PHOENIX – It’s been a rough stretch for Jessica Penne , but the strawweight is trying to find the positives in a bad situation. Penne (12-5 MMA, 1-3 UFC) was supposed to end an almost two-year layoff in the preliminary card of tonight’s UFC on ESPN 1, before an injury ruled her out of her meeting with Jodie Esquibel (6-4 MMA, 0-2 UFC) just hours before it was supposed to take place . Penne released a statement on Instagram right after the cancellation, apologizing to her opponent and explaining she’d suffered a sprained ankle during a pre-fight workout. Later, talking to reporters backstage at Talking Stick Resort Arena, Penne went into further detail as to the “kind of a freak thing” that kept her from competing. “I felt good and I went for a takedown with my judo coach,” Penne said
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