Here's the fight video of Tecia Pennington vs Carla Esparza from last night's UFC show in Salt Lake City. This fight is at Strawweight. Of course the big story is this is Carla's retirement fight. She is a two time Strawweight Champion. But after losing to Zhang Weili in Nov. 2022, she had a baby and decided to retire. It's likely she is going into the UFC Hall Of Fame. Tecia is an appropriate opponent as they are about the same age. She's been in the UFC for a long time too. Tecia is still in great shape. But she's a limited fighter. She's a striker with no ground game. And she doesn't punch hard enough to finish fights. Tecia was complaining this week about losing close fights. The answer is she is a points fighter. And that's a double edged sword. This fight was typical. It was very close. I thought Tecia won 29-28. Two of the three judges scored it the same. The third scored it 30-27 for Tecia. That was a local judge. The fight was forgettable. But at least Carla got a nice video package in her post fight interview. Her son is cute too. Here's to a happy retirement. Enjoy the video!
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