Raquel Pennington Wants a Couple Title Defenses, ‘Then That’s a Wrap for Me’

[Bradillac]

This division is dead.

 

[Prologue]

I can't believe in a world where Raquel Pennington is champ.

 

[Mmmmmmma1234]

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Where does WMMA go from here?

Sad thing for BW is I see her fully capable of winning those two fights (unless Amanda comes back).

Pena is just an older version of MBS, will be like watching a reply.

Then it's who? Holm at 45 in a trilogy surely Pennington can finally beat her. Aldana to easily pushed against the cage. Gdr got moves but Pennington gave her a good close fight while dealing with thyroid issues.

 

[GSP_37]

I guess UFC won't fire up the hype machine to promote her then since there won't be much return on investment.

 

[El Fernas]

2013 to 2024...13 years?? The sad state of womens WB means basically a prelim random fight ended up crowning the champion...is that bad.

 

[Dick]

Can't hate on Pennington. She took advantage of her opportunity and became champ in the divisions weakest state. I'd say she's over achieved at this point and can retire a success story.

 

[POWER SLAP WORLD CHAMPION]

Through rock bottom and to the center of the earth.

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[StonedLemur]

Is that some Eastern thing? ~Dude lol

 

[ejazahmednit]

If she has two defences , she ll be better than most of champions both male/female in terms of being a champion
I JUST WANT CHAMPIONS TO DEFEND MORE FREQUENTLY

 

[CobraCobretti]

Hopefully Rocky will be the face of Apex events now that Stickland has been promoted to PPV.

 

[oscerthegrouch]

Pena Always watching the ships go Bye .. because of injuries but i think she whips Raquel watch by the time she claims to be ready Nunes comes back steals her moment ha

 

[NoSmilez]

135 is dead. Nunes can still come back and grab the belt. Even Rousey and GDR are suitable contenders. The division is so stale.

 

[Mohawk Banditó]

I know she gets marked off as boring, but it's weird how people's evaluation of how good the division is seems to revolve around her 'not being good' more-so than it does 'how does she currently fit in against everyone else?'

It's like, when a fighter in any other division who has a number of losses starts racking up wins in a row, people will usually go "Oh, looks like they turned a corner." Whereas with Racquel, it seems like everyone's going "Well, no she is just permanently a 6 outta 10 in skills at best in my mind. So if MBS beat her, I would have put MBS in the 7-10 area, but because she didn't, I put MBS below 6. The champ is now a 6 and everyone else is below a 6."

The rankings haven't been updated to put her as the champ yet (which is actually going to bump all these people up by 1 on average), but at this point, she has wins over #3, #4, #5, #7, #9, & #11 and the only people she lost to in the UFC are Andrade (lost by split and avenged with a RNC and a POTN bonus), GDR, and Holm twice. And all of those women have held gold. That's really not a bad run.

 

[2004 account]

It's a bit odd to hear most UFC champions talk about retirement as soon as they get they belt.

Only in the ufc

 

[Neck&Neck]

Rocky should defend somewhere exotic and grand, like Abu Dhabi
Rocky vs Rousey in Dhabi

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

...Away?

Invicta?


(w135 & w145)

Dunno man, but this is what a lot of people used to say MMA fighters should do!

But when a lady or Khabib to it, everyone is upset?

Those hands.
Floyd would have never had a chance.

Sad thing for BW is I see her fully capable of winning those two fights (unless Amanda comes back).

Pena is just an older version of MBS, will be like watching a reply.

Then it's who? Holm at 45 in a trilogy surely Pennington can finally beat her. Aldana to easily pushed against the cage. Gdr got moves but Pennington gave her a good close fight while dealing with thyroid issues.

Once Ever?

 

[Askafan]

If the UFC were really offering Rousey a shitload of money to fight for the belt at 300 she'd be nuts to turn it down ........ so I guess she turned it down.

 

[Wormwood]

Once Ever?

Looks cleaner, crisper and sharper than…

 

[Van Daz]

Rocky vs Rocky Ronda?

 

[carlosevenos]

she's a stand up fighter who's never finished anyone with strikes in her long ufc career. So boring