña made her professional MMA debut in May 2009. She won four consecutive fights but suffered her first defeat in April 2012 to future fellow The Ultimate Fighter 18 cast member

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in a 140-pound catchweight bout. The fight took place just two months and one week after Peña was involved in an accident with a drunk driver while walking in downtown Spokane in which she was knocked unconscious and suffered a broken nose. Ten months later she returned to professional competition in a fight in the flyweight division, a move down from the bantamweight division, losing by unanimous decision.

The Ultimate Fighter

In August 2013, it was announced that Peña was one of the fighters selected to be on The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate. Peña faced

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in the elimination fight to get into the house. She controlled the fight from early on, winning a clear unanimous decision victory after two rounds. During the first tournament fight in the house, Peña faced veteran and top-ten ranked

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. Ronda Rousey selected this match-up between the two first female picks. The highly ranked and more experienced Baszler was widely considered the favorite. After a back and forth first round in which Peña landed effective boxing combinations and escaped several of Baszler's submission attempts, Peña came out hard in the second round, connecting with powerful knee strikes that staggered Baszler. The fight went to the ground, where Peña was able to achieve back mount and won via

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for perhaps the biggest upset victory of the season. In the semifinals, Peña faced off against Sarah Moras. The two fought previously in a professional bout in 2012, with Peña losing after suffering an injury due to an armbar which forced the doctor to stop the bout between the second and third rounds. Peña won the fight via

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in the second round to avenge the loss.

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Peña faced Jessica Rakoczy in the finals on November 30, 2013, at

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. She won the bout via TKO in the final seconds of the first round and became TUF 18 women's bantamweight champion.

Injury

Peña was expected to face

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on March 15, 2014. However, Peña pulled out of the bout after suffering an injury to her right knee. She suffered the injury while grappling in training, ultimately damaging, among other aspects, her ACL, MCL, LCL and

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. Despite the severity of the injury, doctors assured Peña that her right knee would return to full strength following surgery and rehabilitation. The injury kept Peña out of action for the rest of 2014.

UFC return

Peña returned to face Milana Dudieva on April 4, 2015, at

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. She won the fight via TKO in the first round. The win also earned Peña her first ''Performance of the Night'' bonus award. Peña next faced

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on October 3, 2015, at

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. She won the fight by unanimous decision. Peña faced former title challenger

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on July 9, 2016. She won the fight by unanimous decision. Peña faced

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at UFC on Fox 23 on January 28, 2017. She lost the fight via armbar submission in the second round. On October 14, 2017, Peña announced that she was pregnant and would be taking an indefinite hiatus from the sport. On July 13, 2019, at

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, nearly two and a half years from her last bout, she returned and faced former UFC Women's Flyweight Champion

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, replacing an injured

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. She won the fight via unanimous decision. Peña was expected to face

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on March 28, 2020, at UFC on ESPN 8. However, Peña pulled out of the fight in early March citing an injury. Peña faced

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on October 4, 2020, at UFC on ESPN: Holm vs. Aldana. She lost the fight via a guillotine choke in round three. Peña was expected to face

on January 16, 2021, at UFC on ABC 1 before being pushed back a week later to UFC 257 on January 24, 2021. Peña won the fight via submission in round three. Peña was scheduled to face

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on May 8, 2021, at

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. However, Holm was forced to withdraw from the bout citing

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Bantamweight champion

Peña was expected to face

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for the

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on August 7, 2021, at UFC 265. However Nunes tested positive for

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on July 29, 2021. The bout was rescheduled to

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on December 11, 2021. After a dominant round one from Nunes, Peña came back in the second to win the bout and championship by rear-naked choke submission in what is regarded as one of the biggest upsets in UFC history. On February 5, 2022, it was announced that Peña and Nunes would be the coaches for The Ultimate Fighter 30 on

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, which would feature contestants from the heavyweight and women's flyweight divisions. A rematch against

for the UFC Women's Bantamweight title took place on July 30, 2022, at

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. Peña lost the fight by unanimous decision. A trilogy bout with

was scheduled to take place on June 10, 2023, at UFC 289. However, on May 2, 2023, it was announced that Peña pulled out of the bout due to broken ribs she sustained during training camp.

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, who was scheduled to headline UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Hill, was subsequently chosen to replace her. Peña faced Raquel Pennington for the

on October 5, 2024 at

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. She reclaimed the championship by winning the bout by split decision. 25 out of 26 media outlets scored the bout for Pennington and one scored it as a draw. Peña faced

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and 2021 PFL Women's Lightweight Champion (also

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and 2016 Olympic gold medalist in judo)

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on June 7, 2025 at

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. She lost the championship via a kimura submission at the end of the second round.

Film and television

Peña was featured in the award-winning mixed martial arts documentary ''

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'', the film is directed by James Z. Feng and was released in 2012. Peña is an announcer, along with Max Bretos, for

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' English language broadcast on

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Personal life

Peña is of Mexican and

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descent. In January 2018, Peña gave birth to her first child, a daughter. Julianna Peña is the younger sister of former KREM 2 reporter and

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Grace Peña.

Legal issues

On December 20, 2015, Peña was arrested in

and charged with two counts of assault due to an altercation with bar staff following an earlier street fight in which Josh Gow, her training partner on the Sikjitsu fight team, had been injured. A judge later granted a stipulation order of

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in her case such that if Peña had no other incidents for a year, the case would be dismissed.

Championships and accomplishments

Mixed martial arts

(Two times) ** The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate bantamweight tournament Winner ** Performance of the Night (Two times) **Tied (

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) for fourth most takedowns landed in UFC Women's Bantamweight division history (18) **UFC Honors Awards *** 2021: President's Choice Performance of the Year Winner **UFC.com Awards *** 2021: Upset of the Year vs.

1 & Ranked #10 Fighter of the Year * MMAjunkie.com ** 2021 January Submission of the Month vs.

** 2021 December Submission of the Month vs.

**2021 Upset of the Year vs.

* Cageside Press ** 2021 Upset of the Year vs.

* LowKick MMA ** 2021 Upset of the Year vs.

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**2021 Upset of the Year vs.

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**2021 Female Fighter of the Year *

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**2021 Upset of the Year vs.

*MMA Sucka **2021 Upset of the Year vs.

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**2021 Submission of the Year vs.

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**2021 Upset of the Year vs.

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**2022 Upset of the Year vs.

Mixed martial arts record

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Pay-per-view bouts

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The Ultimate Fighter

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Injury

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Bantamweight champion

Film and television

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See also

References

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