In the span of just under two years, Raquel Pennington has gone from a middling 5-5 fighter in the UFC women’s bantamweight division to the #5 ranked contender. She’s won her last four fights inside the Octagon, including a unanimous decision win over former champion Miesha Tate at UFC 205. Unfortunately for the 28-year-old, she’ll be sidelined for the next 6-9 months due to recent shoulder surgery to repair a torn bicep, as she recently revealed ESPN’s Brett Okamoto.
“Yeah, everything went well,” Pennington said. “They thought it was a torn labrum, but when the doctor went inside it ended up being a torn bicep.