JRE MMA Show #118 with Julianna Peña

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

June 27, 2024

Duration

2h 33m

Channel

The Joe Rogan Experience

Watch on YouTube

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Joe sits down with UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion Juliana Peña.

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Joe Rogan

  host

• Julianna Peña

  guest

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, featuring Joe Rogan and Julianna Peña, JRE MMA Show #118 with Julianna Peña explores Julianna Peña on shocking Nunes upset, mindset, motherhood, and money Julianna Peña joins Joe Rogan to dissect her monumental upset over Amanda Nunes, explaining the strategy, mindset, and years of frustration that led to her bantamweight title win. They walk through key moments of the fight, her long road through injuries and a major knee reconstruction, and how motherhood and early life adversity hardened her mentality. Peña also talks candidly about fighter pay, career longevity, potential rematches with Nunes and others, and ideas for her future in commentary and media. Along the way they veer into broader topics like COVID policies, training injuries, supplements, psychedelics, geography, and the evolution of women’s MMA.

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