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From UFC 200 the ‘Venezuelan Vixen’ asked to face Nunes, but other fighters had been ahead of her like Ronda Rousey.
The American of Venezuelan father Julianna Peña submitted to the Brazilian Amanda Nunes in the second round of the UFC 269 function to proclaim herself the UFC bantamweight champion on Saturday in Las Vegas, United States.
Nunes dominated the first round. He prevailed in the exchange of foot and connected with force to Peña. Flush with canvas took the aspirant’s back with apparent ease. Everything indicated that it was going to be another simple victory of what, for many, is the best female martial artist in the history of the UFC. Nothing of that.
The second round was totally different. The Venezuelan Vixen He proposed, he dared and looked from you to you to the legend. He raised an exchange of power and the former champion fell into provocation. He put aside a more tactical and calm approach, he paid dearly. The aspirant’s dynamite touched The lioness that he had no choice but to cling to a nail burning before the power of his rival. On the canvas shone the jiu-jitsu of the American of Venezuelan blood, who subjected Nunes with a guillotine that certified one of the surprises of the year.
The lioness she looked human and fell. Peña, with a record of 12 wins and 4 losses, was crowned the fifth women’s bantamweight champion in UFC history after a battle in which the attitude of the challenger outweighed the fitness of the legend.
Nunes had been at a seemingly unattainable level during their last few matches. Since 2014 he has not known defeat, in that time he added 12 victories in a row and nine titles – six bantamweight and three featherweight -.
The new champion recounted how since UFC 200 she has asked to face Nunes, but other fighters have been unfairly ahead of her like Ronda Rousey at the time and also the way in which the Brazilian had supposedly avoided her.
Peña said she was accompanied by her father, from Machiques, Venezuela. He also said that he had family in Maracaibo, Caracas and in Mérida. Peña also said that he had Mexican and Native American roots from his mother. (D)
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