As Jessica Penne picked up the microphone to talk with UFC.com, she couldn’t stop smiling.
Nearly three years removed from her last fight in the UFC, the strawweight veteran had been sidelined by a myriad of issues with USADA and by some injuries. It was a trying time, one that Penne wasn’t sure would ever come to an end. There were moments she felt defeated, and she had to accept that it was a real possibly that she wouldn’t ever make the walk to the Octagon again.
Despite all the obstacles in her way, there was no way that Penne was going to give up on her dream.