by admin | Aug 15, 2022 | Representation, SEW
At 36 years old, Nina Nunes has decided her days as an active fighter are done. Nunes (11-7 MMA, 5-4 UFC) laid her gloves down in the center of the octagon Saturday following a decision win over Cynthia Calvillo at UFC on ESPN 41 in San Diego, Calif. Read...
by admin | May 2, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Julianna Peña and Amanda Nunes are set to resume hostilities sometime in the near future. Julianna Peña shocked the world at UFC 269 in December, dethroning the previously unstoppable looking Amanda Nunes with a second round submission. The win earned her the UFC...
by admin | Dec 27, 2021 | Pay Equity, SEW
Julianna Pena was walking through the ARIA Resort and Casino with her cousins when a group of people surrounded her, chanting “Pena, Pena, Pena!” Her first response was to look around to see who they were cheering for at the Las Vegas casino. Then she remembered: She...
by admin | Dec 13, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Julianna Peña’s face was blank, and emotionless. On her knees, she reached over to hug Amanda Nunes. A Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) inspector came over and pointed Peña to her corner, where a ringside physician tended to her bruised left eye. Peña had...
by admin | Dec 13, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Julianna Peña believed. She might have been the only one. Peña entered Saturday night’s UFC 269 co-main event as a 6½-to-1 betting underdog against Amanda Nunes, and who could argue with that? She was up against the greatest fighter in the history of...
by admin | Nov 28, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Cris Cyborg was champion in every promotion she’s fought for over the last decade, collecting belts in Strikeforce, Invicta FC, and UFC before capturing gold in Bellator. But there’s a good chance she never would’ve competed under the Bellator banner had she beaten...
by admin | Mar 8, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Amanda Nunes continued her dominance over women in the UFC, submitting a badly overmatched Megan Anderson with an armbar in just two minutes, three seconds Saturday in the co-main event of UFC 259 at Apex. Nunes, widely considered the greatest female fighter of...
by admin | Mar 5, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
While preparing for the biggest fight of her life, UFC title contender Megan Anderson earlier this year found herself the center of attention she didn’t ask for, the focus of crude remarks by a male fighter. Casey Kenney, responding to a question on fellow UFC...
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