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Matthew Wells

UFC 297 results: Raquel Pennington outworks fatigued Mayra Bueno Silva to claim vacant title

The UFC women’s bantamweight division has a new champion, and her name is Raquel Pennington.

Former champion Amanda Nunes watched intently cageside at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto to see who would claim the title she left vacant in retirement. After 25 minutes in the UFC 297 co-main event, Pennington (16-8 MMA, 13-5 UFC) had the belt wrapped around her waist after earning unanimous scores of 49-46, 49-46 and 49-45, soundly defeating Mayra Bueno Silva.

There wasn’t much of a feel-out process as both landed in early exchanges. But soon enough, Pennington looked to clinch with Bueno Silva (10-3-1 MMA, 5-3-1 UFC), which is where most of the fight would end up playing out.

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