Julianna Pena
“The Venezuelan Vixen”
Julianna Pena is ranked 12th of 66 women's bantamweights by the First Light Rating, and 1st in the UFC’s own women's bantamweight rankings.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 1,72512th of 66 · Women's Bantamweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.73Fame ahead of skill
- Career phase
- PrimeCareer-best FLR 1,753, 11 Dec 2021
- Record
- 12–6Pro
Fame against skill.
Every fighter with an FLI, by skill and fame. Hover a dot for the fighter; click to open their page. The dashed curve is the fame their skill predicts: above it, a fighter is more famous than their skill; below it, better than their fame.
Skill and attention.
Attention is drawn at the skill level its fame matches: above the skill line, more famous than skilled. Shaded: where the most similar careers went next.
Recent fights.
| Date | Fight | FLR |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Jun 2025 | Lost to Kayla Harrison TitleUFC 316 - Dvalishvili vs. O'Malley 2 · Submission (Kimura), R2 | −12 |
| 5 Oct 2024 | Won vs Raquel Pennington TitleUFC 307 - Pereira vs. Rountree · Decision (Split), R5 | +11 |
| 30 Jul 2022 | Lost to Amanda Nunes TitleUFC 277 - Pena vs. Nunes 2 · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | −13 |
| 11 Dec 2021 | Won vs Amanda Nunes TitleUFC 269 - Oliveira vs. Poirier · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R2 | +42 |
| 23 Jan 2021 | Won vs Sara McMannUFC 257 - Poirier vs. McGregor 2 · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R3 | +38 |
| 3 Oct 2020 | Lost to Germaine de RandamieUFC on ESPN 16 - Holm vs. Aldana · Technical Submission (Guillotine Choke), R3 | −2 |
| 13 Jul 2019 | Won vs Nicco MontanoUFC Fight Night 155 - De Randamie vs. Ladd · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +16 |
| 28 Jan 2017 | Lost to Valentina ShevchenkoUFC on Fox 23 - Shevchenko vs. Pena · Submission (Armbar), R2 | +13 |
| 9 Jul 2016 | Won vs Cat ZinganoUFC 200 - Tate vs. Nunes · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +62 |
| 3 Oct 2015 | Won vs Jessica EyeUFC 192 - Cormier vs. Gustafsson · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +71 |
| 4 Apr 2015 | Won vs Milana DudievaUFC Fight Night 63 - Mendes vs. Lamas · TKO (Punches and Elbows), R1 | +98 |
| 30 Nov 2013 | Won vs Jessica RakoczyUFC - The Ultimate Fighter 18 Finale · TKO (Punches), R1 | +46 |
FLR is the First Light Rating points the fight earned or cost them.
How it is measured.
Data Credit: First Light Observatory.
How these numbers are made.
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