MMAJunkie<\/a> that her weight cut was so bad that she had to cut off some of her hair in order to get down to the required weight.<\/p>\nPennington just said it’s how the sport goes, you have be willing to do crazy things to succeed. The fighter picked up a win over Jessica Andrade, in a rematch of their first fight, and one that Andrade was favored to win.<\/p>\n
She managed to submit Andrade in the second round of their prelim fight.<\/p>\n
Check out what she had to say about cutting weight and chopping off some of her hair:<\/p>\n
\u201cYou know, when it comes to that part, your body is going to get drained. This is a crazy physical sport, but it\u2019s where it comes from in here. it takes a lot of heart in this sport. I think that\u2019s what played a big part tonight. I went to desperate measures (at weigh-ins). I chopped off some of my hair for weight.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\nThe Best Training Room You’ll Probably Ever See — D.C., Rockhold, Khabib, Velasquez All Training For UFC Greatness<\/strong>
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