Our Pennington vs. Pena predictions are backing the champ to be successful in her first defense.
Raquel Pennington puts her title on the line for the first time, and Pena won't be walking out of Salt Lake City with the strap.
Despite the common link between opponents, these two are not the same. While Pena did score the MMA equivalent of Douglas/Tyson, she clearly caught a disinterested and unfocused Nunes at a low point; something accentuated when Nunes put an absolute beating on her in the rematch before retiring from MMA.
The champion controls the action better than Pena does, and her clinches, as well as her ground defense, give her an edge. At the same time, when Pennington can force her opponents up against the cage, she grinds the action to a halt and takes full control. After a decade of covering all things boxing, from recapping the sport’s biggest fights to sharing behind-the-scenes details of the sweet science, Danny found himself immersed in sports betting, focusing on the sports he knows best. As a boxing and MMA contributor with seasoned experience from growing up around each sport, he can uncover the nuances and intangibles that can make the difference between victory and defeat.
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