Social media reacts to Raquel Pennington’s vacant title win over Mayra Bueno Silva at UFC 297
Raquel Pennington’s long journey to gold finally reached the pinnacle on Saturday when she defeated Mayra Bueno Silva in the UFC 297 co-headliner.
After failing in her first title bid in May 2018, Pennington (16-8 MMA, 13-5 UFC) built herself back to the top and capped a six-fight winning streak with a unanimous decision victory over Silva (10-3-1 MMA, 5-3-1 UFC) to claim the vacant women’s bantamweight title at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto.
Check below for the top X (formerly Twitter) reactions to Pennington’s triumph over Silva at UFC 297.
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Social media reacts to Raquel Pennington’s vacant title win over Mayra Bueno Silva at UFC 297
