Julianna Pena will have to overcome a considerable underdog chances if its title government goes beyond UFC 316.
Pena will make the pay-per-view event on Saturday in Newark, New Jersey, co-headline, which won her first defense of the Bantamweight of Ladies since the winning of October last October was won.
After he has reached Raquel Pennington after the Raquel Pensnington after Eng, Pena will then fight against Kayla Harrison, the assignment to end the two-time Olympic gold medal winner the load from UFC to UFC Gold starts after her perfect 2-0 in the octagon.
'The Venezuelan Vixen' is generally removed, but it is certainly not stranger to disturb the opportunities. One of the largest UFC disturbances of all time was the victory of Pena's shock shipment over Amanda Nunes.
And for her chance to repeat the performance somewhat, one of the few big names that predicted the UFC 269 result in the corner of the champion is again.
Chael Sonnen chooses Julianna Pena to disrupt the opportunities on UFC 316 – again
During a video that was recently uploaded to his YouTube channel, UFC legend Chael Sonen revealed his “official prediction” for the UFC 316-CO-MAIN event of Saturday.
After he remembered why he was 'the only' prominent supporter of Pena in the run-up to her first title shot against Nunes, 'The Bad Guy' suggested that a similar scenario convinced him to support the 35-year-old.
“My official prediction … guys, I'm going with Julianna,” Sonen said. “Julianna was a lamb that locked herself to slaughter. Her opponent was Amanda Nunes. … I am on the phone with Julianna … (she) told me,” Chael, I'm going to beat her. “
“She then broke why. She broke things out about the Takedown … Something she had noticed from the top position that Amanda struggled with. But in the end I look Julianna in the eyes and she tells me: 'I'm going to win this fight. '
“I went to the media, it was time to choose, and I said Julianna. It is one of the three disruptions of all time. I am except for ESPN, Jon Anik said,” Chael, you're the only one I heard that Julianna would win, the only one of us who had good. Tell us, how did you know how did you know? “
“I had no analysis. I just had a more than 10-year-old relationship with a girl named Julianna who lives only one state about looking in my eye and told me,” Sonen continued. “I asked Julianna Pena, face to face,” are you going to beat Kayla Harrison? “Julianna told me in the same tone that she told me about Nunes:” I'm going to win this fight. ” '
Chael Sonnen is not the only big name that Julianna Pena deteriorates on UFC 316
Second time, Sonnen is not alone with his prediction.
Those who choose against two-time PFL champion Harrison in her first UFC title shot have largely pointed to concern about her weight loss.
Flight weight Queen Valentina Shevchenko, however, sees another reason to lean the way of the defensive champion, as she explained on 31 May at ESPN's UFC Post Show.
“If we compare it to my previous fight against Manon (Fiorot). She had 12 victories without (a break) and she thought that a championship fight would be the same, but it is not the same. You will get different challenges, and I feel the same (about this fight).
“It will be a completely different fight for Kayla Harrison and she will feel completely different because Julianna, she has this ability to win and to fight from a position where she feels uncomfortable to be comfortable.
“She is not afraid to struggle. She can submit herself from any position,” Shevchenko added. “It is very difficult to get her down. I am a former opponent of Julianna, I absolutely love her style and I really like her. … I will root for Julianna … Julianna will do everything to win.”
Should Pena prove that Sonnen and Shevchenko will be correct, come on the night in Newark, perhaps 'Bullet' will be one of the options for the opponent for the Bantam weight championship along the line.
Although Shevchenko is expected to have her sights on a different title holder in Zhang Weili, talking about her own two-division-striking purification has grown, especially with a woman she has already defeated the throne on 135 pounds.