Raquel Pennington supports corner's decision to keep fighting in UFC 224 beating vs. Amanda Nunes
Raquel Pennington fully supported her corner’s decision to compel her to keep fighting at UFC 224 despite the bloody beating she suffered. (AP)
The decision to send a battered and beaten Raquel Pennington out for the fifth round of Saturday’s UFC 224 headliner against Amanda Nunes has been the subject of much debate.
Nunes, who had dominated the fight from the opening bell, pounced on a weary Pennington in the final round and delivered multiple blows to her face that left a pool of blood on the mat and secured a TKO victory for the champion.
The controversy is centered on the break after the fourth round in which Pennington, apparently having suffered a broken nose, told her corner that she wanted to quit. Her coach, Jason Kutz, implored her to return for the fifth round, where the literal blood bath ensued.
