Julianna Pena demonstrates the calf kick defence vs. The Greatest of All Time

Click after the jump to see the calf kick defence by one, Julianna “The Venezuelan-American” Pena no squiggly line. For safety reasons the clip is after the jump or “read more”! It’s a truly great clip of pure skill and artful tactics that even Sun Tzu would be proud of. Julianna Pena and The Greatest of All Time are currently in training camp for the rematch at the end of July, 2022. They filmed a season of The Ultimate Fighter aka TUF and it is currently airing with Men’s Heavyweights and Women’s Flyweights.

Pena ate a calf kick while trying to jab that sat her down early in the fight, but immediately adjusted.

The calf kick has been a staple of American Top Team for the last few years.

Benson Henderson of Arizona’s MMA Lab has also used them to good effect, especially vs. Frankie Edgar.

Back to defence, Jose Aldo repeatedly thwarted Pedro Munhoz’s calf kicks.

Here is Lyoto Machida’s brother, Chinzo, demonstrating a possible defence for the calf kick:

Since we never got the Holly Holm-Ronda Rousey rematch. This upcoming fight between the consensus, and unanimous, undisputed greatest women’s mixed martial artist of all time vs. Julianna Pena (riding a 2 fight RNC – Rear Naked Mata Leão just like Charles Oliveira) at the end of July 2022 on Pay Per View is the biggest rematch women’s combat sports short history has seen. And possibly the biggest rematch in women history that isn’t tennis. It’s entirely possible