Big Bad Blog Video Theater-Holly Holm vs Raquel Pennington

Here's the match video of Holly Holm vs Raquel Pennington from last night's UFC show in Las Vegas. I said on my preview of this fight that I would like to see both fighters retire. I still think that. This was the co-main event because of Holly's popularity. And fans are cheering as she comes to the cage. But they're booing by the end because the fight was terrible. Holly is a counterpuncher. She's never been an aggressive fighter as her offense is a reaction to her opponent's offense. Raquel hasn't been the same since that ATV crash a couple of years ago. She's not very good anymore. So most of this fight has Holly controlling the clinch on the fence. It's boring so fans start booing. And despite Joe Rogan's yammering that he doesn't want refs breaking up fights, there are times when it's necessary because Holly will continue this if the ref allows it. And that's why ref Jason Herzog needed to break it up just to get Holly to knock it off. Refs have warned her in the past. I think she would have won anyway because Raquel had nothing for her. After Holly won by unanimous decision, she apologized for her lack of aggression. She says she still wants a title. But I don't think this performance is good enough to get her a title shot. Like I said, the fight isn't very good but check out the video for yourself.