Ana Julaton

Luciana Bonifacio Julaton is an American former professional boxer and mixed martial artist. She was the first to win the Women's WBO Super Bantamweight and IBA Super Bantamweight titles. Nicknamed "The Hurricane", she is also one of the quickest boxers ever to win a world title, having fought just five previous professional bouts before winning the IBA Super Bantamweight title.[1]

Ana Julaton
BornLuciana B. Julaton
(1983-11-28) November 28, 1983
San Francisco, California
Nickname"The Hurricane"
NationalityAmerican
Height5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Weight125 lb (57 kg; 9 st)
DivisionSuper Bantamweight (Boxing)
Flyweight (MMA)}
StyleOrthodox
Professional boxing record
Total21
Wins14
By knockout2
Losses4
Draws3
Mixed martial arts record
Total6
Wins2
By knockout1
By decision1
Losses4
By decision4
Other information
Boxing record from BoxRec
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog

In mixed martial arts, Julaton competed for ONE Fighting Championship and Bellator MMA.

Julaton retired from combat sports in March 2018.[2][3]

Boxing career

Early career

Julaton was born in San Francisco, California. Despite her father making her train in martial arts when she was little, she had no interest in boxing whatsoever. It was only while working as a bok-fu instructor, at the West Wind Martial Arts and Boxing School in Berkeley, California, that Julaton was introduced to boxing through a lecture session organized by her now trainer-manager, Angelo Reyes.

Amateur career

Julaton made her amateur boxing debut in 2004, managing to win silver in the San Francisco Golden Gloves despite having officially trained for just two weeks. After delivering a good performance at the National Golden Gloves in 2005, Julaton would be taken under the wing of two-division world champion Carina Moreno and trainer Rick Noble, further improving her craft.

By 2007, she was ranked second among all female amateur boxers in the US, and took part in the unsuccessful campaign to include women's boxing in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Professional career

At this point, Julaton decided to turn pro, and approached veteran trainer Freddie Roach. Impressing Roach with her work ethic — even sparring against male fighters — Julaton eventually became part of Roach's large stable of boxers, alongside Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao and former world champion Gerry Peñalosa.

She was scheduled to make her pro debut against Hondi Hernandez on the undercard of the Pacquiao-Barrera rematch in October 2007, but her fight was canceled when Hernandez failed to make weight. Julaton instead fought and won against Rita Valentini a month later. This was followed by several other successful fights, culminating in her first title win against Kelsey “The Road Warrior” Jeffries on September 12, 2009, for the vacant International Boxing Association super bantamweight title in women's boxing.

Now trained by Nonito Donaire Sr., father of boxer Nonito Donaire Jr., Julaton followed up that win by defeating Donna Biggers and becoming the first female World Boxing Organization Super Bantamweight champion on December 4, 2009. Her next fight was on March 27, 2010, against boxer Lisa Brown for the vacant World Boxing Association junior featherweight title.

Mixed martial arts career

ONE Fighting Championship

Julaton signed a contract with ONE Fighting Championship to compete in women's mixed martial arts. She is a black belt in Bok Fu, an aggressive martial arts system that combines the Five Animals style of Kung Fu – Tiger, Crane, Panther, Snake, and Dragon – with Kenpo Karate and Shotokan. She is also a black belt in Taekwondo[4]

Julaton made her debut at ONE FC: Rise of Heroes on May 2, 2014, against Aya-Saeid Saber. She was successful in her debut, winning the fight via TKO in the third round.

On August 29, 2014, Julaton suffered her first loss to Ann Osman of Malaysia at ONE FC: Reign of Champions.

On December 5, 2014, Ana defeated Walaa Abbas of Egypt in ONE FC: Warrior's Way at the Mall of Asia Arena in the Philippines. Julaton improved her mixed martial arts record to 2–1.

On December 11, 2015, Julaton lost to Irina Mazepa of Russia at ONE Championship: Spirit of Champions. It would be her last fight in ONE.

Bellator MMA

In September 2017 it was announced Ana Julaton was signed to Bellator MMA.[5]

Julaton faced Lisa Blaine at Bellator 185 on October 20, 2017.[6] She lost the fight via split decision.[7]

Julaton faced Heather Hardy on February 16, 2018, at Bellator 194.[8] She lost the fight via unanimous decision.[9]

She retired from mixed martial arts and combat sports the following month with an MMA record of 2–4.

Achievements

Professional career

2009

  • WBO Super Bantamweight World Champion
  • IBA Super Bantamweight World Champion

Amateur Record

2007

  • Rank No. 2, United States Nationwide Rankings
  • Silver Medalist, United States Championship
  • Gold Medalist, San Francisco Championship

2006

  • Champion, National Diamond Belt
  • California State Champion
  • Champion, San Francisco Golden Gloves
  • Rank No, . 5 Quarter-finalist, United States Championship
  • Silver Medalist, Nor Cal Championship

2005

  • Rank No. 6, United States Nationwide Rankings
  • Bronze Medalist, National Golden Gloves
  • Champion, San Francisco Diamond Belt
  • Best Fight of the Tournament and Quarter-finalist, National PAL Championships
  • Silver Medalist, San Francisco Golden Gloves
  • Quarter-finalist, United States Championship
  • Silver Medalist, Nor Cal Championship

2004

  • Silver Medalist, San Francisco Golden Gloves

Mixed martial arts record
Professional record breakdown
6 matches 2 wins 4 losses
By knockout 1 0
By decision 1 4
Res. Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Loss 2–4 Heather Hardy Decision (unanimous) Bellator 194 February 16, 2018 3 5:00 Uncasville, Connecticut, United States
Loss 2–3 Lisa Blaine Decision (split) Bellator 185 October 20, 2017 3 5:00 Uncasville, Connecticut, United States
Loss 2–2 Irina Mazepa Decision (unanimous) ONE Championship 35: Spirit of Champions December 11, 2015 3 5:00 Manila, Philippines
Win 2–1 Walaa Abas Mohamed Kamaly Decision (unanimous) ONE FC 23: Warrior's Way December 5, 2014 3 5:00 Pasay, Philippines
Loss 1–1 Ann Osman Decision (split) ONE FC 19: Reign of Champions August 29, 2014 3 5:00 Dubai, UAE
Win 1–0 Aya-Saeid Saber TKO (punches and elbows) ONE FC 15: Rise of Heroes May 2, 2014 3 3:59 Pasay, Philippines

References
  1. "ANA "THE HURRICANE" JULATON". Bayani Art. Retrieved September 26, 2021.
  2. "Ana Julaton retires from boxing, MMA". ABS-CBN News. March 22, 2018. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
  3. "Bellator's Ana Julaton announces abrupt retirement from MMA, boxing". MMA Junkie. March 22, 2018. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
  4. "Y! SPORTS". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
  5. "Ex-world champion boxer Ana Julaton signs deal with Bellator". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
  6. "Fil-American former boxing world champ Ana Julaton to make Bellator MMA debut". sports.abs-cbn.com. October 10, 2017.
  7. "Bellator 185 results: Lisa Blaine spoils Ana Julaton's U.S. debut with split-decision win". MMAjunkie. October 21, 2017. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
  8. "Heather Hardy vs. Ana Julaton official for Bellator 194 – and future boxing match". MMAjunkie. January 23, 2018. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
  9. "Bellator 194 results: Heather Hardy outworks Ana Julaton in snoozer". MMAjunkie. February 17, 2018. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
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