OTHER VITALS
CAREER STATUS: Prospect
WALKOUT THEME: “Pepas” by Farruko
SPONSORS: N/A
FIGHTING STYLE
PRIMARY: Boxing
SECONDARY: Street Brawling, Defensive Grappling
STANCE: Orthodox
STRENGTHS
+ Excellent boxing combinations that she applies using the Philly Shell.
+ Footwork that helps her to keep out of range plus the long reach in her arms giving her the boxing advantage.
+ Very tough, durable and able to absorb punishment better than the average fighter.
WEAKNESSES
– Her eagerness to absorb punishment to get through the strikes tends to overshadow her game plan of evading and slipping for counters.
– Her grappling prowess is not on par with strong wrestlers, judo and grapplers, especially those with a solid top game.
– Tends to put herself in harm’s way when she goes for explosive strikes and combinations.
STATISTICAL INFORMATION
#1 Punches: 18
#2 Kicks: 8
#3 Clinch Striking: 10
#4 Clinch Grappling: 12
#5 Strength: 16
#6 Agility: 13
#7 Dodging: 14
#8 Takedowns: 5
#9 Takedown Defense: 16
#10 Heart: 14
#11 Ground & Pound: 12
#12 Ground Game: 12
#13 Submissions: 6
#14 Submission Defense: 8
#15 Conditioning: 15
#16 Toughness: 13
#17 Control: 11
#18 Aggressiveness: 14
#19 KO Resistance: 13
CONTRACT
4 FIGHTS – $1,250,000 (EXCLUSIVE)
(0 FIGHTS LEFT)
3% Cut of Gate Revenue on booked cards.
$250,000 Escalation Clause for every successful title defense.
CAREER EARNINGS: $7,645,000
ACCOLADES
CHAMPIONSHIPS: 1
1x Union GP Featherweight Champion
HONORS: 0
N/A
FIGHT OF THE NIGHT: 4
(UGP 67, UGP 69, UGP 71, UGP 76)
PERFORMANCE OF THE NIGHT: 3
(Boss Fight 50, UGP 61, UGP 63)
BACKSTORY
Verona Jimenez loves to go straight first into the action. She’s more of a brawling type who loves to stay on her feet and hates going to the ground. Her personality of being the head-on fighter as she barrels her through opposition believing she is a durable tank and then musters berserk strength to go through the punishment and fight.
Verona Jimenez was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, from a working class family. Being an only-child, she found it hard to grow up, especially in the city where she stayed, which was under a lot of crime. Jimenez found herself fighting a lot with her students and even got expelled from high-school from her violent tendencies.
It wasn’t until she moved to Houston, Texas to live with her aunt as her family wanted a better life for her. She worked as security for a couple of hospitals until beginning to train under Andre Holmes at the Holmes MMA and Wrestling Academy.
From there, she has managed to go pro, earning a good record of 5-3 on the local Houston scene where she wanted to move forward in her career by joining Union Grand Prix.
