Seven months after leaving Amanda Nunes In mixed martial arts, the UFC will crown a new women's bantamweight champion.
At the UFC 297 tournament, which will take place on January 20 and is expected to take place in Toronto, Canada, they will fight for the vacant title Raquel Pennington And Mayra Bueno Silva.
Pennington (15-8) is on a five-game winning streak. In 2018, the 35-year-old “Rocky” already fought for the belt in the 135-pound division, but lost to the aforementioned Nunes by technical knockout in the fifth round.
Bueno Silva (10-2-1) is undefeated in his last four fights. In July of this year, the Brazilian won the biggest victory of her career, choking out ex-champion Holly Holm. Later, however, Mayra passed a positive doping test - the result of the match was canceled, and she herself received a short disqualification.