Raquel Pennington
MMA Fighter
Mixed martial artist who finished second in The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate in 2013. Later that same year, she won her UFC debut. She fights at bantamweight.
She was a multi-sport high school athlete and began pursuing MMA at 19. She went 7-1 as an amateur fighter before going pro in 2012.
She started training to be a fighter while at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs on an academic scholarship.
She grew up in Colorado Springs and is openly gay.
Her first professional MMA win came against Kim Couture.