Raquel Pennington

Here’s what Pennington’s coach said about pushing her to answer fifth round bell

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Jason Kutz is Raquel Pennington’s coach and he sparked some controversy over a decision he made Saturday at UFC 224. When the fourth round ended and Raquel told him she was not able to answer the bell for the fifth round he sent her back out there anyway where she was quickly finished by bantamweight … Read more

Countdown to UFC 224 – full episode

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Amanda Nunes will defend her women’s bantamweight title against Raquel Pennington in the UFC 224 main event on May 12. In the co-headliner, The Ultimate Fighter season 17 winner Kelvin Gastelum takes on middleweight legend Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza. Go behind the scenes and into the training camps of these remarkable athletes in this full episode … Read more

Nunes big favorite over Pennington at UFC 224

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Amanda Nunes originally won the UFC women’s bantamweight title by submitting Miesha Tate at UFC 220 in July 2016. She is now riding a six-fight winning streak with her lone UFC loss being against Cat Zingano via TKO back in Sept. 2014. The 29-year-old “Lioness” has successfully defended her belt twice already, defeating Ronda Rousey … Read more

Miesha Tate killing it for new photo shoot

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Former UFC women’s bantamweight champ Miesha Tate retired after her last fight against Raquel Pennington in November. “Cupcake” then had nose surgery but was seen back on TV and in a broadcasting role for UFC 208 last weekend and was all healed up. Miesha posted the following photo on her Facebook page on Wednesday saying she was doing … Read more

QQ: Miesha Tate not tempted by 145 pound title

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Miesha Tate retired at UFC 205 after her loss to Raquel Pennington. Her MMA record is a respectable 18-7 and she is a former UFC bantamweight champion. She recently told MMAFighting that she has no interest in improving that record or to make a run for the newly minted featherweight championship. At this point, it’s … Read more

Pro MMA Now Women’s Bantamweight Rankings – Sept. 2016

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Since the day Ronda Rousey fell the women’s bantamweight division has become unpredictable and has fallen into chaos. In less than a year the division has already seen three champions and not a single one of them has managed a successful title defense. Now the belt finds itself in the hands of the Brazilian lioness Amanda … Read more

Pro MMA Now women’s bantamweight (135 pound) rankings for August 2016

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Amanda Nunes

Whenever a strong and dominant ruler falls he leaves a state of confusion and chaos which is accompanied by void which destroys the kingdom which he built and his reign is forgotten. Right now the bantamweight represents the perfect state of chaos and confusion, a period which we all knew was coming. Ronda was that … Read more

Pro MMA Now women’s bantamweight rankings – July 2016

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Amanda Nunes

UFC 200 was a landmark event, it saw many upsets and one of them was Amanda Nunes winning the UFC Bantamweight championship. Though PROMMA NOW predicted the fight in favor of the Brazilian lioness, most of the people considered her out of the fight. Apart from that Julianna Pena fought against the odds as she … Read more

Pro MMA Now women’s bantamweight rankings

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These are the Pro MMA Now women’s bantamweight (135 lbs) rankings updated on May 24, 2016. 1. Miesha Tate (18-5) Miesha has been unstoppable, she has been undefeated for the past 2 years. She would win 4 straight matches, which included victories over top rated bantamweights like Sara McMann and Jessica Eye, before receiving a well-deserved … Read more