UFC Girls’s Bantamweight Champion Julianna Peña believes commentary “bias” has performed a component within the detrimental response to her title win earlier this month.
Peña returned to the mountaintop at 135 kilos within the co-main occasion of the UFC 307 pay-per-view in Salt Lake Metropolis, outpointing longtime rival Raquel Pennington on two of the three judges’ scorecards.
The consequence, which came visiting two years on from “The Venezuelan Vixen’s” first reign being delivered to an finish by Amanda Nunes, induced appreciable debate.
On MMA Selections, 25 out of 27 media members scored the five-round contest in favor of Pennington. That sentiment was additionally shared by 78 p.c of over 500 fan scorecards that have been submitted.
The newly topped queen has been left bemused by the post-fight ‘theft’ narratives, and she or he seemingly positioned blame on the commentary group throughout an look on the debut episode of The Ariel Helwani Present on Uncrowned.
Peña branded the commentary “rubbish” whereas reiterating the the explanation why she’s assured that 4 of the 5 rounds have been gained by her.
“If you throw much less and land extra, if you’re giving the opposite woman a bloody nostril and a goose egg on her head, if you’re taking her down, if you’re frickin’ making her eyes get as large as plates since you’re hitting her so laborious and rocking her sh*t…you may’t inform me that I misplaced the battle,” Peña stated. “I gained that battle, and I’m so sick of all these folks making an attempt to love, make me really feel like I didn’t win.
“Rewatch the battle with out all of the commentary bias and you will notice clearly that I gained that battle,” Peña continued. “Clearly the entire frickin’ MMA media hates my guts. … Each single one in all them scored it in opposition to me. They should go rewatch it with out all that frickin’ rubbish commentary and take a look at the numerous strikes. I threw much less and I landed extra and so they have been more durable pictures. Rewatch it, please!”
Alongside the controversy concerning the scoring, the opposite main matter to emerge from Peña’s title win is the following step within the bantamweight division.
Whereas Kayla Harrison’s victory over Ketlen Vieira on the UFC 307 card has left her because the consensus primary contender, “The Venezuelan Vixen” seemingly has different plans, incessantly seeking to entice Amanda Nunes again to finish their trilogy as a substitute.
