Monday, May 14, 2018
Tecia Torres Says She & Raquel Pennington Agree With Corner’s Decision to Not Stop UFC 224 Bout
By FCF Staff
There’s been considerable debate and discussion about how Raquel Pennington’s corner encouraged her to continue fighting at UFC 224, but according to her partner, Tecia Torres, the fighters agree with her coaches decision.
Pennington absorbed numerous hard strikes in round for of her bout with Amanda Nunes, and after the frame, she was heard telling her corner she wanted the fight called. The bantamweight’s coaches, however, encouraged her to keep fighting and told her to go for it in the final round.
The champion Nunes, however, bloodied Pennington further with strikes in round five, and the fight was stopped.
Since then, Torres shared out the comments below:
posted by FCF Staff @ 10:29 am