As most of you may know we here at WNB are huge advocates of the females in the sports industry. More specifically in the world of Professinal wrestling and MMA.
This Saturday at UFC184 at the Staple Center in Los Angeles history will be made. For the first time ever both Co Main & Main events feture women. The co main will feature the #12 athlete in the women’s Batemweight divison Requel Pennington vs the #13 seed and former 10 time boxing Champion Holly Holm.
The co main event is just as high profile as the main event and that is because Holly Holm has been one of the most talked about athletes in awhile. Not to mention her KO victories serve as a human highlight reel. Many people believe Holm is the favorite to win this fight.
Raquel Penninton on the other hand is coming off a recent victory at UFC182. She defeated Ashley Even’s smith impressively in the last 10 secs of the 1st round via Bulldog choke. Not to mention Pennington is an alumni of The Ultimite fighter season 18. Her fight with Jessamyn Duke is highly regarded as one of the best WMMA fights and it was a fight that earned the title “fight of the season”.
If that’s not enough Dana White spoke highly of Pennigton telling her she was one of the best in the divison. Pennington made it to the semi finals but then lost to the seasons winner Juliana Peña. Many people see Pennington as the underdog in this fight but that’s a situation Pennington is comfortable with.
In the main event we have two undefeated athletes Ronda Rousey holds a record of (10-0) while Cat Zingano holds a record of (9-0) Both athletes are coming off wins. Zigano earned a TKO victory against Amanda Nunes back in September as where Rousey is coming off an impressive record setting 16 sec TKO in the women’s Batemweight divison against Alexis Davis from UFC175
Let’s not forget this is a fight that has been a year in the making. In late 2013 Zignano beat standout Miesha Tate via TKO earning her a future title shot. She was also slated to couch opposite Rousey of TUF18 but all of that was put on hold after she suffered an ACL injury. Her return was then pushed back further when tragedy struck in her personal life after her husband/couch took his own life.
Both athletes in the main event have battled their fair share of injuries and personal struggles. They both have something to prove and neither of them want to see that 0 disappear from the record. Wether you’re Team Rousey or Team Zingano, the fight fans are in for a treat.
The full fight card is as follows:
Early preliminary Card live on UFC Fight pass 4P:30T/7:30ET
James Kruse vs Valmir Lazaro
Masio Fullen vs Alxander Torres
Preliminary Card live on FoxSports1 5PT/8ET
Derrick Lewis vs Ruan Potts
Dhiego Lima vs Tim Means
Romam Salazar vs Norifumi Yamamoto
Mark Muñoz vs Roan Carnieo
UFC184 live on PPV 7PT/10ET
Lightweight bout: Tony Furgeson vs Glieson Tiabu
Welterweight bout: Alan Joban vs Richard Walsh
Welterweight bout: Jake Ellenberger vs Josh Koscheck
Co main event women’s Battemweight Raquel Penninton vs Holy Holm
Main event for the women Battwmweight title: Ronda Rousey (C) vs Cat Zingano
I will be doing play by play coverage starting with the prelims at 5PT/8ET @WrestlingNewsBlog on Twitter so you won’t want to miss it.
If this didn’t hype you to enough feel free to watch countdown to UFC184 here http://youtu.be/jRVNn3RM8O8
Vanessa (@GreatLove91)
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