Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2024-01-20, disappointing mma bout: Raquel Pennington vs Mayra Bueno Silva gets two stars.
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2023-01-14, close fight but not so exciting: the mma bout Raquel Pennington vs Ketlen Vieira gets two stars.
Vieira vs Pennington is scheduled to take place Saturday, January 14th, at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas (Nevada, USA), in a 3-round bantamweight (135 lbs, 61 kg) bout; it is on the undercard of Sean Strickland vs Nassourdine Imavov – UFC Vegas 67 (also known as UFC Fight Night 217 or UFC on ESPN+ 75). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-01-18, disappointing fight between Holly Holm and Raquel Pennington 2: it gets two stars.The former Ufc and Wbc, Wba, Wbf, Iba boxing champion Holly Holm entered this fight with a pro mma record of 12-5-0 (67% ko/tko victory rate – she has never won via submission) and she is ranked as the No.3 women’s bantamweight in the world but she won just two out of her last seven fights, her last victory was against Megan Anderson in 2018 (Holly Holm vs Megan Anderson) but then, in 2019, she lost to Amanda Nunes (Amanda Nunes vs Holly Holm).
Her opponent, Raquel Pennington, has a record of 10-7-0 (40% finishing rate) and she entered as the No.5 in the same weight class. She lost two consecutive bouts in 2018, against Amanda Nunes and Germaine de Randamie, but she came back to win with Irene Aldana in 2019. In their first bout Holm had defeated Pennington via split decision (February 28, 2015 – Holly Holm vs Raquel Pennington I); this second fight is on the undercard of Conor McGregor vs Donald Cerrone – UFC 246. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-05-12, pretty good fight between Amanda Nunes and Raquel Pennington: it gets three stars.The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and current Ufc women’s Bw champion Amanda Nunes entered this fight with a professional mma record of 15-4-0 (87% finishing rate) and she is ranked as the No.1 women’s bantamweight in the world. She suffered her last loss when she faced Cat Zingano in 2014 (Zingano vs Nunes), since then she has won six bouts beating Miesha Tate (Tate vs Nunes), Ronda Rousey (Nunes vs Rousey) and Valentina Shevchenko in his last three (Amanda Nunes vs Valentina Shevchenko 2).
Her opponent, Raquel Pennington, has an official record of 9-5-0 (44% finishing rate) but she is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since November 12, 2016 when she defeated Miesha Tate (Miesha Tate vs Raquel Pennington). She had lost to Holly Holm in 2015 (via split decision) but then she had won over Jessica Andrade, Bethe Correia and Elizabeth Phillips. Nunes vs Pennington, main event of Ufc 224, is valid for the Ufc Women’s bantamweight title (Nunes’ third defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-11-12, close fight but not so exciting: Miesha Tate vs Raquel Pennington gets two stars.The former Strikeforce and Ufc champion Miesha Tate entered this fight with a mma record of 18-6-0 (56% finishing rate) and she is ranked as the No.3 women’s bantamweight in the world. She has fought twice in 2016 beating Holly Holm (=Holm vs Tate) and losing to current #1 Amanda Nunes (=Tate vs Nunes).
Her opponent, Raquel Pennington, has an official record of 8-5-0 (50% finishing rate) and she entered as the No.8 in the same weight class. She was defeated by Holly Holm last year but then she has won three bouts beating Elizabeth Phillips in her last one. Tate vs Pennington is on the undercard of Eddie Alvarez vs Conor McGregor – UFC 205. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-02-28, some good exchanges between Holly Holm and Raquel Pennington but it is not enough to get three stars.The former Wbc, Wba, Wbf and Iba boxing champion Holly Holm entered this fight with a perfect mma record of 7-0-0 (86% ko/tko victory rate – she has never won via submission) and she is ranked as the No.14 women’s bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Ronda Rousey); she fought just once in 2014 beating Juliana Werner (=Holm vs Werner).
Her opponent, Raquel Pennington, has a record of 5-4-0 (60% finishing rate) and she entered as the No.13 in the same weight class; she fought twice last year losing to Jsssica Andrade and defeating Ashlee Evans-Smith. Holm vs Pennington is on the undercard of Ronda Rousey vs Cat Zingano – UFC 184. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2012-10-06, pretty good fight and good submission between Cat Zingano and Raquel Pennington: three stars. The undefeated Cat Zingano entered the fight with a record of 6-0-0 while Raquel Pennington had a record of 3-1-0. Zingano vs Pennington is on the undercard of Jessica Penne vs Naho Sugiyama – Invicta FC 3. Watch the video!
