{"id":210116,"date":"2016-11-13T16:21:53","date_gmt":"2016-11-14T00:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=210116"},"modified":"2016-11-13T16:21:53","modified_gmt":"2016-11-14T00:21:53","slug":"raquel-pennington-miesha-tates-retirement-every-reason-keep-head-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/miesha-tate\/raquel-pennington-miesha-tates-retirement-every-reason-keep-head-high\/","title":{"rendered":"Raquel Pennington On Miesha Tate’s Retirement: She Has Every Reason to Keep Her Head High"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since she entered mainstream consciousness on season 18 of The Ultimate Fighter, Colorado’s Raquel Pennington has stood out as something of a gatekeeper. While nobody refuted her talent, it was hard to imagine her contending for UFC bantamweight gold. On Saturday night, that changed.<\/p>\n

Pennington kicked off the main card of the landmark UFC 205<\/a> alongside women’s MMA pioneer Miesha Tat<\/a>e, who was, coincidentally, her coach on the Ultimate Fighter. The bout marked the starkest test of Pennington’s career \u2013 and she passed it with flying colors<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For three rounds, Pennington out-gunned her experienced foe on the feet, and out-hustled her on the mat. By the time the third round ended, she’d done more than enough to earn the judges’ favor, and would walk away from the fight with massive win that would transform her from fringe contender to bona fide bantamweight frontrunner.<\/p>\n

As it turns out, Pennington would also be the final opponent of Tate’s long career. In the moments after the bout, Tate announced her intention to retire from MMA<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In a recent interview with MMAJunkie.com<\/a>, Pennington gave her thoughts on the surprising retirement of her opponent and former coach.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, this is a huge opportunity,\u201d Pennington said of their fight. \u201cIt\u2019s an honor to be here and fight on this New York card. If she\u2019s going to go out with a retirement, I wouldn\u2019t necessarily agree with going out with a loss, but Miesha has nothing to keep her head down about. She has every reason to keep her head high.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Pennington went on to credit Tate for her role in putting women’s MMA on the map \u2013 a feat that is generally attributed to Ronda Rousey.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody says Ronda [Rousey] is the face of women\u2019s MMA, but I believe that Miesha belongs up there too. She\u2019s done some wonderful things and put on some wonderful performances. This card, it\u2019s a huge opportunity to make history. If this is the card she wanted to go out on, she has all my respect.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What do you think of Miesha Tate’s retirement? Sound off, PENN Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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