October 3, 2024 8:45 pm ET
SALT LAKE CITY – Julianna Pena feels she’s carrying the promotion of her UFC girls’s bantamweight title battle with Raquel Pennington this Saturday, and she or he made certain to let the world know.
Each Peña (11-5 MMA, 7-3 UFC) and Pennington (16-8 MMA, 13-5 UFC) received right into a heated backwards and forwards at Thursday’s UFC 307 press conference, primarily initiated by “The Venezuelan Vixen.” Pennington, who makes her first title protection, wasn’t pleased with the a number of pictures thrown her approach.
“You’re a warrior, and you’ve got coronary heart, however guess what? I’m a warrior, I’ve coronary heart, and this complete “Pitbull” speak? You’re only a yapie-ass chihuahua who’s in entrance of any individual’s face,” Pennington stated.
Peña was fast to the microphone and responded by saying she’s had no selection however to stir the pot, accusing Pennington of not correctly selling their battle.
“Talking of chihuahua, I really feel like as a result of I informed her that she’s a nasty illustration of the ladies’s division, that she’s had no selection however to speak,” Peña stated. “That is probably the most you’ve ever heard Raquel Pennington communicate within the historical past of Raquel Pennington. I’ve to carry that out in her with the intention to get individuals within the battle as a result of no one else is on this block of wooden right here. She’s boring.” You possibly can watch their complete change within the video above.
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