It was reported a couple of days ago that Julianna Pena, winner of the most recent season of TUF and savior for Team Tate, was badly injured. Like, BADLY. Out two years badly. Dana White said at the pre-169 scrum that Julianna Pena, in hysterics right after the injury happened, told him that a teammate was horsing around and that’s what caused her to get hurt. She was allegedly being made fun of for rocking her sweet TUF fight gear to practice, and a male teammate jumped on her back and started cranking her neck before the coach showed up, and before she was properly warmed up. She fell, and she jacked her knee in several places. It’s a real bummer of a story. Fighting your way to a victory on the first season of TUF to feature women, being in a great place as the sport finally starts to get mainstream recogniztion, and it’s all gone in a second. Not during sparring, not during a fight, just because some goof decided to mess around. Damn. The details are still foggy, but we can’t even make up anything witty for this one, it’s just a heartbreaker. Wishing Julianna a quick and full recovery.
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