The first female winner of The Ultimate Fighter , Julianna Pena , has been critical of women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey since the 2013 filming of the reality series. Pena was a member of Team Tate, headed by bantamweight contender Miesha Tate . Being a friend and training partner of the former Strikefroce champion thrust Pena in the middle of Tate’s rivalry with opposing coach Rousey. She particularly took offense to Rousey’s comments about her as she prepared to face Team Rousey’s Shayna Baszler . “Shayna’s great, she’s ready,” said Rousey before the two faced off in the cage. “This other girl doesn’t deserve to breathe the same air as her, and she knows it.” When Rousey criticized longtime ring card girl Arianny Celeste last month before her UFC 184 title defense against Cat Zingano , Pena came to the defense of Celeste, who characterized the bantamweight champion as a bully
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Julianna Pena’s Not Intimidated by ‘Bully’ Ronda Rousey – MMA Weekly