Julianna Pena ‘didn’t want to share spotlight with Conor McGregor’, turned down UFC 205

But that doesn’t mean The Ultimate Fighter 18 winner was afraid of the fight in theory, which she proved by accepting the matchup with Shevchenko on Saturday night in the main event of UFC on FOX 23 in Denver. The fighter known as “The Venezuelan Vixen” confirmed to MMA Fighting that she did, in fact turn down an offer to meet Shevchenko back at the UFC’s debut show at New York’s Madison Square Garden in November.