UFC 316 Results: Kayla Harrison Stops Juliana Pena (Video)

It covers all of the results of tonight’s UFC 316. This includes the women’s bantamweight title fight between Juliana Pena and Kayla Harrison.

Pena (12-6 MMA) recaptured the promotional bantamweight title at UFC 307 this October, recording a controversial split decision victory over Raquel Pennington. Previously, “Venezuela Vixen” suffered a decision loss biased towards Amanda Nunes at UFC 277.

Meanwhile, Kayla Harrison (19-1 MMA) was previously seen in the UFC 307 octagon in Utah, and has scored a unanimous decision victory over Ketren Vieira. The former PFL champion has been 2-0 since joining the UFC rank in April 2024.

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One of the UFC 316 co-main events begins, with fighters meeting at the center. Both women are swinging their jabs early. Kayla Harrison with a front kick to the body. She follows up with a jab she misses. Nice left from the challenger. She lands another. Juliana Pena is trying to maintain range. Another kick from Harrison finds the house. She shoots and forces a clinch. The penna is secured to the cage. Kayla looks for a trip. She doesn’t get it for the first time, but does so on her second attempt. Harrison works from side control. She lands some left hands. Pena returns to half guard. She moves to the butterfly guard position, then to the full guard. It’s not a very attack yet. Juliana Pena with a lovely hammer fist from her back. Kayla Harrison takes stance and lands a good shot. She makes some short blows on her body. Pena does a good job of tying her. Harrison takes the stance and Pena bumps into her with an illegal kick pair. The referee intervenes and leaves the champions at a point. The horn sounds like it’s over round one.

Round 2 of the UFC 316 Co-Main event begins, with Kayla Harrison connecting with a decent left hand. She chases it with a low kick, then one in her body. Juliana Pena looks for the rights to the counter. Kayla was considering closing the distance, so I’ll connect partially. Harrison gives a lovely kick to his body. She closes the distance and forces the clinch. A good knee from the challenger. Pena is looking for a trip but can’t get it. Harrison falls for a takedown, but it’s not there. Kayla Harrison and she get it on a double leg takedown. She starts working from a full security position. Good ground and pound from a former Olympic gold medalist. Juliana Pena is trying to lock her arm in. Kayla sees it and breaks freely. She moves behind the champion. She is about to lock the choke. Pena then turns away. There will be less than one minute left in Round 2. Harrison is looking for a triangular chalk on his arm. Let her go. She switches to Kimura and has a tap. oh!