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Raquel Pennington didn’t appreciate the thought of being overlooked. That appeared to be the case during talks of Amanda Nunes vs. Cris Cyborg. Pennington was penciled in for a title shot against Nunes for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)…
Raquel Pennington didn’t appreciate the thought of being overlooked. That appeared to be the case during talks of Amanda Nunes vs. Cris Cyborg. Pennington was penciled in for a title shot against Nunes for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) women’s bantamweight gold, but was injured in an ATV accident. Plans seemed to be set for […]
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Mackenzie Dern isn’t wasting any time returning to the Octagon. The hyped 6-0 strawweight prospect just made her UFC debut with a hard-fought split decision win over Ashley Yoder at March 3’s UFC 222, and after calling for a fight at UFC 224 in the momenta afterward, she’s headed back to the origins of her championship-winning […]
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Mackenzie Dern isn’t wasting any time returning to the Octagon.
The hyped 6-0 strawweight prospect just made her UFC debut with a hard-fought split decision win over Ashley Yoder at March 3’s UFC 222, and after calling for a fight at UFC 224 in the momenta afterward, she’s headed back to the origins of her championship-winning Brazilian jiu-jitsu pedigree.
News broke from MMA Brasil Wednesday that Dern will make a fast turnaround to face former The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 20 finalist Amanda Bobby Cooper at May 24’s UFC 224 from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Dern, the daughter of BJJ great Wellington “Megaton” Dias, is widely regarded as one of the finest female submission artists in the world, owning a win over feared champion Gabi Garcia. She’s submitted her foe in three of her six total mixed martial arts bouts, and the 24-year-old Brazilian-American would appear to have a match-up tailor-made for her skillset in Cooper, who has lost all three of her defeats by submission.
But the 3-3 Cooper did make it to the TUF 20 finals, and also picked up a one-sided TKO win over Angela Magana in her last bout to regain some much-needed momentum after tapping out to a Cynthia Calvillo rear-naked choke in her prior fight at UFC 209 in 2016.
Dern did show some wild inexperience on the feet against Yoder. She was prone to wild, lunging punches that left her chin incredibly open, and indeed Yoder dropped her with a big punch at one point. Yet there’s little doubt Cooper will be in imminent danger if the fight hits the mat.
‘ABC’ doesn’t seem to be phased by that fact, however, posting that she’s been training for a long while to beat Dern and would derail her hype train:
UFC 224 features a women’s bantamweight championship bout between hometown fan favorite Amanda Nunes and challenger Raquel Pennington.
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A fight between UFC women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg and UFC women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes has been postponed. In the past, Cyborg has explained her position on the possible fight with Nunes. As for the main reason, it’s due to her not wanting to fight a fellow Brazilian. Even though this would be the […]
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A fight between UFC women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg and UFC women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes has been postponed.
In the past, Cyborg has explained her position on the possible fight with Nunes. As for the main reason, it’s due to her not wanting to fight a fellow Brazilian.
Even though this would be the most difficult task of her career, Nunes can’t wait to fight the featherweight champion not because it’s personal but rather because she wants to broke Cyborg’s 20-fight unbeaten streak.
However, this fight will have to wait. The UFC has already announced that the women’s bantamweight champion would make her next title defense against rising contender Raquel Pennington at the upcoming UFC 224 pay-per-view event.
Nunes recently appeared on the UFC Unfiltered podcast (transcript courtesy of MMA Fighting) to talk about her next title defense as well as why she took this fight instead of the super fight with Cyborg.
“When I texted Dana White that I wanted the fight, I didn’t have nobody in my division,” said Nunes. “I didn’t even know if I was gonna fight soon. I was concerned with waiting years because I’ve been in that position before, waiting so long for a fight, I don’t want to do it again and stay waiting, waiting, waiting.
“But now, we have Rocky [Pennington] and we have the Brazilian, Ketlen [Vieira] and I feel like my division is starting to grow. If you pay attention, the division’s gonna be awesome and now I have two. I have Rocky and I have Ketlen. Rocky is my next step and I want to see Ketlen after, for sure.”
“I think she’s deserving, after this fight against Rocky,” said Nunes. “She beat the girl that beat me. I think she’s ready and I’m excited to fight her.”
The UFC 224 pay-per-view event is slated to go down on Saturday, May 12 in Rio de Janeiro. The main card will air on pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET while the preliminary card will air on FOX Sports 1 at 8 p.m. ET and the promotion’s streaming service, UFC Fight Pass.
Cyborg has fought as recently as this month. As seen in the main event of the UFC 222 event on pay-per-view at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, Cyborg successfully retained her title against newcomer Yana Kunitskaya by picking up a TKO win in the first round.
“There’s gonna be a lot of things involved in that,” said the champion. “Having the contract for her, for me, it has to make sense for both of us so we can do this. It’s nothing personal against Cyborg. When you become a professional fighter, you want to become the best, you want to beat the best.
“It’s nothing personal but I feel like there’s a lot of things involved in that and I don’t want to wait for that. I want to keep fighting, I don’t want to wait to negotiate. Right now my division has a new contender and I’m excited for that. Whatever happens after that, we’ll see.”
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UFC 224 now officially has a title fight. UFC women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes will put her title on the line against top ranked contender Raquel Pennington on May 12 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The news had previously been reported in F…
UFC 224 now officially has a title fight. UFC women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes will put her title on the line against top ranked contender Raquel Pennington on May 12 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The news had previously been reported in February but UFC officials announced the pairing on Thursday with confirmation for UFC […]
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The UFC has officially announced Amanda Nunes’ next opponent. On Thursday (March 8, 2018), the promotion announced that the women’s bantamweight champion would make her next title defense against rising contender Raquel Pennington at the upcoming UFC 224 pay-per-view event. Nunes comes into this fight on a six fight winning streak. She won the title […]
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The UFC has officially announced Amanda Nunes’ next opponent.
On Thursday (March 8, 2018), the promotion announced that the women’s bantamweight champion would make her next title defense against rising contender Raquel Pennington at the upcoming UFC 224 pay-per-view event.
Nunes comes into this fight on a six fight winning streak. She won the title from Ronda Rousey, which marked the final bout of her storied pro-MMA career, back in December of 2016 at UFC 207.
In her most recent bout, she successfully retained her title against Valentina Shevchenko by split decision in September at UFC 215.
On the flip side, Pennington is coming into this fight on a four fight winning streak that includes wins over Jéssica Andrade, Bethe Correia, and Elizabeth Phillips.
Her most recent fight came back in November of 2016 at UFC 205 when she picked up a win over former women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate.
The UFC 224 pay-per-view event is slated to go down on Saturday, May 12 in Rio de Janeiro. The main card will air on pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET while the preliminary card will air on FOX Sports 1 at 8 p.m. ET and the promotion’s streaming service, UFC Fight Pass.
As of this writing, the Las Vegas-based promotion has yet to finalize the lineup for this card but they will be announcing more bouts for this upcoming pay-per-view event in the coming weeks. Here is the updated card:
Champ Amanda Nunes vs. Raquel Pennington – for women’s bantamweight title
Ronaldo Souza vs. Kelvin Gastelum
Vitor Belfort vs. Lyoto Machida
Nick Hein vs. Davi Ramos
Ramazan Emeev vs. Alberto Mino
Junior Albini vs. Aleksei Oliynyk
Cezar Ferreira vs. Karl Roberson
Jack Hermansson vs. Thales Leites
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UFC president Dana White already liked the idea of Cris Cyborg facing Amanda Nunes in a super fight and now he wants to see it even more. On Saturday night, Cyborg dispatched former Yana Kunitskaya in impressive fashion as the Brazilian wrecking machin…
UFC president Dana White already liked the idea of Cris Cyborg facing Amanda Nunes in a super fight and now he wants to see it even more. On Saturday night, Cyborg dispatched former Yana Kunitskaya in impressive fashion as the Brazilian wrecking machine made short work of the former Invicta FC champion with a first […]