Raquel Pennington’s head coach and cornerman Jason Kutz unwittingly ignited a firestorm of controversy at UFC 224 for his decision to not throw in the towel during Penningon’s title challenge against women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes.
UFC cameras captured Pennington telling Kutz that she was “done” between the fourth and fifth round at UFC 224 on Saturday night in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Rather than stop the fight, Kutz convinced Pennington to answer the bell for the final frame, a decision that resulted in Pennington losing to Nunes via fifth-round TKO less than three minutes later.