Women’s bantamweight title fight finally booked for UFC 297

Raquel Pennington will fight for the vacant bantamweight title at UFC 297. Photo via Instagram (@raquel_pennington)

More than seven months after Amanda Nunes retired from MMA and vacated her bantamweight strap, we will finally see two top ranked fighters clash for the title.

Seasoned veteran Raquel Pennington and rising prospect Mayra Bueno Silva are set to clash at UFC 297 on January 20. The event is expected to go down at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Canada.

The promotion has not yet announced the fight but the news of the matchup was first reported by Ag Fight.

Bantamweight vet Pennington rides a five-fight winning streak and so far has 16 fights in the division. Bueno Silva has not lost in four fights, however, her last submission win was  overturned due to a drug testing issue.

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UFC 297 with Raquel Pennington

Besides the highly interesting bantamweight title fight the UFC 297 fight card also features names like Arnold Allen, Movsar Evloev and Neil Magny. Check out the current fight card below!*

• Raquel Pennington vs. Mayra Bueno Silva – for vacant women’s bantamweight title
• Arnold Allen vs. Movsar Evloev
• Marc-Andre Barriault vs. Chris Curtis
• Garrett Armfield vs. Brad Katona
• Gillian Robertson vs. Polyana Viana
• Serhiy Sidey vs. Ramon Taveras
• Jimmy Flick vs. Malcolm Gordon
• Neil Magny vs. Mike Malott
• Yohan Lainesse vs. Sam Patterson

*Fight card is a subject of change.

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