If you were observing UFC’s 224 main event, you might have caught the exchange that took place between Raquel Pennington and her corner during the one-minute break between the fourth and fifth round. She did her best to stay in the fight, but then Nunes took her to the mat and overwhelmed her with ground strikes. After the fight, Nunes, who is friends with Pennington outside the octagon, commented on the situation. “It’s sad,” Nunes said through an interpreter at the UFC 224 post-fight news conference. “If she didn’t have the right conditioning to fight then the coach should have thrown in the towel for sure.

Source: Forbes May 13, 2018 14:03 UTC