According to the division's champion, a debut victory at UFC 300 won't be enough to warrant a bantamweight title shot for newcomer Kayla Harrison. Having announced herself in the mixed martial arts realm under the PFL banner following her transition to the cage from judo, Harrison is set to test her talents on the sport's biggest stage.
UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion Raquel Pennington doesn't expect newcomer Kayla Harrison to get past Holly Holm on debut, yet alone dethrone her down the line.
It wasn’t easy for Raquel Pennington to share the UFC 297 fight card with Sean Strickland. UFC 297 featured former middleweight champ Strickland against Dricus Du Plessis in the main event, while Pennington and Mayra Bueno Silva co-headlined the card with the vacant women’s bantamweight title on the line.
UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion Raquel Pennington won't be rushed into a first defense, especially not by Julianna Peña. Pennington was the first fighter to have championship gold wrapped around their waist in 2024, with "Rocky" getting the better of Mayra Bueno Silva in the co-main event of UFC 297 in Toronto last month.
UFC Bantamweight Champion Raquel Pennington has responded to ESPN analyst Ryan Clark's harsh assessment of her UFC 297 win. Pennington defeated Mayra Bueno Silva by unanimous decision at UFC 297 earlier this month.
Mayra Bueno Silva believes an injury suffered during her championship clash against Raquel Pennington led to her defeat. Silva (10-3) took on Pennington (16-8) in the co-main event at UFC 297 with the vacant Ultimate Fighting Championship women’s bantamweight title on the line.
According to Mayra Bueno Silva, an injury left her helpless against Raquel Pennington's offense for much of their bantamweight championship fight at UFC 297.
Josh Thomson was impressed by how new UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion Raquel Pennington handled Sean Strickland's recent comments. At the UFC 297 press conference last week, "Tarzan" was asked about an old tweet he'd posted claiming he'd consider himself a failure if he had a son who came out as gay.
Former UFC women's bantamweight champion Julianna Peña believes her fighting mentality is far superior to that of newly crowned titleholder Raquel Pennington. With Peña dealing with an injury, Pennington instead battled Mayra Bueno Silva for the vacant 135-pound gold at this past weekend's UFC 297 pay-per-view event in Toronto, Canada.
Newly-minted UFC Bantamweight Champion Raquel Pennington wants to help those like Sean Strickland understand her perspective. Pennington achieved UFC gold by defeating Mayra Bueno Silva for the vacant UFC bantamweight title at UFC 297 last Saturday.
Former Strikeforce Lightweight Champion Josh Thomson recently provided an interesting take on Raquel Pennington vs. Mayra Bueno Silva. In the semi-main of UFC 297, the two women's bantamweights duked it out to get their hands on the vacant 135lbs gold.
Josh Thomson recently shared some essential advice for Raquel Pennington. At UFC 297, Pennington became the new UFC women's bantamweight champion with a unanimous decision victory over Mayra Bueno Silva.
While she delivered a composed display en route to title glory at UFC 297, Raquel Pennington was far from that level of calm just hours beforehand. "Rocky" co-headlined the opening pay-per-view event of the new year opposite Mayra Bueno Silva on Saturday night.
Former two-division UFC champion Amanda Nunes' retirement looks to be on relatively thin ground... Nunes called time on her career last June in Vancouver, where she added a successful title defense to her second bantamweight reign at the expense of Mexican contender Irene Aldana.
An ex-bantamweight queen was not pleased to see the reaction to her division's latest title fight between Raquel Pennington and Mayra Bueno Silva at UFC 297.
The finish line could be in sight for 18-time UFC veteran Raquel Pennington. But first, she has a couple more goals to accomplish. Pennington captured the vacant women’s bantamweight title with a clear-cut unanimous decision victory over Mayra Bueno Silva in the UFC 297 co-main at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto on Saturday night.
The promotion might have found its main event for UFC 300
The first title fight on the UFC 297 card featured a women's bantamweight collision between Raquel Pennington and Mayra Bueno Silva. Pennington and Silva had a little bit of beef going into this one.
If you’ve been following any of the significant evening newscasts nationwide and across North America, you’d know one thing about the weather of late: It’s been cold.
Mayra Bueno Silva believes upcoming opponent Raquel Pennington will quit in their upcoming title fight. Bueno Silva will face Pennington in the co-main event at UFC 297 on Jan.
While Raquel Pennington never fought Julianna Pena on season 18 of “The Ultimate Fighter” in 2013, it appears the two are on a collision course 10 years later.
A battle between top-five Ultimate Fighting Championship bantamweights will go down on its first fight card of 2023. MMA Fighting first reported the news on Thursday that Ketlen Vieira (13-2) will be squaring off with Raquel Pennington (14-8) at the UFC Fight Night event on Jan.
Raquel Pennington built her reputation on grit, craft and unshakeable determination. The well-traveled 33-year-old will tackle Aspen Ladd in a sneaky showdown
Pennington enters the matchup with Ladd on a three-bout winning streak.
Pennington informed USADA on Nov. 17 that she had inadvertently used two prohibited drugs while taking prescribed medications to treat an unspecified medical condition.
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