Miesha Tate defends 'dynamic' Pennington vs. Bueno Silva fight: 'You can't claim the main event was any more exciting'
Miesha Tate doesn’t get the criticism surrounding the UFC 297 co-main event.
The vacant woman’s bantamweight title was on the line Saturday at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto when Raquel Pennington faced Mayra Bueno Silva. Pennington (16-8 MMA, 13-5 UFC) outlasted Bueno Silva (10-3-1 MMA, 5-3-1 UFC) to become champion.
There wasn’t too much buzz surrounding their fight in the lead-up, which led to an honest admission from Bueno Silva about the matchup itself. Headliner Sean Strickland, who lost his middleweight title to Dricus Du Plessis, implied that he was carrying the women on the card.
Former bantamweight champion Tate had quite a bit to say when reacting to Pennington’s win, as well as Strickland’s close loss to Du Plessis.
Scroll below to see Tate’s comments.