Ana Julaton

Ana Julaton
Born	Luciana B. Julaton (1983-11-28) November 28, 1983 (age 40) San Francisco, California
Nickname	"The Hurricane"
Nationality	American
Height	5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Weight	125 lb (57 kg; 9 st)
Division	Super Bantamweight (Boxing) Flyweight (MMA)}
Style	Orthodox
Professional boxing record
Total	21
Wins	14
By knockout	2
Losses	4
Draws	3
Mixed martial arts record
Total	6
Wins	2
By knockout	1
By decision	1
Losses	4
By decision	4
Other information
Boxing record from BoxRec
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog

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]

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

2009

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

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

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• Professional MMA record for Ana Julaton from Sherdog
• Ana Julaton - Profile at Women Boxing Archive Network