Raquel Pennington
Birth : 1988-09-05, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
History
Professional mixed martial artist competing in the UFC Bantamweight division.
Self
UFC 297: Strickland vs. du Plessis was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on January 20, 2024, at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. A UFC Middleweight Championship bout between current champion Sean Strickland and former KSW Welterweight Champion Dricus du Plessis headlined the event.
Self
Sean Strickland vs. Nassourdine Imavov (Light Heavyweight) Dan Ige vs. Damon Jackson (Featherweight) Punahele Soriano vs. Roman Kopylov (Middleweight) Ketlen Vieira vs. Raquel Pennington (Bantamweight) Umar Nurmagomedov vs. Raoni Barcelos (Bantamweight)
Raquel
Homage to the cult classic “Mondo Hollywood”, a groovy mushrooms dealer and a man from the 5th dimension journey through Hollywood to find the meaning of “Mondo.”
Herself
UFC on ESPN: Blaydes vs. Volkov (also known as UFC on ESPN 11) is a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on June 20, 2020 at the UFC APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.
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Sat, Jan 18, 10:00 PM EST, T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States
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Alex Caceres vs. Steven Peterson, Raquel Pennington vs. Irene Aldana, Klidson Abreu vs. Sam Alvey, Jennifer Maia vs. Roxanne Modafferi, Ray Borg vs. Gabriel Silva, Mario Bautista vs. Jin Soo Son, Felipe Colares vs. Domingo Pilarte
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A welterweight bout between former UFC Lightweight Champion Rafael Dos Anjos and Leon Edwards.
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The UFC celebrated its 25th Anniversary at this event, given its first event took place on November 12, 1993. This event also took place in the same city as the inaugural show. A featherweight bout between former UFC Lightweight Champion Frankie Edgar and former UFC Featherweight Championship challenger Chan Sung Jung was expected to serve as the event headliner. However on October 26, it was reported that Edgar pulled out due to injury and was replaced by The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America featherweight winner Yair Rodríguez. A lightweight bout between Beneil Dariush and Chris Gruetzemacher was expected to take place at the event. However on October 19, it was reported Gruetzemacher withdrew from the event due to undisclosed reasons and was replaced by promotional newcomer Thiago Moisés. At the weigh-ins, former UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship challenger Raquel Pennington weighed in at 138 lbs, 2 pounds over the bantamweight non-title fight limit of 136 lbs.
Herself
UFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington is a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on May 12, 2018, at the Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Cuchilla
A crack-pot scientist aligns with the Axis of Evil to bring down the United States with EMP blasts, toxic zombification gas and by unleashing the ultimate undead killing monstrosity: the Z-REX. When a hot-wired militia squad and a crew of college hipsters are thrown together to do something about it, chaotic Predator-Thunder action runs amok.
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UFC 205: Alvarez vs. McGregor is a mixed martial arts event promoted by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on November 12, 2016 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.
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UFC 202: Diaz vs. McGregor 2 is an upcoming mixed martial arts event that will be held on August 20, 2016 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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UFC on Fox: Teixeira vs. Evans (also known as UFC on Fox 19) was a mixed martial arts event held on April 16, 2016 at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida. The event was the second that the organization has hosted in the Tampa Bay Area, and first since UFC Fight Night: Lauzon vs. Stephens in February 2009.
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UFC 191 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas headlined by a rematch for the Flyweight Championship between Demetrius "Mighty Mouse" Johnson and John "The Magician" Dodson.
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UFC 184: Rousey vs. Zingano is a mixed martial arts event held on February 28, 2015 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
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UFC 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler II was a mixed martial arts event held on December 6, 2014 at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The main event was a Welterweight championship rematch between champion Johny Hendricks and number one contender Robbie Lawler. Their first fight at UFC 171 ended in a unanimous decision victory in favor of the reigning champion. Co-featured on the card was a Lightweight Championship bout, which also served as the coaches bout for The Ultimate Fighter Season 20, as current champion Anthony Pettis made his first title defense against Gilbert Melendez
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UFC 171: Hendricks vs. Lawler was a mixed martial arts event held on March 15, 2014 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
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The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate Finale (also known as The Ultimate Fighter 18 Finale) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship. It is expected to take place on November 30, 2013 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Invicta FC 4: Esparza vs. Hyatt was a mixed martial arts event held on January 5, 2013 at the Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kansas. The event will be headlined by a strawweight championship bout between Carla Esparza and Bec Hyatt. Esparza was originally scheduled to fight Ayaka Hamasaki for the title but Hamasaki pulled out of the fight due to commitments to defending her JEWELS lightweight title in December and was replaced by undefeated Brazilian fighter Claudia Gadelha. On December 28, Gadelha was forced to withdraw from the main event title fight after suffering a broken nose in training. Gadelha was replaced by Bec Hyatt, who was originally set to face Joanne Calderwood.
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Invicta FC 3: Penne vs Sugiyama was a mixed martial arts event to be held on October 6, 2012 at the Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kansas. Invicta President Shannon Knapp has announced that the event would feature the first championship bout for Invicta Fighting Championships. Invicta continued their partnership with JEWELS as Jessica Penne will face unbeaten JEWELS Featherweight Queen (105 lb.) Naho Sugiyama for the Invicta FC Atomweight Championship. Tara LaRosa (127.6 lbs) and Lacey Schuckman (106.2 lbs) failed to make weight at the weigh in. Schuckman was able to get within 1 pound of her 105 weight class limit within the next two hours and was fined 10% of her purse. LaRosa was not able to get within one pound of 125 pounds within two hours and was fined 25% of her purse.
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Invicta FC 2: Baszler vs. McMann was a mixed martial arts event held on July 28, 2012 at the Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kansas. Like the first event, it was made available as a free stream on the promotion's official website. The event was headlined by 2004 Summer Olympics women's freestyle wrestling silver medalist Sara McMann and Shayna Baszler. It will be the second event of the promotion. Jessica Phillipus missed weight for her bout and forfeited 25% of her fight purse. After the event, fight of the night (US$1,500 bonus to each fighter) went to Sara McMann and Shayna Baszler who competed in the main event. Two submission of the night bonuses (US$1,000 bonus) were awarded to Sarah D'Alelio and Alexis Davis.