Raquel Pennington Responds To Sean Strickland, Julianna Pena Comments | The MMA Hour
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Raquel Pennington discusses her UFC 297 title win, her illness before the fight, if she thought about dropping out, if she feels disrespected, her reception at the airport, Jessica Pena’s recent comments, Kayla Harrison’s UFC debut, Sean Strickland’s comments, and more.
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Raquel “at the end of the day” Pennington
@theironforce3000
4 ай бұрын
Usman, Ali Abdelasleaze and Holloway alos have the same nicknames 🤦🏻♂️
I've been a fan of Rocky for years and I generally dig Helwani, but that's the second time I've heard Ariel employ his inane "free speech is different than hate speech" argument. In a free society, there's no such thing as "hate speech."
@HOTRODRICO
3 ай бұрын
Canada has been conditioned.. they have no fr-33d-0m of sp-33c-h
Not Ariel pressuring an athlete to agree to whatever bs he wants to cry about
@zachlovescats95
28 күн бұрын
Cry about it
Sean Strickland has not said he does hate gay men or women. Plenty of interviews showing this.
Oh the UFC is going to LOVE that Raquel doesn't want to fight till Aug, and doesn't want to fight Kayla right away, even if she gets a finish over Holly...
Credit to this kid for sticking around until the division became a disaster and not leaving until the dream got fulfilled.
@JrE-il7cf
4 ай бұрын
What kid? Stop calling adults kids.
@nyteowl8069
4 ай бұрын
Hi Dana
@SeenaAbedi
3 ай бұрын
lolll @@nyteowl8069
when/if she defends the belt it should be on a fight night. She really shouldn't be in 1 of the 5 fights on a PPV main card.
@nyteowl8069
4 ай бұрын
The UFC is going to put a wmma fight on the ppv regardless
@Mathis313
4 ай бұрын
@@nyteowl8069cry 😂
@Mathis313
4 ай бұрын
@@nyteowl8069 ok but cry bro
@IamnotJokic
4 ай бұрын
You can only fight the people who they match you up with. She won, get over it. You should be happy for her. At least she’s not delusional like Colby, Garry, or Khamzat.
@StickyShoes34
4 ай бұрын
@@IamnotJokic Telling someone who they should be happy for is pretty weird. Furthermore, I got nothing to get over. Her success doesn't bother me in the slightest. Your Colby, Garry, Khamzat comment is beyond irrelevant other than to say you like Pennington more than them....which is fine. But again...irrelevant. I simply implied that her skillset as a fighter along with the entertainment value she brings doesnt belong on a PPV main card. Its not like throwing that title defense on a fight night is some egregious stance to take.
can't wait for pena to carry the press conference. with all due respect to pennington, what a glass of water personality she has
@Edmond347
3 ай бұрын
You mean she sounds stable and articulate? Yeah, that’s a shame.
Sean Strickland - Our forever champ.
@SandaBoxing
3 ай бұрын
where in the video did they talk about Sean? Thanks.
August or September??? Or even later...that's ridiculous to wait that long to defend the damn belt.
@supersteroids
4 ай бұрын
She wants to celebrate and hold on to it as long as possible especially knowing she’ll most likely loose it on her first defense
@queenninja2141
4 ай бұрын
Exactly!! Like WTH.. I understand she’s trying to hold on to that belt as much as she can but you are the champ for a reason.. you have to be defending that belt. So boring to wait that damn long 🙄 hopefully the UFC makes her fight in June or July.. August is the latest.
@fleetwoodmacsexpants
4 ай бұрын
Y’all trippin you act like these fighters can fight every Saturday night. This isn’t WWE. There’s injuries. Y’all need to go back and watch soccer. Y’all have no clue how MMA works.
@primate4
4 ай бұрын
She has been through a lot in her camp and in regular life. She deserves to pick when to defend her title!
Thanks so much for everything you do! 😀
She had a better homecoming than the entirety of the WNBA championship parades, congrats!
@BamOn742
4 ай бұрын
Nobody cares
@fleetwoodmacsexpants
4 ай бұрын
@@BamOn742you voted for Biden
@jcs5707
4 ай бұрын
🤮
How many ends of a day are there?
@SeenaAbedi
3 ай бұрын
looll
Ugh. That picture and story of her Grandma got me 😢. Appreciate them while you can people. Listen to their amazing stories, tell them so they live on in others. The stuff they witnessed, experienced and survived through, we can't begin to imagine.
Wow, the interview was just as boring as the fight
@fleetwoodmacsexpants
4 ай бұрын
Wrong
@droopyd203
4 ай бұрын
@@fleetwoodmacsexpants you're right, the interview was at least a little more exciting
@mmaart1309
4 ай бұрын
@@droopyd203cuz peña was in the conversation 😂 .. peña is the most exciting thing in that division
I feel like people are sleeping on Raquel she’s had some bangers in the UFC I’ve been waiting for her and Julianna since TUF 18 it should be an interesting fight
@finerbiner
4 ай бұрын
Really? Which fight was a "banger"
@kadeemjones30
4 ай бұрын
@@finerbiner her fight against Jessamyn Duke in the TUF house both of her fights with Jessica Andrade were pretty solid her fight with Ashlee Evans Smith does she have a gang of finishes no but she can scrap from time to time
@finerbiner
4 ай бұрын
@@kadeemjones30 My lasting impression is of her grappling against the fence most of the time. I agree that she "can" scrap, but she rarely does. Her corner was begging her to disengage and strike and she just ignored them.
@melancholymartialarts7095
3 ай бұрын
Absolutely no one is sleeping on, or with her
@kadeemjones30
3 ай бұрын
@@melancholymartialarts7095 Tecia Torres is
Congrats Rocky!
Is it me or is Helwani stirring the pot more than usual as of late? I fail to wrap my head around the need to being up Sean Strickland in this interview
You just made it way worse for women fighters to catch the fans attention fan less performance
@JulioRodriguez-ep2rv
4 ай бұрын
Did u not see the interview ? She was sick as hell on fight night .
@JulioRodriguez-ep2rv
4 ай бұрын
Izzy boring as hell champion , Leon Edwards boring as hell , Colby boring as hell . Khabib boring as hell , so please go somewhere else with your bs .
@DarthDragmire
4 ай бұрын
@@JulioRodriguez-ep2rv You had me til you said Khabib, that dude had a very entertaining style for a wrestler.
@PjXu98
4 ай бұрын
You blame her for that performance? The only one to blame is Mayra, who was trying to sell the fight but trying to hug her way out of the fight. At least Raquel was willing to strike.
@vincentthomas9903
4 ай бұрын
Takes two to tango Myra said she had no equilibrium and yet Raquel did nothing to finish the fight
Damn she already ducking Kayla and she hasn’t even fought yet.
@fleetwoodmacsexpants
4 ай бұрын
Kayla needs a win at 135 before she even thinks about a title fight. She’s coming off of a lose to a girl she already beat twice
@primate4
4 ай бұрын
She’s not ducking anyone! Kayla hasn’t earned the right and hasn’t paid her dues!
She's got that trailer park build lmao
@Ago468
4 ай бұрын
She's got beautiful eyes though
Rocky about to become Jed and GC's new favorite fighter
Way to kick ass Rocky!!!!!!👊💪!!!!!! Congratulations! You are a true inspiration!!!!!!
All the dorks hating on Rocky is so stupid. If you don't like her or the fight, just be cool and do something else with your time. Leave the lady alone dorks.
@martineberhardt2205
4 ай бұрын
She won't like you more now. Women need feedback too you know.
@Subfightr
4 ай бұрын
Good man 👍
The Champ🙏🏿🇺🇲
Here is the thing you guys….
Great woman! 🙏💯
Tell us what you had a problem with him saying, you Weasel. "Stay true to you"...until I get offended LOL.
Can you speak about how the reporter was the one asking the question? By the way I did not hear Sean using the word hate in any form about the gay community. And respect to Raquel Pennington for saying facts about caring about your own life and not letting other things impact you. We are all different. I can say I hate the things Ariel says sometimes but is he speaking hate speech? No. Stop this narrative.
sean is the new conor need to talk about him and put him in tittle to get clicks blow up drama god he going to sell a lot of ppv and his bag will just get bigger so hate call his option hate speech but your not going to stop his shine
@ryannath85
4 ай бұрын
New mma fan spotted. No one likes you new mma fans.
@jamaicanloneanimal8224
4 ай бұрын
You’re talking about him as if he’s a superstar on his way to becoming a household name😂 Nah, he’s a meth lab name.
I thought Raquel had a great performance.
@fleetwoodmacsexpants
4 ай бұрын
She did. She fought well. MMA fans are fickle and expect blood shed and rock-em sock-em robots every fight.
Mayra “not so Buena on the night” Silva bears by far the lion’s/lioness’s share of the responsibility for that absolute travesty of a fight (especially after all the trash talking she did in the run-up).
Congratulations rocky
Ariel always performs in a machiavellian way; with his questions, responses and inferring. too often I just clicked off his vdeos in the first couple minutes. pick it up bud
who wrote jessica pena in the description o
Whybdoes hellvania always sound so damned condescending
It's crazy how ariel get along with lots of fighters but not with dana
Gotta love your grandma.
At the end of the day its the end of the day .
How she gonna punch her in the mouth if she keeps clinching ?!??!
Rocky a real OG in the game. Casuals don’t know she’s been through it all since the beginning. Congrats to her and happy she finally got gold
Raquel is spitting facts. *everyone* who steps in the octagon deserves respect. Everyone is entitled to their opinion but their opinion sucks. If it was so easy, everyone would be doing it. Raquel handling this unwanted criticism like a champ. She’s got the gold
@Mojo_Jo_Jo_
4 ай бұрын
False. If they volunteered and didn’t get paid yes but this is their work. Cut me a check and I’ll be there too
Raquel “The Mountain Climber” Pennington, ladies and gents.
Need timestamps to skip to important questions
@junieson1914
4 ай бұрын
20:25
All I know is Alex Pereira and Jamahal Hill fights are fun to watch
What's the, "at the end of the day" count?
Shout out Raquel 👑 👊
Close all women's divisions. And add a males 160 lb weight class.
Big congrats Raquel, you've earned every inch of your success, luv from Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada!!!🥊🥊👍👍
Let it go
Imagine Mayra Good Silva losing to Raquel but then also catching a nasty sinus infection from her for the next week or two afterwards. That would be the most bitter infection ever.
I'm really happy for her
Zzzzz
Lets host just a woman mma card and see how many ppl show up
Im sorry but Ariel is a messy dude. There was no reason to talk to Juliana. Nevertheless, mention it to this woman who earned her belt. Juliana is delusional, and it's weird. I would be like Im not talking about this chick...for what?
Gross.
I mean, I liked her since UF but it was like she always holds back.... Congrats to the champ but its one of those cases where its a champ which you are counting down the days to her losing the title because she is a mediocre in the division really.
I’m happy for Raquel! It sounds like she has the right attitude about not listening to the naysayers. I happen to be a SWM, but I don’t appreciate the comments Sean Strickland made. It’s just icing on the cake that he walked in with a belt, but Raquel walked out with one! 😆
@fleetwoodmacsexpants
4 ай бұрын
Happy for Raquel too!! Sean’s comments where toward the media pushing an agenda, not homophobic or transphobic rhetoric
@Subfightr
4 ай бұрын
🫂 good man
cry harder Ariel...
One and done
Joke champion, embarrassing, thankfully it will be forgotten that she was ever champion
We need a female mms promotion or league . like WNBA AND LPGA ETC ETC
@emersonr7481
4 ай бұрын
No one would watch it
@Mr-E.
4 ай бұрын
@@emersonr7481 Ya it is only watched now because it is embedded inside the men's fights so people watch. I actually like some of the WMMA fights, but I wouldn't go and watch it if it was on its own.
Its good requel won ' the division needs to move on ' hope eriel dont ask her about , Francis nganou 😅😅😅
@chimeeunanka21
4 ай бұрын
What's it about bro? Fill me in
God the rainbow rp 🙄 135 is dead not hating but good god the fact she is champ is a giant step back when nunes left that was the end of 135
Shes dope, Penã is gonna beat her though.
noone cares about penningtont, downvote, skip, unsub
Do you smell what the Rock is cooking?
Most boring fighter in he entire UFC and her next fight will be as bad as the last one.
I didn’t really think her championship fight was as horrible as most people are saying. It was a little frustrating that she wouldn’t break away from the clinch more and throw strikes but it was still a decent fight in my opinion. With that being said, the Venezuelan Vixen will most likely piece her up with ease
Keep that throne warm for peña 😂 #cheater
I like everything about Raquel except her fights. She drives me crazy hence why I don't watch them. FRUSTRATING.
Congrats Rocky, I was impressed by your ability to escape MBS's submissions! Happy for you champ. 🏳🌈
freedom of speech not hate speech tell them Ariel
@fleetwoodmacsexpants
4 ай бұрын
Hate speech is free speech🤷♂️
@Mr-E.
4 ай бұрын
@@fleetwoodmacsexpants Hate speech is free speech for sure, but free speech isn't always hate speech. Venn diagrams and all that fun stuff.
Worst ufc 'champion' of all time
Am I the only person that thinks her last fight was very good? Idk what everyone else was watching
@bluejay9235
4 ай бұрын
It was terrible, literally every time she got her back taken was 100% easily avoidable. It was like watching someone who's never even had a day of BJJ training. The ONLY thing that was impressive was her grit and toughness because that choke was in DEEP, and she just refused to tap.
@poofbah431
4 ай бұрын
@@bluejay9235 ok, fair enough. I couldn’t have seen it that way because I haven’t taken a day of bjj. I was really entertained by how much energy they were putting into it and how Raquel had to come back from round 1
@bluejay9235
4 ай бұрын
@@poofbah431 Yeah, she came back from behind, but from my perspective, her low fight IQ made it way closer than it should've been, she was dominating the stand up, but for some crazy reason kept initiating the clinch.
@fleetwoodmacsexpants
4 ай бұрын
For what it was, her fight was good. There’s levels to it. But pizza is pizza
Sean Strickland fights like a woman. People don't watch his fights because of his fighting ability. He is afraid to get hit. Watch the Strickland vs. Uriah Hall fight. Worst fight of all-time.
@haga7596
4 ай бұрын
There was one moment in that fight he smacked uriah hard and he fell down like a bum and pissland was screaming at him recover recover get up 😂😂
@matthdz24
4 ай бұрын
Hater