Here's the match video of Raquel Pennington vs Ketlen Vieira from last night's UFC show in Las Vegas. This fight is at Bantamweight. Raquel is on a four fight winning streak. She is from Colorado Springs. She is a good but not great fighter. Ketlen trains at Nova Uniao in Brazil. She is on a two fight winning streak. If she wins this fight, she probably gets a title shot. She is an elite fighter and she's bigger than Raquel. But her major flaw is she isn't aggressive enough. She's too nice. She should win this fight. But instead she beat herself by accepting positions when she should be taking the initiative. And one particular judge didn't do her any favors. The entire fight was on the feet. Keep in mind that Ketlen has elite BJJ. But she didn't use it. That was her first mistake. Round one was close but I thought Ketlen won it 10-9. The only person who seemed to think Raquel won that round was judge Mike Bell. Though that did cost her the fight, it was Ketlen's lack of aggression that really cost her the fight. I scored round two 10-9 for Raquel and so did all three judges. Round three was also close. I scored it 10-9 for Ketlen so I scored the fight 29-28 for Ketlen. Two of the three judges scored round three for Ketlen. She won two of the three rounds on the judges scorecards. But she lost the fight because Bell scored round one for Raquel. If he scores it for Ketlen, she wins by unanimous decision. So it was a bit of a robbery. But if Ketlen is more aggressive, she wins the fight easily. She beat herself. Enjoy the video!
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