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Julianna Pena responds to Mayra Bueno Silva's call out from UFC Fight Night
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Mayra Bueno Silva didn't waste time calling out a desired next opponent after producing an impressive submission victory over Holly Holm at UFC Fight Night on Saturday.
"Hey, Julianna Pena — let's go!" Bueno Silva told Daniel Cormier in the Octagon following her thrilling win. "I deserve this, you deserve this, the people deserve this."
Well, it turns out that Pena, a former world bantamweight champion, heard Bueno Silva loud and clear, though she doesn't think the Brazilian's skills match up to those of her own.
Bueno Silva's thoughts on this?
"She's scared, she's funny," Bueno Silva said laughing during the UFC Fight Night post press conference inside the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. "I love you, Julinna, but I will smash you!"
The Raquel that Pena is referring to is Raquel Pennington. With Amanda Nunes retiring from her MMA career last month, the lock Hall of Famer vacated her bantamweight title.
Since then, Pena emerged as the No. 1 fighter and Pennington No. 2 on the UFC's women's bantamweight division rankings.
Bueno Silva, who entered Saturday's fight as the 10th-ranked bantamweight, will certainly get a boost upward.
