Raquel Pennington replaces injured Julianna Pena at UFC 171
Raquel Pennington (4-3 MMA, 1-0 UFC) has replaced injured Julianna Pena (5-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) and fill fight fellow 135-pounder Jessica Andrade (10-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC) at UFC 171.
UFC officials recently announced the change. Pena suffered a severe knee injury, as MMAjunkie reported on Wednesday.
UFC 171 takes place March 15 at Dallas’ American Airlines Center. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FOX Sports 1 and UFC Fight Pass.
UFC officials haven’t finalized the bout order.
Pennington, a semifinalist on “The Ultimate Fighter 18″ (Pena was a show champion), made her UFC debut at the TUF 18 Finale and posted a decision victory over Roxanne Modafferi. It halted a two-fight skid for Pennington, who suffered back-to-back losses to Cat Zingano and Leslie Smith with Invicta FC before joining the “TUF 18″ cast.
Andrade, meanwhile, made her promotional debut at this past July’s UFC on FOX 8 event and lost to former UFC title challenger Liz Carmouche via second-round TKO. She rebounded at this past October’s UFC Fight Night 30 event with a dominant decision win over vet Rosi Sexton.
The latest UFC 171 card includes:
Johny Hendricks vs. Robbie Lawler – for vacant welterweight title
Carlos Condit vs. Tyron Woodley
Myles Jury vs. Diego Sanchez
Hector Lombard vs. Jake Shields
Ovince St. Preux vs. Thiago Silva
Kelvin Gastelum vs. Rick Story
Jessica Andrade vs. Raquel Pennington
Dennis Bermudez vs. Jimy Hettes
Alex Garcia vs. Sean Spencer
Will Campuzano vs. Justin Scoggins
Renee Forte vs. Frank Trevino
Robert McDaniel vs. Tor Troeng
Daniel Pineda vs. Robert Whiteford
