Raquel Pennington LAS VEGAS – A small tactical mistake turned the lights out on UFC newcomer Ashlee Evans-Smith and brought triumph for Raquel Pennington . Pennington (5-4 MMA, 2-1 UFC) grabbed a choke hold in the waning seconds of the opening frame and secured a submission with one tick left to go on the clock against Evans-Smith (3-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC). The women’s bantamweight bout was part of the preliminary card of today’s UFC 181 event at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. It aired on FOX Sports 1 following additional prelims on UFC Fight Pass and ahead of the main card on pay-per-view. The official time of stoppage was 4:59 of the first round, as referee Mark Smith stepped in to save Evans-Smith, who went unconscious as Pennington applied a bulldog choke
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UFC 181 results, photos: Raquel Pennington chokes out Ashlee Evans-Smith in first – MMA Junkie