Julianna Peña ‘trolled’ Harrison at UFC 307 with Nunes shout

UFC desk analyst Chael Sonnen doesn’t consider Julianna Pena was real along with her post-fight name out of Amanda Nunes at UFC 307.

Within the rapid aftermath of Bruce Buffer shouting “and new” for Peña (13-5 MMA, 8-3 UFC) because the cut up choice winner over Raquel Pennington to reclaim the ladies’s bantamweight title, “The Venezuelan Vixen” responded to a query from Joe Rogan about who she desires subsequent.

All through the construct of the occasion, Olympic gold medalist and two-time PFL champion Kayla Harrison was propped up as the subsequent title challenger, ought to she defeat Ketlen Vieira in the principle card opener. Harrison (18-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) was additionally tabbed because the backup for the title struggle, ought to one thing have gone improper throughout struggle week.

Harrison’s providers as a backup had been pointless, and he or she took care of enterprise in opposition to Vieira, dominating the struggle when it hit the bottom.

Peña had the chance to place reduce a implausible promo on the potential showdown in opposition to Harrison, however as an alternative, she hit everybody with a swerve, calling out Nunes, who’s now retired.

Peña and Nunes are 1-1 in title fights, so a rubber match would make sense on paper. Nevertheless, other than all-emoji tweets from Nunes, there isn’t any indication she will likely be returning to motion.

Because the two-time bantamweight champ carried on along with her name out of Nunes, a cut up display screen confirmed Harrison’s response backstage, who motioned along with her fingers that Peña was operating from her.

Sonnen discovered the shout hilarious.

“That’s a troll job!” Sonnen stated laughing through the UFC 307 post-fight present. “That’s a troll job! Amanda’s not even within the group. If she comes again, she’d like to begin at 145 – I imply, not for nothing, the division’s gone. We bought a variety of room between these two combating.

“It’s clearly Kayla. Peña is aware of it’s Kayla, which is nice. … That was a troll job, and it was very properly carried out.”

Sonnen then harkened again to when former bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley pulled an analogous transfer on Merab Dvalishvili, by calling out Ilia Topuria as an alternative. In the end, the struggle between O’Malley and Dvalishvili got here collectively, and the latter gained the showdown at UFC 306 at Sphere in Las Vegas.

Throughout a post-fight press convention, Peña ensured her ambition was actual by doubling down on her name out of Nunes. She acknowledged she believed the previous two-division champion retired too early and doesn’t know what she desires to do along with her life now.

However earlier than Peña can comfortably transfer on to a special challenger, Sonnen believes she might have unfinished enterprise with Pennington (16-10 MMA, 13-6 UFC), contemplating the controversial nature of the judges’ scorecards within the cut up choice.

“I consider Kayla will get the nod, however Pennington’s again within the dialog,” Sonnen stated. “There’s lots of people, I’m one among them, that believes Pennington gained this struggle. I picked Peña. I’ve a private relationship with Peña. I used to be rooting for Peña. She didn’t win this struggle, not based mostly on what I noticed.”