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Raquel Pennington suffers broken leg, preventing fight with UFC champ Amanda Nunes
UFC women’s bantamweight contender Raquel Pennington seemed like the obvious next candidate to challenge divisional champion Amanda Nunes. Unfortunately, that’s not gong to happen anytime soon.
Pennington (9-5 MMA, 6-2 UFC) suffered a broken leg in vehicle accident on Tuesday in Colorado. The accident happened just after verbal agreements were in place for a title bout with Nunes (15-4 MMA, 8-1 UFC) at UFC 219 on Dec. 30, Pennington’s management team told MMAjunkie. The news was first reported by Combate.
The incident comes just as Pennington was set to make a comeback from a more than year-long layoff. She defeated former champion Miesha Tate by unanimous decision at UFC 205 in November 2016, but afterward was forced to undergo shoulder surgery.
Pennington, No. 6 in the latest USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA women’s bantamweight rankings, is still evaluating options on whether she’ll require surgery to repair the damage to her leg, a rep said.
Regardless, she’ll have to wait for the chance to extend her current four-fight winning streak, which is the second longest active run at 135 pounds behind champion No. 1-ranked Nunes’ six-fight winning streak.
An exact timeline for Pennington’s return to competition is unknown.
For more on UFC 219, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.
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