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!
Event: UFC 205: Alvarez vs McGregor
Date: 2016-11-12
Where: Madison Square Garden, New York, USA
Division: bantamweight (135 lbs, 61 kg)
UFC 205 fight card (main fights):
Eddie Alvarez vs Conor McGregor
Tyron Woodley vs Stephen Thompson
Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs Karolina Kowalkiewicz
Chris Weidman vs Yoel Romero
Miesha Tate vs Raquel Pennington
Frankie Edgar vs Jeremy Stephens
Michael Johnson vs Khabib Nurmagomedov
Tate’s previous fight: Miesha Tate vs Amanda Nunes
Pennington’s next fight: Amanda Nunes vs Raquel Pennington
Tate’s next fight: Miesha Tate vs Marion Reneau
Video:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jna_usOYxP8
