UFC 307: Raquel Pennington vs. Julianna Pena: Full video highlights
The co-main event of UFC 307 featured an intriguing bantamweight title bout between Julianna Pena and champion Raquel Pennington. The event was held on Oct. 5 at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Pena walked into the fight after suffering a loss against Amanda Nunes at UFC 277. Pennington, on the other hand, was riding a six-fight win streak prior to her fight at UFC 307.
Check out the two fighters make their way to the arena below:
'Rocky' landed a heavy left hand in the opening round of the fight.
Pena took the champion to the ground in the second round.
'The Venezuelan Vixen' continued to put her grappling prowess to use and scored another takedown in the third round.
Pennington bounced back by landing a heavy leg kick in the fourth round.
The champion then proceeded to score an impressive knockdown in the same round.
The fight went the 25-minute distance and ended with a split-decision victory for Pena. The three judges scored the bout 48-47, 47-48 and 48-47 in favor of the 35-year-old.