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Julianna Pena still wants to fight Ronda Rousey, but not now

It’s not exactly a secret that Julianna Pena isn’t the world’s biggest Ronda Rousey fan.

Pena’s beef with the former UFC women’s bantamweight champion traces back to The Ultimate Fighter 18. Pena, as a part of Miesha Tate’s team, was matched up with Shayna Baszler, Rousey’s friend and coach.

Before their matchup, Rousey claimed Pena didn’t belong in the same ring as Baszler. But Pena submitted the veteran Baszler, then went on to win the entire tournament, becoming the first TUF women’s champion.

“You don’t forgot something like that,” Pena recently told MMA Fighting. “When someone disrespects you like Ronda did to me you don’t forget that.