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Farah Hannoun

Daniel Cormier explains what was odd about Raquel Pennington’s UFC 297 title win over Mayra Bueno Silva

Daniel Cormier believes Raquel Pennington could have put Mayra Bueno Silva away at UFC 297.

Pennington (16-8 MMA, 13-5 UFC) defeated Bueno Silva (10-3-1 MMA, 5-3-1 UFC) by unanimous decision to capture the vacant women’s bantamweight title in this past Saturday’s co-main event. Bueno Silva slowed down significantly throughout the fight, allowing Pennington to take top control on the ground, and Cormier thinks Pennington should have capitalized against an exhausted Bueno Silva.

“This fight was odd because it felt like Raquel could finish Mayra Bueno Silva,” Cormier said on his YouTube channel. “It felt like if she broke away from her and allowed for her or made her stand and trade with her, she could finish her.

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