Julianna Pena believes UFC 316’s performance has been hampered.
Pena held the UFC Women’s Bantamweight Championship with Kaela Harrison in Newark on June 7th. The title fight served as the co-main event for UFC 316.
After losing UFC Gold for the second time in her career, Pena talked about the challenges she faced during her fight camp.
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Julianna Pena claims that the injury is preventing UFC 316’s indicated
Juliana Pena, who appeared in The Ariel Helwani Show, revealed that she suffered an injury that affected her training camp a month before her fight with Kayla Harrison (via Mmajunkie).
“Around the second week of May, I broke my thumb on my training partner, which was swollen,” Peña said. “It looked like someone hit their hands with a hammer. It was really hard to hold. It’s still very difficult to grip and hold the grip. But on May 29th, I fell badly on my elbow, tore my bone chips, and couldn’t break my arm every day. What’s worse.”
Pena described the pain from the injury as “extremely unbearable.” She also said it would be difficult to throw a punch. Pena is scheduled to undergo surgery for her broken thumb in July. “Venezuela’s Vixen” said he doesn’t regret the competition during his injury, but he hopes the situation will be more ideal.
