Welcome to “Judges Gonna Judge,” where our MMA Junkie staff panel revisits the most controversial decision that occurred over the weekend. In this installment, we take a closer look at the UFC 307 co-main bout in Salt Lake City, a women’s bantamweight title fight between Raquel Pennington and Julianna Peña. The fight resulted in a split decision , crowning Peña champion for the second time in her UFC career. The fight started with a close Round 1, but the following four rounds were decisive. After 25 minutes of action, the official judges submitted dueling 48-47 scores, with two seeing Peña as the winner. The opening frame created the dissension, while Rounds 2-5 were scored the same on all cards.
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